NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA EDGE: Hurricane GRIP

NASA EDGE gets a GRIP on tropical storms and hurricane development.

Launch Abort System Hardware Heads Across the Country

A full-scale mock-up of the Orion launch abort system is traveling from the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range to NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

LCROSS Wins 2010 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award

NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, mission has won Popular Mechanics magazine's 2010 Breakthrough Award for innovation in science and technology.

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NASA Selects Finalists for X-Hab Challenge

NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation have selected three university teams as finalists in the X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge.

NASA and ATK Successfully Test Solid Rocket Motor

With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully tested of the largest, most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight.

NASA EDGE: Future of Aeronautics

Sensors to Guide Spacecraft to Safe, Distant Landings

NASA is developing technologies that will allow landing vehicles to automatically identify and navigate to a safe landing site.

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Ping Pong Balls to Float Crew Capsule Simulator

When students proposed using ping-pong balls to keep an Orion mockup afloat, NASA engineer David Covington laughed and thought, 'That's the most awesome thing I've heard in a long time!'

Star Wars Meets UPS as Robonaut Packed for Space

Engineers at NASA's Kennedy and Johnson space centers have drawn up plans to get Robonaut into space safely.

NASA EDGE: Extreme Analogs Part 2 NEEMO

Online Voters Help Desert RATS Decide Where To Explore

NASA invited the public to choose a destination in the plan for the 2010 Desert RATS analog field test. Over 2,500 people voted, and the winning location "F" received a 67% positive vote.

Backpack, Communications Network Face Desert Test

Engineers at Kennedy Space Center have updated the communications backpack for this year's research in the Arizona desert.

Commercial Crew Transportation White Paper Released

To assist with planning for the commercial crew initiative, a white paper was developed to define and describe the appropriate approach to government insight/oversight.

Ares I-X Engineers Discuss Flight Test Results

The managers for the Ares I-X flight test detailed how what the launch told them about their design and future rocket plans.

Moonbase Alpha Game Gives a Taste of Lunar Adventure to Online Players

You're an astronaut performing research at the Moonbase Alpha outpost... when a meteorite strikes. Repair life support systems as quickly as possible and compete for the fastest time.

NEEMO 14 Aquanauts Successfully Complete 14-Day Mission

On May 24, 2010, the NEEMO 14 aquanaut crew returned to the surface from an underwater mission, gathering research and performing analog tests that will benefit future space exploration.

DM-2 Motor: Powerful Information

Preparations are under way for the testing of NASA's next-generation, five-segment solid rocket development motor, or DM-2, in September.

Pavilion Lake Research Project Analog Mission Underway

NASA astronauts and engineers are currently performing analog tests with the Pavilion Lake Research Project. Follow live updates from the field on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Picasa.