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After twenty years in orbit, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is testing new maneuvers to hunt for water.

The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA's Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to commercial supersonic flight over land by making sonic booms quieter.

A new NASA technology will use moonlight to enhance measurements from space.

NASA is providing assistance to ongoing recovery operations in Texas.

What is the difference between an asteroid, a comet, and a meteor?

Astronauts regularly spend time doing a little housekeeping to be sure everything on station is in working order.

This Moon-mining machine is proving it has what it takes to dig up dirt on the lunar surface.

EMIT could be a diagnostic tool to identify pollution from the desert to the sea.

NASA engineers are studying the shadows Artemis astronauts may experience on the Moon.

One NASA mission has had several close encounters with our dynamic star.

NASA and the Department of Defense rehearsed recovery procedures off the coast of Florida – just in case.

You may have seen the impressive images NASA has captured of hurricanes, but NASA doesn't just take pictures of the storms.

Ozone high in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun's ultraviolet light. But ozone near the ground is a pollutant that harms people and plants.

From space to high fashion, aerogel is capturing the world's attention.

From copper blue to the red tint of strontium, exotic elements were created as stars exploded into brilliant supernovas.

One day, we can look forward to American astronauts celebrating Independence Day on the Moon, or even Mars.

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is the only other place in our solar system that has weather cycles like Earth.

Even before we're aware of heart trouble, our bodies give off warning signs in the form of vibrations.

This summer, NASA is launching rockets into some mysterious clouds.

Now amateur astronomers can join NASA in celebrating Hubble's thirty-five years of eyes on the universe by looking through their own telescopes.

Decades ago, NASA designed a new type of liquid battery to supply a steady source of electricity when power is a challenge.

Teams are finding ways to improve how NASA builds spacecraft, and they're using augmented reality to get the job done.

Watching lightning on Earth is fascinating. But watching it from space can be scientifically enlightening.

As NASA plans for humans to return to the Moon or explore Mars, laser beams could be a key to assembling large structures or making repairs in space.

If you look to the sky, June is filled with astronomical delights.

A NASA balloon made a trip around the world in just sixteen days.

NASA is teaming up with the commercial sector to bring discoveries home from space.

Sometimes noctilucent clouds on Mars create a rainbow of colors, producing iridescent, or mother-of-pearl clouds.

These tiny but tough life forms may help astronauts survive in the harsh environment of space.

From astronauts to engineers, people at NASA have some interesting traditions to mark successful launches. But none may be as famous as Norm Carlson's Launch Beans.

As NASA prepares for a sustained human presence on the Moon, researchers are turning lunar dust into a lifeline.

A year after a geomagnetic storm that created auroras seen as far south as Texas, scientists are still making discoveries about its surprising effects.

Astrobee has been wrapping its arms around objects on the International Space Station.

NASA is transforming how we see the skies.

What is a black hole?

NASA's official lunar landing requirement is to land within fifty meters, or one hundred sixty-four feet of a targeted site.

ELF-5 is improving materials used for smartphone screens and space habitats by testing these materials in space.

Volcanoes often give subtle hints before they erupt.

A flyby of Mars gave Europa Clipper an opportunity to calibrate its infrared imaging instrument.

The efficient movement of large amounts of oxygen over long distances could help sustain a permanent human presence on the Moon.

Researchers are evaluating the feasibility of using a stratospheric platform in wildland fire scenarios.

It was the Monday after Mother's Day in 2009 when Atlantis lifted off from Launch Pad 39A to rendezvous with the Hubble Space Telescope.