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MAVEN’s Arrival at Mars, Explained
MAVEN’s Arrival at Mars, Explained

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

Balancing Act
Balancing Act

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

Astronaut Jay Apt Installs the Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM)
Astronaut Jay Apt Installs the Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM)

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

NASA Airborne Campaigns Focus on Climate Impacts in the Arctic
NASA Airborne Campaigns Focus on Climate Impacts in the Arctic

This red plane is a DHC-3 Otter, the plane flown in NASA's Operation IceBridge-Alaska surveys of mountain glaciers in Alaska.Over…

U.S. Secretary of Education Brings Back-To-School Bus Tour To Rocket City, U.S.A.
U.S. Secretary of Education Brings Back-To-School Bus Tour To Rocket City, U.S.A.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, along with NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold and other guests, answer student questions during an educational…

U.S. Secretary of Education Brings Back-To-School Bus Tour To Rocket City, U.S.A.
U.S. Secretary of Education Brings Back-To-School Bus Tour To Rocket City, U.S.A.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Back-To-School bus tour brought Secretary Arne Duncan to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in…

Two Views of an X-Class Flare on Sept. 10, 2014
Two Views of an X-Class Flare on Sept. 10, 2014

On Sept. 10, 2014, NASA's newest solar observatory, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph mission joined other telescopes to witness an…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911’s Final Journey
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911’s Final Journey

NASA 911, one of two retired Shuttle Carrier Aircraft that ferried NASA’s space shuttles across the country for three decades,…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911’s Final Journey
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911’s Final Journey

Silhouetted at sunrise, NASA’s retired space shuttle carrier aircraft No. 911 is prepared for its final journey—a ¾-mile ground tow…

3D Printer
3D Printer

Since the summer of 2011, Made in Space, Inc. chalked up over 30,000 hours of 3D printing technology testing and…