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 gets up close with Greenland’s melting ice
Using a new research plane and a new base to enhance its odds of outsmarting Atlantic hurricanes, NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) campaign takes to...
Nasa scientists observed evidence of water ice on the Moon’s surface
NASA scientists using the data from NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument and identifies three specific signatures on the Moon. These signatures clearly suggest...
Unexpected future boost of methane possible from arctic permafrost
New NASA-financed research about has found that Arctic permafrost's normal slow thawing and the related arrival of greenhouse gases to the environment may really...
Hubble paints picture of the evolving universe
Ultraviolet light has been the missing piece to the cosmic puzzle. Presently, combined with infrared and noticeable light information from Hubble and other space...
NASA observed 14th Eastern Pacific tropical depression form
On Aug. 14, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite flew over developing Pacific Tropical Depression 14E in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The satellite discovered thunderstorms wrapping...
NASA successfully launches the mission to touch the Sun
Parker Solar Probe is a planned NASA's robotic spacecraft to probe the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 8.86 solar...
NASA studies space applications for GaN crystals
Two teams at NASA are studying the applications for gallium nitride, a crystal-type semiconductor that currently being used in consumer electronics such as laser...
NASA’s planet-hunting TESS catches a comet before starting science
Before NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) science activities on July 25, 2018, the planet hunter sent back a dazzling grouping of fortunate pictures...
The Arctic carbon cycle is speeding up, study
Another NASA-led ponder utilizing information from the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) demonstrates that carbon in Alaska's North Slope tundra ecosystems invests around 13 percent...
Symphony of stars: The science of stellar sound waves in space
Astronomers suggest that the stars in space play continuous sounds like a concert. The biggest stars make the lowest, deepest sounds, like tubas and double...
NASA’s Parker solar probe and the curious case of hot corona
The Sun’s corona remained a puzzle even for the scientists who study it closely. It is more than a hundred times hotter than the...
MAC coating investigated for protecting smithsonian specimens
A coating developed by Goddard engineers to guard highest-profile space observatories against potentially harmful molecular contamination is now getting evolution. The coating will now be...