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Labor Day is an opportunity to reflect on the contributions NASA missions make to the American workforce and American innovation.

Sailors might have avoided scurvy if someone in the age of exploration on the high seas had found a way to make the vitamin C sailors were missing.

This NASA spinoff is keeping hot liquids and cold containers at an ideal temperature.

Flight demonstrations help push tipping point technologies.

What started out as the astronauts' need for an easy way to support plant growth experiments in space has improved nozzle technology across industries here on Earth.

Embedded in the Perseverance rover are five swatches of material that could help prepare astronauts for a future trip to Mars.

Understanding the physical processes the body uses to compensate for the lack of gravity is important for maintaining astronaut health.

Using archival data from NASA's Magellan mission, researchers have uncovered new evidence that tectonic activity may be changing the surface of Venus.

From a dark cloud of hydrogen to a supermassive black hole, begin your galactic journey with ViewSpace.

Airplanes go through testing so they don't exceed noise levels set for their body type.

A journey to the Moon can be made in days.

For sixty years, since NASA's Gemini program, every astronaut launching to space has worn a mission patch.

JunoCam is located outside the titanium-walled radiation unit that provides protection for sensitive components.

The ten-day Artemis II mission will test NASA's deep space human exploration capabilities with astronauts.

HAQAST is working to better understand the impact prescribed controlled burns have on air quality.

Over the years, planes, cars, helicopters, and even the Orion capsule have been dropped from the gantry.

No one has mapped more territory than NASA. But even their sensors rely on batteries.

One company is using a material with NASA origins to ensure that athletes stay comfortable.

Did you know that seven near-Earth asteroids passed closer to Earth than the Moon in the last thirty days?

It's never been so easy to watch a NASA launch.

The view from space just keeps getting better.

Astronomers have proven that Betelgeuse has a companion after all.

NASA is continuing its transition toward agency-supported commercial space stations.

NASA's latest open Software Catalog is available now.

Scheduled for launch in just a few days, the next astronaut crew must still follow protocols established during the Apollo days.

Some technologies are ready to take flight, so NASA gives them wings.

Since July 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has had unwavering eyes on our universe.

How do you tell how much propellant is in a spacecraft's tank?

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.