
If you’re an aspiring astronaut too young to even drive a car, for the past 38 years Space Camp has been a fun and…
If you’re an aspiring astronaut too young to even drive a car, for the past 38 years Space Camp has been a fun and…
Thirty years ago today, a movie with a very recognizable cast opened in theaters. It wasn’t a big hit, and has since…
Did you want to go to space camp as a child? The Guardian profiled NASA’s summer camp, how it stays current and relevant, and why children — despite the U.S. government’s historically low funding of NASA — are still inspired by space.
We’ve seen how NASA recreates the vacuum of space right here on Earth, but what about the gravity of space? What…
How do you test a new method for CPR in space without actually going into space? You take flight in a microgravity…
Last week we showed you how NASA simulates space here on Earth, with everything from advanced virtual reality to…
Deep in the belly of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, lie "The Domes." Step into one of them and suddenly…
Inside Building 32 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas sits Chamber A, a marvel of engineering,…
While Curiosity was still flying through space, way before it landed on Mars, scientists at the Jet Propulsion…
So MSL Curiosity has landed. It survived the seven minutes of terror and safely touched down on the surface of…
We have heard a lot about exoplanets in the past year. But for all the talk about these planets, which orbit a star…
Numbers, facts, figures, equations. These are all obviously critical components of the space program. But numbers…
Through technology, we've developed the ability to reach out into the distant corners of the universe. Rovers,…
There are no hospitals in space. The closest E.R. is back on Earth, and astronauts can't exactly jump in a cab to…
It's time to talk about the second letter in NASA: Aeronautics. Yes, NASA does mind-blowing things in outer space,…
Have you ever wondered how the hell spaceships get made? I mean, how does something like the six-legged ATHLETE…
What if you could use your phone to test the air for toxins? What if you could monitor your health simply by blowing…
A few years ago, back when the Constellation Program was still alive, NASA engineers discovered that the Ares I…
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