"We can’t travel 13½ billion light-years, but when Hubble brings that to us, it’s like we’re there."
"Some day 10 years from now I’m going to say I was a small part of this Hubble mission..."
"[The Hubble Space Telescope] and the discoveries that it’s made in the last 10 years, they’re really rewriting the physics books..."
"I think that as human beings we’re very curious about the world around us and, of course, about the universe around us, and these images help to sort of answer some of those questions..."
"Any time we have a hard question in astronomy that can be answered in optical astronomy, we turn to Hubble to go and answer that question."
Amateur radio on the International Space Station brings technology, science and inspiration into the classroom.
Fifty years ago, Dr. Thomas Keith Glennan was sworn in as the first NASA Administrator. Dr. Hugh Dryden was appointed as his deputy administrator. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
She went to see "The Dark Knight" at the IMAX Theater at the Virginia Air and Space Center. Checked out Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker. Christopher Bales' work as Batman. And "the cars," Haley Anderson says. It's Anderson's engineering side meeting her theater side and making peace.
Amanda Cichoracki is here for one summer, but she is making a mark that will linger long after she is gone.
ARCIONS principal investigator Anne Thompson uses balloons to collect data about atmospheric variables such as ozone levels, pollutants, temperature, humidity and pressure..