NASA has awarded contracts to three companies and one university for crew robotics and vehicle equipment work. Read more…

Three NASA aircraft will begin flights to study tropical cyclones on Aug. 15 during the agency's first major U.S.-based hurricane field campaign since 2001. Read more…

NASA has given gamers a taste of lunar adventure with release of Moonbase Alpha, an exciting new, free online video game. Read more…

NASA is targeting approximately 4:33 p.m. EDT on Nov. 1 for the launch of space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission and 4:19 p.m. EST on Feb. 26, 2011, for the liftoff of shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, May 17, 2010 Source: Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic appoints its first Chief Executive Virgin Galactic, the US based and regulated Space Tourism Company, is delighted to announce the appointment of George T. Whitesides as its first Chief Executive Officer. Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Friday, May 14, 2010 Source: United Launch Alliance As Atlantis Launches on Final Mission, Dedicated Workforce Ensuring Shuttle Flying Better Than Ever As Space Shuttle Atlantis was successfully launched today on its final planned mission to the International Space... Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Juno Taking Shape in Denver Assembly has begun on NASA's Juno spacecraft, which will help scientists understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter. Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Source: Max Planck Institute Black holes -- gas blowers of the Universe Supermassive black holes with the mass of many millions of stars have been detected at the centre of many large galaxies. Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, May 6, 2010 Source: European Space Agency Herschel Reveals the Hidden Side of Star Birth The first scientific results from ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory are revealing previously hidden details of star formation. Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Source: European Space Agency Slovak Republic signs Cooperation Agreement With ESA The Slovak Republic signed a Cooperation Agreement with ESA on 28 April 2010. Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, April 26, 2010 Source: Goddard Space Flight Center Planck highlights the complexity of star formation New images from ESA's Planck space observatory reveal the forces driving star formation and give astronomers a way to understand the complex physics that shape... Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Source: TsUP TsNIIMash First Detailed Look at Young Dusty Discs Around Aging Stars Astronomers from the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics and the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur in France have used the Very Large... Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Friday, April 16, 2010 Source: Lunar and Planetary Institute Tune in to MyMoon Webcast to Learn About a New Citizen Scientist Program Join the Lunar and Planetary Institute on April 21, 2010, for a live video webcast with Delia Santiago. Read more…

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Friday, April 16, 2010 Source: Ames Research Center Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. Read more…

NASA will hold a media teleconference Friday, May 21, at 3:15 p.m. EDT with the crew of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, or NEEMO, living underwater off the coast of Florida. Read more…

Innovative planetarium shows and traveling museum exhibits are among nine projects NASA has selected to receive agency funding this year. Read more…

NASA and USA TODAY announced the winners of the 2010 No Boundaries National Competition. The winning student teams are from across the country and excel in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Read more…

NASA has awarded CSC of Falls Church, Va., a contract modification to establish and operate an Enterprise Service Desk (ESD) and the Enterprise Service Request System (ESRS). Read more…

NASA has awarded a sole source contract to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colo., for the Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager instrument Flight Unit 2. Read more…

As NASA prepares to launch a space shuttle on Friday, May 14, the agency is offering the ABCs of 3,2,1 liftoff to students and educators throughout the nation. Read more…

NASA-sponsored studies have found that omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil may play a role in mitigating bone breakdown that occurs during spaceflight and in osteoporosis. Read more…

NASA will host an Exploration Enterprise Workshop in Galveston, Texas, on May 25-26 to discuss the agency's new plans for human and robotic exploration in space. Read more…

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On March 15th 2010 scientists announced that they have recreated a 28,000-year-old skull from remains found in France and have found indications that the human brain is shrinking. Cro Magnon 1 was discovered among five ancient skeletons in 1868. An initial assessment of the fossil's skull suggested that the brain it encased was up to 20 per cent larger than modern brains, reversing an earlier trend towards bigger brains. This assessment involved the creation of a three dimensional replica of the brain known as an endocast, made by scanning the interior of the skull to obtain a picture of the impression left by the brain on the neurocranium. Read more…

The latest military to join the UFO disclosure enthusiasm in Brazil states that the country?s ufologists are on the right path by searching for the official acknowledgement of UFO existence and their activities in Brazilian skies. Furthermore, Lieutenant Brigadier Socrates da Costa Monteiro admits his wish to know our visitors? technology by saying: 'If, at my term as the Minister of Aeronautics, I were asked to disclose our secret files, I'd have that done'. Such stance only adds to the list of officials who no longer agree with the secrecy involving the alien presence on Earth. Read more…