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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.

Norway has now become the fifty-fifth nation to officially join the Artemis Accords.

Among the fallen heroes who bravely served our country, visitors to Arlington National Cemetery will find memorials to some of the men and women who gave their lives in the pursuit of space.

Using shape memory alloys for spring tires on the Moon or Mars could prevent the deformation seen in most traditional materials.

Actively looking for new uses for ideas developed with the space program in mind ensures that agency investments benefit the nation and the world.

MSOLO will head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped beneath the lunar surface.

Living in space causes changes to an astronaut's eyes.

Artificial intelligence software initially designed to learn and analyze Martian terrain is now at the heart of a system to monitor assembly lines on Earth.

Data from NASA's Juno mission collected during close flybys of Io, have revealed how volcanoes on this moon are fed.

NASA has helped reinvent car brakes.

An ancient creature that once lived with dinosaurs helps keep NASA's Kennedy Space Center in balance.

Our solar system is made up of eight planets of varying sizes that orbit one star, the Sun.

Oral histories highlight NASA projects and programs that succeeded, while others look at what resulted in failure.

Astronaut Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday by returning home after 220 days on the International Space Station.

Europa Clipper has a long way to go before reaching Jupiter's orbit in 2030.

Collecting rocks and studying dirt after successfully landing on other worlds is an important part of understanding each unique environment.

An Early Career Faculty grant, awarded to Purdue University through the Space Technology Research Grants Program, could help shape the future of light-sailing technologies.

Both astronauts and robots will need power on the Moon. Solar power just isn't an option in permanently shaded regions.

A fully operational R2 is now displayed standing with arms and legs extended as it looks straight at Discovery's starboard side.

Astronauts on the International Space Station are experimenting with plants that both flower and produce an edible crop.

Levitating the materials during manufacturing, instead of placing them in a container, could avoid crucible contamination, producing higher purity steel.

This toothpaste is a NASA spinoff based on the revolutionary insight of a NASA scientist who used biology to make semiconductors.

NASA researchers are working on reducing landing gear noise to make flying quieter.

Scientists have released the first in-depth analyses of the samples from asteroid Bennu.

Through an equal partnership between NASA and the India Space Research Organization, NASA is preparing to send the first-of-its-kind dual band radar satellite into space.

Have you seen Planetary Defenders yet?

We're celebrating Earth, as only NASA can.

April is Citizen Science Month!

Nestled in a pod under an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft wing, traveling up to the speed of sound, NASA put a commercial sensor technology to the test.

When RadPC hitched a ride to the Moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission, it was another example of how NASA and American companies are working together to deliver science and technology to the Moon.

It's time to take out the trash!

This NASA spinoff keeps your coffee hot.

SHERLOC, an instrument at the end of Perseverance's robotic arm, lets scientists study fabric samples on Mars.

For the first time, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured auroral activity on Neptune.

Their long-duration science expedition has come to a close with splashdown off the Florida coast.

NASA satellite maps complement efforts by the international scientific community, giving researchers a better picture of the deep unknown.

A new generation of Moon trees are taking root across the country.