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 Voyager 2 could be nearing interstellar space
NASA's Voyager 2 probe, which is traveling through the outermost layer of the heliosphere, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside...
Parker solar probe changed the game before it even launched
On Oct. 3, 2018, Parker Solar Probe performed the first significant celestial maneuver of its seven-year mission. As the orbits of the shuttle and Venus...
New simulation sheds light on spiraling Supermassive black holes
Another model is conveying researchers a bit nearer to understanding the sorts of light signals created when two supermassive black holes, which are millions...
NASA balloon mission captures electric blue clouds
On July 8, 2018, NASA's PMC (polar mesospheric clouds) Turbo mission propelled a giant balloon to ponder PMCs at a height of 50 miles...
New small satellite peers inside Hurricane Florence
A new small satellite with a size of a cereal box has captured an inside look at Hurricane Florence in a trial of technology that could...
NASA’s mission to ‘touch the sun’ beams back first images
Just over a month into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from each of its four instrument suites. This first-light data...
New study tracks hurricane harvey stormwater with GPS
Hurricane Harvey dumped in excess of 5 feet (1.5 meters) of water on southeast Texas in late August 2017, making it the wettest recorded...
Scientists identified three reasons responsible for Earth’s spin axis drift
When Earth rotates on its spin axis - an imaginary line that goes through the North and South Poles - it drifts and wobbles....
ECOSTRESS maps LA’s hot spots
ASA's ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) estimates surface temperature that you would feel if you touched the surface of something....
NASA’s TESS shares first science image in hunt to find new worlds
NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have recently captured a detailed picture of the southern sky taken with all four of...
NASA gets inside look at large and powerful hurricane Florence
Using NASA's Aqua satellite, scientists have gathered infrared look at the large and powerful Hurricane Florence that demonstrated wind shear was incidentally influencing the southern side...
Exploring the solar system? You may need to pack an umbrella
Gearing up for its first flight test, NASA’s Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology allows mission planners to develop an aeroshell design that fits within...