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Space Trash May Make Radiation Shields
01.02.13 - Researchers are compressing trash and testing it for potential uses on deep-space missions.
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PhoneSat: Smart, Small and Sassy
Ames’ demonstration project to build, launch and fly one of the lowest-cost, easiest-to-build satellites in space.
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Kennedy Space Center on Standby to Support Santa's Toy Delivery
12.21.12 - Preparations are under way at Kennedy Space Center to support Santa Claus during his annual tour, delivering toys and other presents to children all over the world.
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Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology
12.21.12 - NASA is working on technology to autonomously land a spacecraft on Moon, Mars or even an asteroid; it's called ALHAT.
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The Webb Telescope's Holiday Package
12.19.12 - This photo shows the James Webb Space Telescope's 'IEC' all wrapped up in a thermal blanket, and looking like a holiday package at a cleanroom at NASA Goddard.
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Foam's Future Seen in Space and Industry
12.12.12 - Thermal insulation technologies may have applications for future exploration programs and the commercial world.
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Students Accelerate NASA Tech to Market
12.12.12 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is getting help transferring innovative space technologies to the marketplace, thanks to a new partnership with Rollins College.
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NASA Investigates Use of ‘Trailblazing’ Material
12.05.12 - Tiny sensor -- made of a potentially trailblazing material just one atom thick and heralded as the 'next best thing' since the invention of silicon -- are now being developed to detect trace elements in Earth’s upper atmosphere and structural flaws in spacecraft.
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Testing the Fold: The James Webb Space Telescope's Sunshield
12.03.12 - Engineers got a first-hand look at how the James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield would fold around the observatory while stored in the rocket..
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Reactor Makes Trash a Power Source
12.03.12 - Researchers are developing a reactor to incinerate garbage in space to produce fuel, air and water.