2001
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What Space Needs: The Human Touch
May 30, 2001
NASA's Human Exploration and Development of Space enterprise tackles one of the toughest and most redeeming problems of all: sending humans into space.
Jellyplants on Mars
June 1, 2001
Scientists are creating a new breed of glowing plants --part mustard and part jellyfish-- to help humans explore the Red Planet.
A Greener Planetary Greenhouse
Sept. 7, 2001
In recent years Earth-orbiting satellites have seen plants growing more vigorously than usual over northern parts of our planet.
Power to the ISS!
Nov. 13, 2001
What's the most important resource on the International Space Station? Air? Water? No ... electrical power!
Starshine, Too
Dec. 18, 2001
On Sunday, Dec. 16th, shuttle Astronautsdeployed the eye-catching Starshine 2 satellite. Now there are two "disco balls in space" for students to track and study.
Roses for the Red Planet
May 8, 2001
What makes The Red Planetred? Right now the answer is iron oxide, but one day it could be roses say NASA scientists debating the prospects for plant life on Mars.
Meteorites Don't Pop Corn
July 27, 2001
A fireball that dazzled Americans on July 23rd was a piece of a comet or an asteroid, scientists say. Contrary to reports, however, it probably didn't scorch any cornfields.
Another Daring Adventure for Galileo
Aug. 3, 2001
NASA's durable Galileo space probe is heading for a close encounter with an alien volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. Galileo could fly right through a volcanic plume for the first time.
Fire Photon Torpedoes!
Feb. 27, 2001
A NASA alliance with minority colleges and universities is working to create futuristic computers that operate using particles of light.
All the World's a Stage ... for Dust
June 26, 2001
Tune in to a NASA website and watch giant dust clouds as they ride global rivers of air, cross-pollinating continents with topsoil and microbes.