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FILTER RESULTS ►Get lost in the hypnotic swirl of this simulated black hole
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center gives us a peek at the workings of a black hole—or at least a simulation of one. This supercomputer simulation is helping astronomers better understand how X-rays travel around a black hole. Read more...
NASA sees Tropical Storm Andrea cover half the East Coast
The rainfall rate image was created at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. by adding together data from two TRMM instruments. The rain rates in the center of the swath are from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), and those in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). Show More Summary
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Large Magellanic Cloud in UV
Astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa., have used NASA's Swift satellite to create the most detailed surveys of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the two closest...
NASA creates eye-popping 160-megapixel image of our two nearest galaxies (video)
NASA is determined to bring the final frontier closer than ever -- or at least a small, photographic slice of it. Using NASA's Swift satellite, astrophysicists at Goddard Space Flight Center and Pennsylvania State University were able to create a stunningly detailed survey of the two galaxies closest to us: the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds. Show More Summary
Engineers develop skills for future flight systems at 'Rocket U'
As NASA plans for future spaceflight programs to low-Earth orbit and beyond, teams of engineers at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are gaining flight systems experience in designing and launching vehicle systems on a small scale....Show More Summary
NASA Releases 'It Gets Better' Video: WATCH
NASA released an "It Gets Better" video featuring LGBT astronauts, a flight engineer, a director, a manager, an educator, and an intern from the "Out & Allied @ JSC Employee Resource Group" of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured here, NASA...
NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale team assembles final observatory
On May 20, 2013, the Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., reached an unprecedented milestone. The team mated the instrument and spacecraft decks to form the fourth and final MMS observatory. This is the first time Goddard has simultaneously engineered this many observatories, or spacecraft, for a single mission.
Mighty Eagle -- NASA's robotic prototype lander -- gets a new view
The Mighty Eagle, NASA's robotic prototype lander managed out of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, recently completed a test series to monitor its systems functionality after coming out of winter storage. This latest series included...Show More Summary
Video: Adapter 'flips' for 2014 exploration flight test
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., recently flipped an adapter - no easy feat when you're talking about 1,000 pounds of aluminum - furthering progress toward Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1 in 2014 and providing early experience for Space Launch System (SLS) hardware ahead of the rocket's first flight in 2017. read more
Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day.
Dream Chaser space plane to begin NASA flight tests
A flatbed truck carrying the Dream Chaser, its wings and tail removed, pauses at Hangar 4802 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California. (Credit: NASA/Tom Tschida) In another sign of ever-increasing commercial spaceflight activity, Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser space plane has arrived at NASA for testing. Show More Summary
NASA completes first part of Webb Telescope's 'eye surgery' operation
Much like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope. They scrubbed up and suited up to perform one of the most delicate performances of their lives. Show More Summary
Become fluent in the vocabulary of solar flares and space weather
With all the exciting solar activity lately, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shared this helpful tutorial about the vocabulary of space weather on their Facebook page. Now you can tell your CMEs apart from your solar flares. Read more...
NASA begins again
The roar of a 5,000 pound rocket engine has returned to the Johnson Space Center. The Morpheus team has completed the build-up of our “Bravo” vehicle, conducted numerous integrated tests, and has now stepped into our flight test program. read more
Six years after zero-G flight, Stephen Hawking is still up for a space trip
It's been six long years since world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking got a taste of weightlessness during a zero-G airplane flight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center — but he still wants to feel the real deal aboard Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane.
The 71-ye …
NASA to Webcast Lyrid Meteor Shower Tonight
The annual Lyrid meteor shower may have peaked overnight on Sunday and Monday, but if you missed the celestial fireworks show don't fret. NASA's got you covered.
Scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville,...Show More Summary
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Meteor and Space Junk
A wide field meteor camera at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center recorded this spectacular meteor breaking up in Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 30, 2011, 8:37 p.m. EDT. Also visible is a star-like object moving slowly toward the upper middle of...
Gallery: Behind the scenes at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
We watched a rocket test and came away with a ton of awesome photographs.
Hubble Space Telescope control console on eBay
Want to build a DIY version of the Hubble Space Telescope? I posted last year that the Vehicle Power Interface Console used at the Goddard Flight Center during pre-launch testing of the HST was for sale on eBay for $75,000. Well, now the seller has significantly sweetened the deal by throwing in this stately and [...]
NASA turns up the heat on construction of the Space Launch System
Welding engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have had an extremely busy winter assembling adapters that will connect the Orion spacecraft to a Delta IV rocket for the initial test flight of Orion in 2014. Show More Summary
