NASA pushes back against proposal to slash climate budget
NASA pushed back against a congressional proposal to slash more than $300 million in funding from its branch focused on climate issues.
NASA pushed back against a congressional proposal to slash more than $300 million in funding from its branch focused on climate issues.
Space Exploration
May 1, 2015
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Researchers from several institutions are in the Four Corners region of the U.S. Southwest with a suite of airborne and ground-based instruments, aiming to uncover reasons for a mysterious methane "hot spot" detected from ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 8, 2015
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Astronaut Scott Kelly's identical twin pulled a fast one on NASA right before his brother blasted off on a one-year space station mission.
Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2015
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SpaceX launched an observatory inspired by former Vice President Al Gore toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2015
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SpaceX is taking another stab Tuesday at launching an observatory into deep space and landing the rocket booster that carries it up.
Space Exploration
Feb 10, 2015
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Space is one of the most demanding and unforgiving environments. Human exploration of space requires astronauts to maintain consistently high levels of cognitive performance to ensure mission safety and success, and prevent ...
Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2014
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In the future, as space exploration takes astronauts on longer missions and more female astronauts participate, "The Impact of Sex and Gender on Adaptation to Space" will become increasingly critical to astronaut safety and ...
Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2014
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It's one of the most profound questions of all—how did life on Earth begin?
Biochemistry
Sep 16, 2014
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Outside experts raised doubts on Monday about whether a loud boom and a gaping crater found in Nicaragua this weekend were caused by a meteorite, as the government has said.
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2014
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A new NASA-developed computer software tool designed to aid air traffic controllers was presented to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a ceremony Monday at the agency's headquarters in Washington.
Engineering
Jul 16, 2014
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