NASA News

NASA IceBridge Mission Prepares for Study of Arctic Glaciers

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00 GMT

NASA's Operation IceBridge mission, the largest airborne survey ever flown of Earth's polar ice, kicks off its second year of study when NASA aircraft arrive in Greenland March 22.

Dust over China

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:14 GMT

A ribbon of tan dust extends across the North China Plain and over the Yellow Sea towards the Korean peninsula in this natural color image from March 12, 2010.

Ash Plume from Batu Tara

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:14 GMT

Batu Tara erupted ash over 2,000 meters high on March 15, 2010.

Science@NASA ... to go

Sun, 20 Mar 2005 23:00 GMT

A new "podcast" puts audio recordings of NASA science news articles into your pocket MP3 player.

Notes from the Field blog: Global Hawk Pacific (GloPac)

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:14 GMT

Join us for the next six weeks as scientists share their experiences from the first science mission on the Global Hawk, NASA's new unmanned aircraft.

Mauna Loa Observatory

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:15 GMT

This satellite image of the summit of Mauna Loa overlaid with contour lines helps illustrate why volcanic emissions from the summit rarely reach the observatory where atmospheric carbon dioxide is measured.

Teens Showcase Design and Engineering Skills at FIRST Robotics Competition (SpaceRef)

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:38 GMT

Teens Showcase Design and Engineering Skills at FIRST Robotics Competition

NASA Announces Systems Engineering Student Competition

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:00 GMT

NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is inviting teams of undergraduate and graduate students throughout the country to participate in the fourth annual Systems Engineering Paper Competition.

NASA Celebrates Sun-Earth Day Activities with Live Webcast

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00 GMT

NASA EDGE, an award-winning talk show known for offbeat, funny and informative behind-the-scene stories about the space agency, will celebrate Sun-Earth Day 2010, with a live webcast about our sun and its effects on Earth.

NASA Offers 'Fast' Opportunities for Zero-G Technology Testing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:40 GMT

WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has announced opportunities to test emerging technologies during flights on an airplane that simulates the weightless conditions of space. The technologies should have potential use in future NASA projects, support future exploration systems, or improve air and space vehicle capabilities.

The Sands of Mars

Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:00 GMT

Driving, digging, mining: these are things astronauts will be doing one day in the sands of Mars. It's not as simple as it sounds.

Three FASTSAT Instruments Pass Tests

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:14 GMT

Three FASTSAT Instruments were tested recently at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Shooting for the Stratosphere (Tooele Transcript-Bulletin)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:38 GMT

A group of Stansbury High School Students is among only four student groups nationwide to receive a grant from NASA to develop an experiment that could be launched into space.

Houston, We Have a Solution

Sun, 09 Nov 2003 23:00 GMT

New research aboard the space station aims to adapt a tried-and-true repair tool to weightlessness.

Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions along the Namibian Coast

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:14 GMT

Acquired March 13, 2010, this true-color image shows pale-hued surface waters along the coat of Namibia, ranging in color from peacock green to off-white. Inland, the image captures the rippling sand dunes of the Namib Desert.

NASA Spots Surprising Shrimp Beneath Antarctic Ice

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:14 GMT

At a depth of 600 feet beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet, a small shrimp-like creature managed to brighten up an otherwise gray polar day.

Tropical Cyclone Ului

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:14 GMT

Acquired March 18, 2010, this true-color image shows Tropical Cyclone Ului spanning several hundred kilometers over the Pacific Ocean, just south of the Solomon Islands.

We're Sorry

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:35 GMT

This feed is no longer available. The spaceresearch.nasa.gov site is now part of the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Web site located at http://exploration.nasa.gov

A New Form of Matter: II

Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:00 GMT

NASA-supported researchers have discovered a weird new phase of matter called fermionic condensates.

NASA Offers 'Fast' Opportunities for Zero-G Technology Testing (SpaceRef)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:38 GMT

NASA has announced opportunities to test emerging technologies during flights on an airplane that simulates the weightless conditions of space.