NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Bolden Visits SpaceX

06.14.12 - Gallery of NASA Administrator Bolden during ceremonies at SpaceX.

Findings on Asteroid 2011 AG5

06.15.12 - Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in 2040.

Sample Return Robot Challenge

06.14.12 - Robots can be intuitive and self-sufficient, and the more advanced robotics technologies become, the "smarter" they will become.

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Cassini Sees Lakes on Saturn Moon

06.13.12 - Cassini has spied long-standing methane lakes, or puddles, in the "tropics" of Saturn's moon Titan. One of the tropical lakes appears to be about half the size of Utah's Salt Lake.

Webb's 1st Flight Instrument Delivered

06.14.12 - The Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI, will allow scientists to study cold and distant objects in greater detail than ever before.

Join the Conversation on Mars

06.09.12 - NASA is inviting anyone interested, regardless of educational or professional background, to ask questions about the future of Mars exploration.

Curiosity's Mars Landing Site

06.11.12 - NASA has narrowed the target for its most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, which will land on the Red Planet in August.

Aquarius Marks First Year in Orbit

06.11.12 - It's been a busy first year in space for Aquarius, NASA's pioneering instrument to measure ocean surface salinity from orbit.

Spitzer Captures First Objects' Pattern

06.07.12 - The observations help confirm the first objects were numerous in quantity and furiously burned cosmic fuel.

NASA Discovers Ocean Rich in Plant Life

06.07.12 - The expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer in microscopic marine plants, essential to all sea life, than any other ocean region on Earth.