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Project Mercury – Glenn at Mercury Mission Control Building
Project Mercury – Glenn at Mercury Mission Control Building

Astronaut John H. Glenn sits in a car in front of the east side of the Mercury Mission Control building.…

Brazilian Youth Ambassadors Visit NASA Headquarters
Brazilian Youth Ambassadors Visit NASA Headquarters

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden played host to 45 Brazilian Youth Ambassadors on Friday, Jan. 27, in the NASA Headquarters auditorium,…

Western Europe at Night
Western Europe at Night

With hardware from the Earth-orbiting International Space Station appearing in the near foreground, a night time European panorama reveals city…

Earth’s Radiation Belts Tremble Under Impact of 2003 Halloween Storm
Earth’s Radiation Belts Tremble Under Impact of 2003 Halloween Storm

Under the wave of energetic particles from the Halloween 2003 solar storm events, the Earth's radiation belts underwent significant changes…

Cal Poly AMELIA Model
Cal Poly AMELIA Model

In January 2012, researchers from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif. tested a future aircraft concept model in…

SOHO View of CME Following X1.8 Solar Flare on 01.27.2012
SOHO View of CME Following X1.8 Solar Flare on 01.27.2012

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) took this image of a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with an X1.8 class…

Cloud Streets Off of the Aleutian Islands
Cloud Streets Off of the Aleutian Islands

Strong winds polished the snow of southwestern Alaska and stretched marine stratocumulus clouds into long, parallel streets in early January,…

Variation on a Theme
Variation on a Theme

Boeing's advanced vehicle concept centers around the familiar blended wing body design like the X-48.

Outside the Box, Sort of
Outside the Box, Sort of

Lockheed Martin's advanced vehicle concept proposes a box wing design, which is now feasible thanks to modern lightweight composite (nonmetallic)…

Flying Wing Goes Commercial
Flying Wing Goes Commercial

Northrop Grumman's concept is based on the extremely aerodynamic "flying wing" design.