NASA’s now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft will find a permanent home in the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The airplane is expected to make its final flight from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, to Tucson on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Full report from NASA: Read More

A biology experiment called BioNutrients is testing a way to use microorganisms to produce nutrients – off Earth and on demand – that will be critical for human health in space. Full report from NASA: Read More

Join NASA and its partners in celebrating Computer Science Education Week from Dec. 5-11 by learning more about what computer science means to NASA and how students can get involved. Full report from NASA: Read More

The small satellite will search for water ice in permanently shadowed craters at the Moon’s South Pole, using an orbit only one other spacecraft has employed. Full report from NASA: Read More

Whether developing new technologies for landing on other planets, improving air travel here at home, or more realistically simulating global weather and climate, supercomputing is key to the success of NASA missions. Full report from NASA: Read More

We can receive packages faster today than ever before thanks to online ordering and quick delivery services. Full report from NASA: Read More

A study shows that microorganisms living on surfaces inside the space station closely resembled those on the skin of the astronaut participating in the research. And they lingered even months after that person returned to Earth. Understanding the interplay between microbes and crew is important for health and safety on future human space missions. Full…

LOFTID Inflatable Heat Shield Test A Success, Early Results Show Full report from NASA: Read More

New results based on simulations out of NASA’s Advanced Supercomputing facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley are painting a more complete picture of one of the most prominent magnetically-driven solar features – a cycle of sunspot formation known as a “torsional oscillation.” Full report from NASA: Read More

NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 now has the engine that will power it in flight. Full report from NASA: Read More