
Niki Werkheiser, right, talks with Lee Roop about the 3-D printer targeted for the International Space Station.

ASA's newest scatterometer, ISS-RapidScat, was built of old spare parts and new hardware, and will borrow the International Space Station…

ICESat-2 uses lasers and a very precise detection instrument to measure the elevation of Earth’s surface. Launch: Sept. 2018Operating Network:…

Built upon the success of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, GPM provides climate, weather, and hydrological predictions through more frequent…

The GRACE-FO mission is a partnership between NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). GRACE-FO is a successor…

JPSS is a new generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and…

JPSS is a new generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between the National Oceanic and…

This image shows an artist concept of the trajectory of NASA's MAVEN mission as it approaches the Red Planet.

Sept. 18, 2014 - A view from above shows a crane being used to lower the 175-ton crane inside the…

Astronaut Jay Apt installed the Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM) during Space Shuttle mission STS-79.