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April 19, 2012

Hubble's 22nd Anniversary Image Shows Turbulent Star-Making Region

New Image Is One Of The Largest Hubble Mosaics Ever Assembled

Several million young stars are vying for attention in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, a star-forming complex located in the heart of the Tarantula nebula. The new image comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from Hubble photos.

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NASA Continues Orion Parachute Testing For Future Test Flight

Agency Targets 2014 For First Orion Test Flight

NASA successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert Tuesday in preparation for the vehicle's orbital flight test, Exploration Flight Test -1, in 2014.

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NASA Deputy Administrator Garver Optimistic About NASA's Future

Remarks Made During Discovery Arrival Ceremony At KIAD

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver expressed optimism about the agency's future, even as Space Shuttle Discovery was arriving in Virginia to become a museum piece.

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Remembering The Apollo 16 Launch-Four Decades Ago

Looking At The End Of America’s Manned Lunar Program

On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 16 launch, it is important to look at where we were as a space-faring nation at the time of that mission and perhaps consider where we are as a space-faring nation today. For the purposes of looking back we will gaze through the eyes of a rabid, spaceflight crazed eighth-grader in the year 1972… Wes Oleszewski.

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