The following article is from the new book Uncle J...  ...at meant that the mission itself was in jeopardy. NASA ’s own flight rules dictated that if a space...  ...soon as reasonably possible,” according to NASA Flight Director Rob Kelso, who was on duty that T...  ...s. But the experience had been...

They have a workplace pumpkin-carving contest ever...  ...no ordinary pumpkin art, because the workplace is NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Let's take a look at...

There are plenty of problems associated with space...  ...working hard to solve those problems. Every day, NASA and its partners (which include many universities...

Side note Ophiuchus looks like he couldn't find...  ...onth in a year.But the scientific minded folks at NASA wondered why the Babylonians gave the Zodiac 12 s...

Forty-five years ago, we thought colonizing the moon was surely in our future. But once the space race was won, the moon was found to be not useful enough to justify the expense. And the expense of getting there was astr...

NASA was formed in 1958 to replace the NACA (National...  ...//youtu.be/UC5k7xbSQ7c] (YouTube link)Since then, NASA has produced many such films, TV shows, and video...  ...ttp://boingboing.net/2016/09/16/enjoy-50-years-of- nasa -footage.html

It’s only been in the last couple of decades that we learned the history of the “human computers,” the women whose brains powered the calculations that developed software, built the atom bomb, and took...

If you’ve ever been to the U.S. Space and Ro...  ...he parking lot. it’s a monument to an early NASA astronaut you may have never heard of, known as M...  ...t to space, but the first ever recovered alive by NASA . In 1959 Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey, and Miss...  ...Ocean, and were recovered with...

(Image: CASIS/Marvel Custom Solutions)Yes, that's...  ...that's Groot and Rocket Raccoon in this official NASA patch. It will represent all of the science missi...

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek a...  ...and the opening of the new film Star Trek Beyond, NASA has produced three videos about the link between...  ...ISS).[https://youtu.be/-yHH6Uf5Fps] (YouTube link) NASA has always loved Star Trek. The fictional univers...  ...ered a respect for space explor...