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The world’s largest heat shield, measuring 16.5 feet in diameter, has been successfully attached to the Orion spacecraft. The heat…

The golden cage being lowered over JWST will actually test the telescope for conditions in space.

The Active Cavity Irradiance Monitor Satellite, or AcrimSat, mission spent 14 years in orbit monitoring Earth's main energy source, radiation…

An OV-1C Mohawk, serial #67-15932, was used in a joint NASA/US Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity (USAAEFA) program to study…

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has shed new light on the mystery of why giant elliptical galaxies have few, if any,…

NASA demonstrated that it can land an unmanned spacecraft on a rugged planetary surface in the pitch dark in a…

Astronaut John H. Glenn in the cockpit of a T-106 preparing for training exercises in flight proficiency.

The "Space Cowboys" from Mississippi State University in Starkville designed one of the largest vehicles for NASA's annual Student Launch…

The rocketry team representing Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, is interviewed on NASA TV by Charlie Precourt, veteran astronaut and…