• JSC2010-E-013948 -- Shannon Walker

    Houston, We Have an Astronaut

    Houston. It was the first word from the moon, and the city has served as the home of Mission Control and the nation’s human spaceflight program for more than 40 years. But even though Houston has been the home of NASA's astronaut corps for decades, the city has never had a hometown astronaut -- until now.

  • Heinz Erzberger revolutionized air traffic management. For his efforts, he recently became a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

    Ames Researcher Revolutionizes Air Traffic

    Forty-five years ago, a 27-year old Heinz Erzberger arrived at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. armed with a new doctorate in mathematics and engineering.

  • Mike Gilbert

    Mike Gilbert Named AIAA National Engineer of the Year

    NASA's Mike Gilbert, chief engineer for the Max Launch Abort System project, honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

  • Valve Repair Facility technicians review data collected while testing a relief valve cleaned for oxygen service.

    White Sands Test Facility Gets Valve Repair National Certification

    NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las Cruces, New Mexico has added a National Board Inspection Code (NBIC)-certified Valve Repair Facility to its array of spacecraft, component and propulsion system test and evaluation capabilities.

  • Dr. Joanne Simpson

    NASA Weather Pioneer Joanne Simpson Passes

    Dr. Joanne Simpson, one of NASA's leading weather scientists of the past 30 years, and a world-renowned atmospheric scientist, died on Thursday, March 4, 2010.

  • A solar panel on the Rosetta spacecraft.

    This Month in Exploration - March

    Only five years ago the Rosetta spacecraft was launched to catch a comet. Find out what year that will happen and read other historical facts in This Month in Exploration.

  • NASA research pilot Bill Brockett in front of NASA's modified DC-8 airborne science laboratory, one of several NASA environmental and space science aircraft that he flies

    Bill Brockett: Knowledge of, Passion for Science

    "If I had not become a pilot, I probably would have been a scientist," says NASA research pilot William F. "Bill" Brockett.

  • NASA's first communication satellite, Echo, was a giant mylar balloon, 100 feet in diameter, that could "bounce" a radio signal back down to another ground station a long distance away from the first one. Echo I was successfully put into orbit on 12 August 1960.

    The Case of the Mylar Mystery

    On January 11, 2010, "History Detective" Tukufu Zuberi, from the PBS show "The History Detectives," came to Goddard to investigate a mystery. The mystery to be solved was whether or not this bit of mylar was from Goddard’s Echo II satelloon project.

  • Carl Sagan

    NASA Announces 2010 Carl Sagan Fellows

    NASA has selected seven scientists as recipients of Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in exoplanet exploration for 2010.

  • Chris Randall

    NASA Engineer Honored With 'Trailblazer' Award

    Marshall Space Flight Center aerospace engineer Chris Randall was honored Feb. 18 for his career achievements.