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Famed Engineer O'Malley Dies at age 94
Thomas O'Malley helped establish or adjust launch operations for most of NASA's human space exploration programs during his pioneering career.
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LRO Views Apollo 11 Landing Site
Now in its mapping orbit, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped its best-quality image of the Apollo 11 landing site to date.
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This Month in Exploration - November
Forty years ago, Apollo 12 launched from Kennedy Space Station in Florida. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
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West Point Welcomes Home One of Their Heroes
Almost four decades after graduating from West Point, astronaut Bill McArthur was invited to return to his alma mater as part of the Army’s annual homecoming celebration and NASA’s Hometown Heroes campaign.
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Astronauts to Fly Amelia Earhart Watch, Scarf
Along with the obvious thrill of launching into space, astronaut Shannon Walker's flight to the space station next year will hold a sentimental and historical significance.
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Women in Astronomy and Space Science 2009 Conference
To help foster diversity and collaboration in the space sciences, NASA is sponsoring the "Women in Astronomy and Space Science 2009: Meeting the Challenges of an Increasingly Diverse Workforce" conference.
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A Final 'Goodbye' to the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel
Alumni gather to celebrate the 78-year history of the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel.
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Aviation Pioneer Richard T. Whitcomb
Richard T. Whitcomb has been called the most significant aerodynamic contributor of the second half of the 20th century.
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Squyres Wins Carl Sagan Medal for Public Outreach
The principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rovers is honored for excellence in communicating the mission to the public.
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NASA-Supported Researcher Shares in Nobel Prize
Jack W. Szostak of NASA's Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology Program is one of three researchers who have been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.