December 2010
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NASA Selects Boeing For Advanced Aircraft Vehicle... →
NASA has awarded a third contract for studies designed to identify advanced concepts for airliners that could enter service in 2025, fly with less noise, cleaner exhaust and lower fuel consumption.
NASA Scientists Theorize Final Growth Spurt For... →
A team of NASA-funded researchers has unveiled a new theory that contends planets gained the final portions of their mass from a limited number of large comet or asteroid impacts more than 4.5…
NASA Awards Science, Technology And Research... →
NASA selected Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) of Lanham, Md., to provide science, technology and research support services for the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.
NASA Selects Boeing For Advanced Aircraft Vehicle... →
NASA has awarded a third contract for studies designed to identify advanced concepts for airliners that could enter service in 2025, fly with less noise, cleaner exhaust and lower fuel consumption.
"Wings In Orbit" Details Shuttle History By Those... →
As NASA’s space shuttle fleet nears retirement, the agency is preparing to release a comprehensive account of the program that managed the spacecraft and the dedicated people who made its…
NASA And German Aerospace Center Sign Civil Space... →
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Chairman of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board Johann-Dietrich Worner signed a framework agreement for cooperative activities in aeronautics,…
A New Era →
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lift off from Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 10:43 a.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. In orbit, the Dragon capsule went…
NASA And German Aerospace Center Sign Civil Space... →
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Chairman of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board Johann-Dietrich Worner signed a framework agreement for cooperative activities in aeronautics,…
NASA Administrator Bolden's Statement On Falcon 9... →
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement about SpaceX’s launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule:
NASA Selects Small Business Research And Tech... →
NASA is negotiating contracts with 350 small businesses that had the best proposals to address critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects.
Like the Sound of Thunder →
A sonic boom is caused by an object moving faster than sound. The shock waves created by the supersonic flight of an aircraft, sonic booms sound much like an explosion or loud thunder. The crack of a…
12-08-2010 →
Like the Sound of Thunder →
A sonic boom is caused by an object moving faster than sound. The shock waves created by the supersonic flight of an aircraft, sonic booms sound much like an explosion or loud thunder. The crack of a…
Demonstration Flight Of Falcon 9 Rocket Set For... →
The first demonstration flight of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program has been scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 8, from Cape…
12-07-2010 →
NASA And High Tech Partners Host Random Hacks Of... →
NASA joined with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and the World Bank Dec. 3-4 to bring together computer experts looking for new approaches to disaster relief challenges.
Inception →
Backdropped by a sunset, the Canadarm2 was operated by the crew of the International Space Station. The crew of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-105 mission took this image from a window on the…
DOE and NASA Reach Cleanup Agreements with the... →
The Department of Energy and NASA signed Administrative Orders on Consent (AOC) with the California Environmental Protection Agency today that define the process for the characterization and cleanup…
Falcon 9 Launch Postponed To No Earlier Than... →
A demonstration launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program has been rescheduled for no earlier than Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Speck Between Rings →
Saturn’s moon Atlas can be seen just above the center of this Cassini spacecraft image as it orbits in the Roche Division between Saturn’s A ring and thin F ring. The image was taken in visible light…
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NASA TV Program To Be Available In The Air And On... →
Airline and cruise ship passengers will soon be able to see an Emmy award-winning NASA TV program that shows how agency technology is part of everyday life.
12-03-2010 →
NASA Schedules News Conference About Next Space... →
NASA managers will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. CST today at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the next space shuttle mission, STS-133, and the progress of repairs since…
NASA Targets Shuttle Discovery's Launch For No... →
NASA Targets Shuttle Discovery’s Launch For No Earlier Than Feb. 3
A Wandering Path →
Originally released Aug. 1, 2007, this Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image shows an ridge in Mars’ Terra Meridiani that is most likely a former streambed, now exposed in inverted relief. The stream…
Student Rocketeers Nationwide Reach for New... →
The annual NASA Student Launch Projects rocketry challenge, now under way, promises to send aloft more rockets than ever before in its 11-year history.
Inkster School Hosts NASA Officials for... →
NASA representatives, including Inkster native Woodrow Whitlow, Jr., will kick off a day of educational activities at Blanchette Middle School in Inkster, December 3.
NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With... →
NASA-funded astrobiology research has changed the fundamental knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth.
NASA Seeks Nonprofit To Manage Space Station... →
As the International Space Station transitions from its assembly phase to full utilization as a unique scientific outpost, NASA is investing in the station’s future use by ensuring a wide pool of…
Vacuum Dry Box →
Gary Sullivan demonstrated the use of a vacuum dry box and safety equipment in this April 1963 photo. The box provided an inert, or controlled atmosphere, for handling sensitive materials such as…
12-02-2010 →
Student Teams to Conduct Microgravity Experiments... →
NASA announces DIME and WING competition winners; student teams whose experiments will be dropped into Glenn’s 2.2 Second Drop Tower.
NASA Offers Space Shuttle Tiles To Schools And... →
As the Space Shuttle Program nears retirement, NASA is looking for ways to preserve the program’s history and inspire the next generation of space explorers, scientists and engineers.
NASA Funds Nationwide High School Student Robotics... →
NASA is providing up to $20 million over the next five years to support a national robotics technology program to inspire student interest in science, technology and mathematics.
NASA Aids First Characterization Of Super-Earth... →
A team of astronomers, including two NASA Sagan Fellows, have made the first characterizations of a super-Earth’s atmosphere by using a ground-based telescope. A super-Earth is a planet up to three…
NASA-German SOFIA Observatory Completes First... →
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed the first of three science flights on Wednesday morning to demonstrate the aircraft’s potential to make discoveries about…
12-01-2010 →
NASA Offers Space Shuttle Tiles To Schools And... →
As the Space Shuttle Program nears retirement, NASA is looking for ways to preserve the program’s history and inspire the next generation of space explorers, scientists and engineers.
SOFIA Prepares for the Stars →
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, 747SP sat on the tarmac during nighttime telescope operations at NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in October 2010. SOFIA will…