The food on space shuttle Atlantis
As NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis astronauts blasted into space this afternoon, the last thing on their minds was wondering what’s for dinner.
Plans to free Spirit rover by sending commands
NASA's long running Mars rover is stuck in a sand trap – a situation the space agency would like to fix. So NASA will begin what it called the long process of extricating Spirit by sending commands that could free the rover.
NASA instruments reveal water molecules on lunar surface
Scientists at the US space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon.
Flying about 31 miles above the surface, orbiter begins sending home images and data
Carrying seven scientific instruments and an intricate communications system, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun the year-long process of mapping the surface of the moon.
Unmanned H-II spacecraft delivers supplies for station's Japanese laboratory
An unmanned Japanese cargo spacecraft yesterday was plucked out of space by a robotic arm and attached to the International Space Station.
The company will provide cloud computing services to US government agencies
Google will offer cloud-computing services designed specifically for U.S. government agencies starting next year, the company announced Tuesday at NASA Aims Research Center.
Futuristic commuter systems thanks to NASA robotics
It looks a little like the Jetson's flying car but it travels on magnetically levitated highways. That's one vision of a future commuter system that could be developed by a marriage of NASA robot-control software and car-like pods from Unimodal Systems.
Wave amplifier enables lunar orbiter to transmit massive amounts of data at 100 Mb/second
How often do you go to make a call on your cell phone and you're stymied by a bad connection?
The Planck telescope is studying radiation that's 13 billion years old
A space telescope that was launched in May has already begun to collect light left over from the Big Bang that created the universe.
The coolest technologies that the moon landing gave us -- that we still use today.
It's been 40 years since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched into space in Apollo 11, with the historic moon landing occurring four days later.
NASA unveils Web site, Twitters about space objects hurtling toward Earth
Worried you might not have enough time to live it up right before an apocalyptic asteroid crashes into Earth and ruins your whole day?
Apollo lunar program made a staggering contribution to high tech development
Forty years after astronauts on NASA's Apollo 11 spacecraft first landed on the moon, many experts say the historic event altered the course of space exploration as well man's view of itself in the universe.
On Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary, Google unveils panoramic pics, video & stories
If the 40th anniversary of the moon landing by NASA's Apollo 11 crew has you jonesing for more information about our lunar neighbor, Google Inc. today came out with a new Google Earth feature that promises to provide just that.
Interactive site lets users follow NASA events during first mission to land on moon
Were you too young to follow the historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 or was it so thrilling that you'd like to relive it all over again - from the blast off of the Saturn V rocket to Neil Armstrong first stepping on the moon?
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission uses latest communications technology
Flying to the moon is not easy feat but communicating with as well as relaying information to and from rocketing space probes is the most critical part of the mission.