• NASA's Deep Space Network communications site in Goldstone, Calif.

    Giant Antenna Propped Up, Ready for Joint Replacement

    07.14.10 - Workers at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif., are making progress on a major renovation on the 70-meter-wide "Mars antenna."

  • Still from movie showing the lifecycle of Hurricane Alex

    See What's Brewing in 'Hurricane Alleys'

    07.13.10 - GOES scientists have developed continually updating 'movies' of satellite imagery that allow online, iPhone and iPad viewing of any storm's movement in the Atlantic Ocean or Eastern Pacific Ocean.

  • A 'Mass Simulator' for the James Webb Space Telescope.

    Behind the Scenes With the Webb Telescope

    07.12.10 - There are a lot of things that happen "behind the scenes" when a space telescope is being built, as this recent photo shows.

  • microshutters

    ESA To Set Tiny Hair-Like Webb Telescope Microshutters

    06.29.10 - Tiny shutters as small as the width of a human hair are a key component in the James Webb Space Telescope, and they have now arrived at the European Space Agency.

  • soccer ball

    NASA Scores Big With Student Soccer Players

    06.18.10 - With the increased globalization of soccer, more young people are playing the sport and developing motor skills to compete effectively.

  • A shuttle general purpose computer, or GPC.

    Shuttle Computers Navigate Record of Reliability

    06.28.10 - The space shuttles main computer system is well-regarded for its reliability, even though it runs on machines far from cutting-edge.

  • Image of Chris Kemp.

    NASA CTO for IT Honored by CIO Magazine

    06.08.10 - Chris C. Kemp, NASA's chief technology officer for Information Technology and ‘super star’ of IT innovation for the agency, has been recognized with CIO Magazine's "CIO 100" award for his work done while he was chief information officer for NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., in 2009.

  • NASA scientists work on the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite, or FASTSAT, after successfully completing a comprehensive preshipment review.

    NASA's FASTSAT Satellite Readies for Alaska

    06.08.10 - NASA has successfully completed a comprehensive pre-shipment review of FASTSAT, a microsatellite spacecraft that will carry experiments to low-Earth orbit.

  • The NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) Data Exploration Theater.

    NASA Center for Climate Simulation Debuts

    06.02.10 - NASA climate simulations use and produce vast amounts of data, and the newly named NASA Center for Climate Simulation is expanding services to meet the agency's growing climate data needs.

  • University students tune up their lunabots

    First Lunabotics Competition Winners

    06.02.10 - Montana State University was the first place and overall winning team in NASA's first Lunabotics Mining Competition.