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This image shows an artist’s concept of a hot Jupiter, a type of exoplanet seen by the Kepler space telescope. Image Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech
Kepler Offers Insight into Mysteries Near and Far
October 25, 2016 // by

A mission that nearly ended prematurely continues to reveal novel insight into distant star systems as well as our own solar system.

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This image represents a “baby picture” of the universe: an image of the cosmic microwave background radiation in the universe based on data from the COBE mission. Small variations in temperature, shown in blue and purple, indicate the beginnings of structures such as galaxies that populate the universe today. Image Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: COBE Scientists Were Celebrated for the CMB
October 20, 2016 // by

A decade ago, Dr. John C. Mather became the first NASA civil servant to receive the Nobel Prize for Physics in recognition of his work on cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB).

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CKO News: October 2016
October 2016 CKO News Now Available
October 14, 2016 // by

A new edition of the CKO News has been released. We invite you to read it today on our website.

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Earlier this year, engineers and technicians at Glenn Research Center’s Plum Brook Station prepared to begin a series of tests designed to verify the structural integrity of Orion’s European Service Module, which is being provided by ESA for EM-1. Photo Credit: NASA
Government Brief: Orion Program Review
October 13, 2016 // by

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report assessed the progress and challenges facing the development of NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

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On January 26, 2014, the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) instrument captured this image suggesting plumes of water vapor emerging from the southern region of Jupiter’s satellite Europa. An image of Europa, based on data from the Galileo and Voyager missions, is superimposed over the Hubble image. Image Credits: NASA/ESA/W. Sparks (STScI)/USGS Astrogeology Science Center
New Evidence Spurs Hope in Search for Habitability
October 6, 2016 // by

Images suggesting the presence of icy plumes erupting from the surface of Europa offer hope that it may be easier than expected to search for signs of life on Jupiter’s moon.

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APPEL receives NASA's Group Achievement Award
APPEL Team Receives Agency Honor Award
October 4, 2016 // by

Every day, the APPEL team strives to support mission success at NASA by promoting learning for the technical workforce. Recently, the agency recognized the team for their efforts.

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September 2016 APPEL News Digest Now Available
September 29, 2016 // by

A new edition of the APPEL News Digest has been released. We invite you to read it today on our website.

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This artist’s concept illustrates a potential option for the robotic segment of the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), in which the spacecraft captures a boulder from a large asteroid and carries it to a distant lunar orbit for in-depth examination. Image Credit: NASA
NASA Missions to Demonstrate Planetary Defense Capabilities
September 27, 2016 // by

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.

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Artist’s rendering of Juno spacecraft approaching Jupiter. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Juno to Jupiter: ‘A Lot of Lessons Learned’
September 27, 2016 // by

On July Fourth as America celebrated the birth of a nation, the NASA community had additional cause for celebration as Juno successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit on a mission to investigate the birth of our solar system’s largest planet.

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