NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

What Goes Up, Must Come Down

NASA won't send anything into space that needs to return -- without a parachute.

NASA Team Builds Composite Space Capsule with Future in Mind

One NASA team believes future space capsules may be made with advanced composite materials, the stuff race cars, sailboats, and high-end sports equipment are made of today.

Software Maps Safe Processing Techniques

Software developers are using game-making technology to show NASA the best way to prepare spacecraft for orbit.

Orion Scale Model Tested in the Water

Scale models of the Orion crew exploration vehicle recently were tested at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, or NBL, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and at a wave tank at Texas A&M University in College Station.

NASA Tests Launch Abort Parachute System

NASA tested the parachutes for the recovery system on its Orion crew exploration vehicle above the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona on July 31.

NASA EDGE: Last Mission to Hubble

August 2008 Ares Update

August update for Ares rockets

NE@Experience Aviation

July 2008 Ares Update

July update for Ares rockets

Wall-E Learns About Proportions

Do you ever wonder how big the moon is? Watch this video featuring Disney/Pixar's Wall-E to find out!

NASA Conducts Test Firing of Orion Jettison Motor

NASA has completed a full-scale rocket motor test to further development of the Orion Jettison Motor.

NE@Yuri's Night

NASA EDGE: NE Live@The Future Forum

NASA-ESA Comparative Architecture Study

Findings from this study include a significant mutual interest in the potential development of lunar cargo landing systems, communication and navigation systems, lunar orbital infrastructures, and lunar surface systems, such as habitats or mobility systems. The study also identified the significant value gained from redundant human crew transportation capability.

NE@The Great Moonbuggy Race

Neither Rain Nor Sleet Will Stop NASA's Ares Rockets

NASA engineer Barry Roberts wants to help build a better rocket that can fly despite record low temperatures, hail, or rain.

NASA's Airbag Drop Tests in Full Swing

Second generation airbag drop testing is underway at the Landing and Impact Research Facility at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

NASA EDGE: Daytona 500

Introducing the Spacesuit of the Future

NASA has awarded a contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston, to develop a new spacesuit that future astronauts will wear to the moon.

Well Suited for Space

At the bottom of NASA’s 40-foot-deep swimming pool – known as the Neutral Buoyancy Lab – astronauts strap on weights and plastic piping to simulate the backpack that attaches to a spacesuit.