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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket left the launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early in the morning on June 25. Among the 24 satellites onboard were four NASA technology and science payloads.

NASA successfully demonstrated that the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system can outrun a speeding rocket while pulling astronauts to safety.

Astronauts exploring the Moon’s South Pole are going to need help keeping lunar dust out of hard to reach places.

This robotic sniffer has become a valuable asset on the International Space Station.

The integration of glass cockpits into both future airliners and modern spacecraft like Orion, continue to make this work an aviation success!

In keeping with the spirit of the Wright Brothers and other American innovators, the Centennial Challenge prizes are offered to independent inventors.

In the adjoining control room at NASA Langley’s Transonic Dynamics Tunnel, researchers analyze what’s happening to the model inside.

The Mars Helicopter is what’s called a technology demonstrator. Its sole goal is to show we can actually do this mission.

On long-duration space missions, astronauts will have to grow their own food and time spent tending plants is time that can’t be spent on scientific exploration.

In an unprecedented sharing of discovery, 84 researchers have released their key findings from NASA’s landmark Twins Study.

Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are building the Mars 2020 rover and the high def cameras the rover will use as eyes are its latest additions.

Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology. Now Artemis is the name of NASA’s program to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024.

Astronauts on the International Space Station conduct a variety of scientific research, but how do they get the results of those experiments back to Earth?

Now some of the spectacular images recorded by Earth-observing satellites have been put together in NASA’s new book, “Earth.”

A new public tool developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory gives anyone interested in checking out the Mars Weather website – an up-to-date weather report on Mars.

Tissue chips could help predict the effectiveness of medicine in humans.

Busy as a bee, or in this case, Astrobee. These robots are working hard on the International Space Station.

Music is as much a part of human nature as the drive to explore, so it’s no wonder music plays a role in space history.

These 3D printed sensors could be used for a variety of space applications.

NASA will join an international crew on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean this summer to prepare for future deep space missions.