News Archive
05 April 2013, 04:04 PM ET
On April 5th, 1973 the Pioneer 11 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral on what was originally a back up mission for the Pioneer 10. Eventually NASA made an ambitious mid-mission change to Pioneer 11's trajectory, sending it to Saturn & beyond.
05 April 2013, 03:59 PM ET
You can see all but a few of the 110 Messier objects in a single night this weekend.
05 April 2013, 10:14 AM ET
Space weapons may have been conceived in the realm of science fiction, but they have since crept closer toward science fact. President Barack Obama has proposed a ban on space weapons in the United States, but other countries are taking active roles in ta
05 April 2013, 09:47 AM ET
This non-flying, full-scale version of the HL-20 lifting body was used for various tests of maintainability and human factors considerations.
05 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted an ultradense dead star bending the light of its larger companion.
05 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
Pyongyang's missiles aren't powerful or reliable enough at the moment, experts say.
05 April 2013, 06:30 AM ET
The hundreds of volcanoes on Io are farther east than they're supposed to be.
04 April 2013, 04:20 PM ET
The United States announces it will send a missile defense system to Guam to defend the Pacific Ocean island from North Korea, as the US military adjusts to what Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called a 'real and clear danger' from Pyongyang. Mana Rabi
04 April 2013, 03:14 PM ET
Lightning triggered the blaze on Monday, April 1, according to media reports.
04 April 2013, 03:12 PM ET
This thin, glittering streak of stars seen in this space wallpaper is the spiral galaxy ESO 121-6, which lies in the southern constellation of Pictor (The Painter's Easel).
04 April 2013, 02:49 PM ET
Alan Bean walked on the moon during Apollo 12. He turned to painting to chronicle his experiences.
04 April 2013, 02:44 PM ET
Richard F. "Dick" Gordon orbited the moon on Apollo 12. Earlier, he helped astronauts learn how to spacewalk.
04 April 2013, 02:28 PM ET
See photos of a big wildfire near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in April 2013.
04 April 2013, 02:00 PM ET
Supercomputer simulations are helping solar scientists get a grip on what's happening inside the sun.
04 April 2013, 12:42 PM ET
Scientists, using the Kepler space telescope, observed the phenomenon of gravitational lensing as the lifeless white dwarf star passed in front of its companion red dwarf. The dead star is about the size of Earth and the mass of the Sun.
04 April 2013, 10:48 AM ET
See photos of the major features at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, home of Mission Control.
04 April 2013, 10:19 AM ET
An Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is running experiments with the ISS to further investigate dark matter in the universe.
04 April 2013, 09:27 AM ET
A technician works atop the Saturn V rocket which is being prepared for the first manned lunar landing mission.
04 April 2013, 09:23 AM ET
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the unexpected views of Curiosity's huge parachute from space.
04 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Mars is on the other side of the sun from Earth, making communications difficult.
03 April 2013, 05:57 PM ET
A 16-student team drew up plans for a manned visit to the Mars moon Phobos.
03 April 2013, 05:36 PM ET
The potential dark matter find announced today wouldn't have been possible without the International Space Station.
03 April 2013, 04:57 PM ET
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has high praise for the first results from the space station's Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
03 April 2013, 02:06 PM ET
A panel of scientists discuss the issues facing the search for and understanding of planets orbiting far-distant stars in part one of an eight-part series.
03 April 2013, 01:36 PM ET
A space station particle detector has found hints of dark matter, but experiments deep below the Earth's surface may directly detect it.
