NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program and aeronautics and space research.
It was established in 1958. NASA’s Headquarters is in Washington, D.C.
Since its establishment, most U.S. space exploration efforts have been led by NASA, including the Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle.
NASA’s InSight Detects First Likely Marsquake
NASA's Mars InSight lander has measured and recorded for the first time ever a likely "marsquake."
The faint seismic signal, detected by the lander's Seismic...
The universe’s first type of molecule is found at last
The first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe has been detected in space for the first time, after decades of searching....
NASA’s Cassini reveals surprises with Titan’s lakes
On its final flyby of Saturn's largest moon in 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data revealing that the small liquid lakes in Titan's...
Meteoroid Strikes Eject Precious Water From Moon
Researchers from NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, report that streams of meteoroids striking the Moon infuse the...
Curiosity tastes first sample in Clay-Bearing Unit
Scientists working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been excited to explore a region called "the clay-bearing unit" since before the spacecraft launched. Now,...
Unexpected rain on Sun links two solar mysteries
For five months in mid-2017, Emily Mason did the same thing every day. Arriving at her office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in...
Parker Solar Probe completes second close approach to the Sun
Launched on August 12, 2018, the probe has reached its perihelion, the second point on its orbit furthest from the Sun and is now...
NASA’s Curiosity captured two solar eclipses on Mars
When NASA's Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar filters on its Mast Camera (Mastcam) allow it to...
How dust storms are adding to pollution woes of North India
During May 2018, the national capital region and parts of North India were lashed by three strong dust storms in quick succession. In addition...
Shape-changing plane wing
A team of engineers has built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The wing...
NASA’s Curiosity rover spots a bed of Earth-like pebbles
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has recently captured a bed of pebbles that look like they could be sitting along a riverbed right here on...
NASA’s Fermi satellite clocks Cannonball pulsar speeding through space
A pulsar is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation. One such pulsar PSR J0002+6216 has a radio-emitting...