NASA’s VISIONS mission launched a rocket from Alaska into the northern lights on Feb. 7, 2013, to discover the secrets of auroras. A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space ...

WASHINGTON — Work on a new 10-year plan for U.S. planetary exploration is expected to get underway next year and wrap up in time to influence the program of robotic landers, orbiters and probes NASA ...

NASA has selected six technology proposals for continued study under the agency’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program. The proposals selected for Phase 2 of the 2013 NIAC Program address a ...

This story was updated at 3:45 p.m. EST. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The proposed 2013 federal budget unveiled by President ...

Super-typhoon Lekima is poised to "make the curve" in the northwestern Pacific Ocean today. The storm's track is expected to shift from a northwesterly direction, and curve to northeasterly direction ...

Water filtration bottles, comfortable car seats and remote medical monitoring devices all have one thing in common — they all have benefited from NASA technology. These products are featured in ...

With the space station cooling system hobbled and a commercial cargo launch waiting in the wings, NASA Tuesday prepared all options but said no decision had yet been made on whether spacewalk repairs ...

NASA researchers will drop a 45-foot-long helicopter fuselage from a height of about 30 feet to test improved seat belts and seats and advance experimental techniques and crashworthiness data. NASA ...

NASA scientists work on a sounding rocket slated to launch on Jan. 29, 2013, to create potentially dazzlingly bright red streaks in the night sky over the U.S. East Coast. The mission will launch from ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link NASA has selected 32 of the best Earth images from 2013 and is asking readers to help select one winner. Each week, through April 4, voters can ...

Never mind the current cold snap in the East or the polar vortex that swept through much of the U.S. in early 2014 -- scientists from NASA and NOAA report that 2013 was one of the 10 hottest years on ...

House bill would give NASA less in fiscal 2014 than the agency received the year before Sequestration generally doesn%27t affect mandatory spending NASA assured of current spending levels at least ...