In 2013, an asteroid exploded over Siberia with the force of roughly 500 kilotons of TNT. Today, NASA is exploring new planetary defense techniques to protect Earth’s future.
According to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, “Space is hard.” Hardest of all may be the question of how to address ethical issues and risk involved in human spaceflight.
With the successful launch of OSIRIS-REx on September 8, 2016, NASA is on its way to orbit, survey, and sample a “time capsule” in space: the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.
Fifty-five years ago, NASA announced that the Space Task Group (STG), formed to foster the U.S. human space exploration program, was headed for Houston.
In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) called for NASA to closely examine cost and schedule reserves for Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1).
In September 2016, NASA will launch its first mission to orbit, study, and sample an asteroid in order to learn more about the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.
A new edition of the APPEL News Digest has been released. We invite you to read it today on our website.
Fifty years ago this month, NASA launched the “flying bathtub” for a final time. Its legacy lived on for decades through the Space Shuttle Program.
The Critical Knowledge (CK) Gateway connects users to a wide range of video-based lessons learned resources. Now, accessing that information is easier than ever.
