The Wilkins Ice Shelf, on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, experienced multiple disintegration events in 2008. By the…
On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41, the crane lifts the Centaur upper stage into the Vertical Integration…
NASA Astronaut Richard Arnold, a native of Maryland, hands a baseball jersey that flew on board the space shuttle during…
NASA pilots Jack Nickel (in the jet with tail number 62) and Charles Justiz fly over for a bird's eye…
Jupiter's moon Europa has a crust made up of blocks, which are thought to have broken apart and 'rafted' into…
A mock-up of the Orion crew exploration vehicle floats in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. NASA engineers are…
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary, from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, from Nepal, became the first humans to successfully…
Boeing’s remotely piloted X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft completed its 50th flight recently at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. The…
Steve Volz, associate director for flight programs at NASA's Science Mission Directorate, detailed how NASA's specialized science aircraft are critical…
Recently retired Dryden center director Kevin Petersen outlined the lengthy and involved process in acquiring the former B-1B bomber assembly…