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Space Station Astronauts Connect Live With D.C. Students
Space Station Astronauts Connect Live With D.C. Students

WASHINGTON – To highlight International Education Week (IEW), NASA and the U.S. Department of Education will host a live, long-distance…

Veteran Astronaut Ellen Baker Retires
Veteran Astronaut Ellen Baker Retires

HOUSTON – After more than 30 years with NASA, astronaut Ellen Baker has retired from the agency. Baker, who holds…

NASA Presents Safety Award To Teri Hamlin
NASA Presents Safety Award To Teri Hamlin

HOUSTON – NASA has presented its Quality and Safety Achievement Recognition, or QASAR, award for 2011 to Teri L. Hamlin…

NASA, GM Jointly Developing Robotic Gloves For Human Use
NASA, GM Jointly Developing Robotic Gloves For Human Use

HOUSTON-NASA and General Motors are jointly developing a robotic glove that astronauts and autoworkers can wear to help do their…

NASA Astronauts Kenneth Ham and Nicholas Patrick Leave Agency
NASA Astronauts Kenneth Ham and Nicholas Patrick Leave Agency

HOUSTON – NASA astronauts Kenneth Ham and Nicholas Patrick have left the space agency. Their last day was May 31.…

Touch a Piece of Mars Beginning Aug. 5 at Space Center Houston
Touch a Piece of Mars Beginning Aug. 5 at Space Center Houston

HOUSTON – You can touch a piece of Mars at Space Center Houston. For the first time in the U.S.,…

NASA Astronaut Robert Behnken Named Chief of the Astronaut Office
NASA Astronaut Robert Behnken Named Chief of the Astronaut Office

HOUSTON – NASA’s Director of Flight Crew Operations Janet Kavandi has named Air Force Col. Robert L. Behnken as the…

Thank You, Houston
Thank You, Houston

HOUSTON – Thanks to all who paused this week to watch space shuttle Endeavour fly over Houston and the surrounding…

Ochoa Named Johnson Space Center Director; Coats To Retire
Ochoa Named Johnson Space Center Director; Coats To Retire

Ochoa will succeed Michael L. Coats when he retires at the end of the year after leading Johnson since 2005.…

New NASA Book Traces Space Nutrition From Tubes to Today
New NASA Book Traces Space Nutrition From Tubes to Today

HOUSTON – America’s space program has come a long way from the early days when astronauts ate food packed in…