03.25.09 - A full-scale mockup of NASA's Orion crew module is being tested in water under simulated and real landing weather conditions.
03.24.09 - NASA and Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday plans to make planetary images and data available via the Internet under a Space Act Agreement.
03.19.09 - NASA will post online nine names that are finalists for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory mission and invite the public to vote for its favorite. The non-binding poll to help NASA select a name opens online Monday, March 23, and will accept votes through March 29.
03.10.09 - NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor.
03.05.09 - NASA Hosts 'Mission Madness' Tournament To Vote On Greatest Mission begins March 9.
03.03.09 - A full-scale mock-up of NASA's Orion launch abort system began a week-long flatbed trailer ride across the country Tuesday, en route to White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
03.02.09 - NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz.
02.27.09 - NASA has awarded an interim letter contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston to begin work on the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system for the Constellation Program. The system will protect astronauts during voyages to the International Space Station and exploration of the moon's surface.
02.23.09 - NASA, in cooperation with local technology firms, is sponsoring the first-ever District of Columbia regional high school robotics competition.
02.20.09 - The last newly manufactured section of the Ares I-X test rocket arrived at the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Friday.