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Stellar Echo Imaging could give astronomers detailed information about Exoplanets.

A method to crush and heat space trash could turn it into inert insulation materials to protect astronauts from space radiation.

Existing folding wings require an actuation system that is bulky, and requires multiple parts including hydraulics, pneumatics, and electric motors.

Today, SAGE III is safely installed where no continuous Earth-observing instrument has gone before, on the outside of the International Space Station.

A fleet of small satellites, equipped with sensors could enable real-time mitigation of collisions with orbital debris.

For astronauts on orbit, the Isspresso machine makes space a little bit more like home.

The pictures Viking sent to Earth are helping scientists today pick landing sites for Mars missions in the future.

Pilots have long been training on virtual reality simulators, but these have limitations. It’s challenging to replicate how each aircraft feels.

Using technology similar to what NASA used on the Apollo 15 mission, LIDAR could be used to create maps of both vegetation and surface roughness that would help firefighters find the easiest path to safety.

To make sure all components of the Webb observatory are prepared to handle the brutal mechanical conditions the telescope may face during launch, technicians and engineers are intentionally putting it through punishing tests.

With concerns about crew safety and return from the proposed space station, researchers at Langley begin working on a re-entry vehicle to bring astronauts home.

In experiments conducted on the station, medical researchers found a way to combine two liquids incapable of mixing on Earth.

Mastering an extravehicular activity, or spacewalk would be crucial in proving that NASA was ready to actually put a man on the moon.

Scientists are now able to conduct agricultural experiments in less time with fewer resources, all without beating around the soybean bush.

When astronauts like Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin came to NASA Langley to train, they could often be found at the Lunar Landing Research Facility, an iconic structure known as the gantry.

Currently, a spacecraft’s position in space is determined by measuring the time it takes a signal from Earth to reach a spacecraft and rebroadcast back to Earth. But NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock could change that.

Explore NASA Home and City, a new interactive web site that showcases about 130 spinoff technologies in a virtual space. From cell phone cameras to fire equipment, NASA is closer than you think.

You can take snapshots of a location on Earth to share with friends or colleagues with a NASA app that lets you explore Earth your way.

More than just day-to-day conditions, weather events can be life or death matters.

The Van Allen probes were designed to study changes in the size, shape, and intensity of the Van Allen radiation belts.