September update for Ares rockets
Tons, perhaps tens of tons, of carbon molecules in dust particles and meteorites fall on Earth daily. Researchers have noticed that most meteorite carbon are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the most common carbon-rich compound in the universe.
The Ares I rocket, America's next flagship in space, is now in development by NASA and its industry partners.
NASA has selected a Mars robotic mission that will provide information about the Red Planet's atmosphere, climate history and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before.
NASA won't send anything into space that needs to return -- without a parachute.
Software developers are using game-making technology to show NASA the best way to prepare spacecraft for orbit.
Scale models of the Orion crew exploration vehicle recently were tested at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, or NBL, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and at a wave tank at Texas A&M University in College Station.
NASA tested the parachutes for the recovery system on its Orion crew exploration vehicle above the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona on July 31.
August update for Ares rockets
July update for Ares rockets