Browse Archive
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NASA Tests All-Composite Space Capsule
Future spacecraft may be made from the stuff of race cars, business jets and high-end sports equipment.
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Public Invited To Pick Pixels on Mars
Scientists Taking Suggestions on Where to Image the Red Planet Using NASA Satellite
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Resumed Mars Orbiter Observations Yield Stunning Views
Dunes of sand-sized materials have been trapped on the floors of many Martian craters. This view shows dunes inside a crater in Noachis Terra, west of the giant Hellas impact basin in Mars' southern hemisphere.
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Passing of Stan Lebar
Stan Lebar, who led the Westinghouse team that brought the televised news images of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon to more than 500 million people on earth, died on Dec. 23, 2009.
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Stars of Constellation: Terry Hill
As NASA’s engineering project manager for the Constellation Program’s Spacesuit System, Terry Hill is working on the next generation of spacesuits designed for future NASA exploration missions.
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Orion Attitude Control Motor Test-fired
On Dec. 15, NASA, Alliant Techsystems and Lockheed Martin celebrated a milestone with a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor for the Orion crew exploration vehicle’s launch abort system.
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Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path
What steered Ares I-X on its path as it climbed through Earth's atmosphere? The answer is a roll control system.
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Glenn Helps Ares I-X Soar
The future of new rocket design was successfully tested when the Ares I-X blasted off on October 28, 2009.
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LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon
Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009, impacts near the moon's south pole.
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Popular Science Recognizes LRO in 'Best of What's New'
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is cited as one of the best innovations in aviation in the December issue of Popular Science.