NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge

NASA has released a Request for Information (RFI) on system concepts and innovative approaches for the recently announced Asteroid Initiative.

The Moon and Sun: Two NASA Missions Join Images

NASA overlay of a 3-dimensional model creates an awe-inspiring image of the sun and the moon.

Moon Radiation Findings May Reduce Health Risks to Astronauts

Plastics and other lightweight materials are pound-for-pound more effective for shielding against cosmic radiation than aluminum.

Video: This Week@NASA

View the Latest Edition of "This Week@NASA" (Dated June 7, 2013)

NASA Radar Reveals Asteroid Has Its Own Moon

Radar Movies Highlight Asteroid 1998 QE2 and Its Moon.

NASA Prepares for Launch of Next Solar Satellite

NASA's next scientific satellite, IRIS, will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun's lower atmosphere or interface region.

LADEE Arrives at Wallops for Moon Mission

LADEE arrived today at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to begin final processing for its trip to the moon later this year.

2013 Lunabotics Mining Competition Awards

NASA's Fourth Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition was held May 20-24, 2013 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Grail Mission Solves Mystery of Moon's Surface Gravity

Dense mass concentrations, or mascon regions, characterize strong gravitational anomalies on the lunar surface

NASA's WISE Mission Finds Lost Asteroid Family Members

NASA researchers now have a better idea of which asteroids belongs to which family.
 
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