A mobility chassis prototype is demonstrated in 2008 as part of a series of tests of lunar surface concepts. This is one prototype of many that are field tested as part of NASA’s ongoing Desert Research and Technology Studies, or Desert RATS. The Desert RATS tests offer a NASA-led team of engineers, astronauts, and scientists […]
By Piers Bizony During the space race of the 1960s, NASA Administrator James Webb and his Soviet counterpart, Sergei Korolev, shared the determination and skill needed to push a rocket program past countless political barriers, beyond the reach of jealous rivals, and toward success.
NASA in the News A pattern of X-ray “stripes” in the remains of the Tycho supernova, discovered after long observation with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, may provide the first direct evidence that a cosmic event can accelerate particles to energies a hundred times higher than those achieved by the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth, […]
By Kerry Ellis Knowledge obtained from decades of exploration and discovery, in space and here on Earth, would remain unknown if no one learned about it.
By Brent Robertson and Michael Bay It is always exciting watching something launch into space. It is even more thrilling when the launch is the culmination of many years of work.
By Don Heyer In the final days of 2008, the Science Mission Directorate and the Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership released a new opportunity under a fledgling program: the Hands-on Project Experience, or HOPE.
By Douglas Craig Humanity’s dream of exploring the wonders of space—to look for life on other planets and to better understand our place in the universe—has not diminished over the years. But advances in human space exploration beyond low-Earth orbit have been slow to emerge.
By Blair Allen NASA has many outlets for sharing details about what goes on behind its doors, but none so personable as NASA EDGE, a video podcast (or vodcast) that grew out of an idea to be “different … unscripted and unpredictable.”
By Erik N. Nilsen and P.A. “Trisha” Jansma On October 18, 1989, the Galileo spacecraft lifted free from the shuttle cargo bay.
