NASA

A Space Nerd’s Reading of Ariana Grande’s ‘NASA’ Song

The singer says she’s a star. But what kind?

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

NASA Picks New Vendor For Renamed $2.9B IT Services Contract

The ACES contract is now NEST, with Leidos taking over the space agency’s central end user IT services contract.

  • By Aaron Boyd

NASA Employees Return to Flooded Space Center Post-Shutdown

Burst pipe spills water into lab, space hardware testing area and laser communications room.

  • By Eric Katz

Trump's Space Ambitions Are Too Big for One President

The reality of space travel squashed his impulsive desire to reach Mars in his first term, rather than the 2030s.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

The Chill of U.S.-Russia Relations Creeps Into Space

Bungled plans between the U.S. and Russia highlight how hot-and-cold international relations mess with space exploration.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Defense Companies Starting to Feel Effect of U.S. Government Shutdown

Firms working for NASA, DHS, and other shuttered federal agencies are taking hits to their cash flow.

  • By Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One

NASA Hits Its New Year’s Target at the Edge of the Solar System

As partygoers downed champagne, a spacecraft swept past a mysterious object 4 billion miles from Earth.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

NASA Reveals It Had a Security Breach in October

The agency is investigating the incident.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Spacesuits for Spiders

And what they tell us about the difficulty of keeping people alive in space.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

NASA Continues Its Reign Atop Best Places to Work in Government

Partnership for Public Service notes “sharp drop” in several factors affecting federal employee satisfaction.

  • By Erich Wagner

Bacterial Superbugs Hitched a Ride on the International Space Station

"These species pose important health considerations for future missions."

  • By Chase Purdy, Quartz

Did Slack Help NASA Land On Mars?

That’s one small step for Slack, and one giant leap for mankind.

  • By Daniel Wolfe, Quartz

Reefer Madness at NASA

The space agency has reportedly decided to review workplace culture at SpaceX and Boeing after Elon Musk smoked marijuana on a podcast.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Hawaii’s Mars Simulations Are Turning Into Moon Missions

The dome where crew members practiced red-planet missions will now be converted to a simulated moon base.

  • By Marina Koren, The Atlantic

NASA's Supersonic Jet Could Take to the Skies by 2021

Whoosh!

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

The International Space Station Is Getting a “Refabricator” for Its 20th Birthday

Its real value could lie in longer exploration missions.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

NASA Collaborated With Autodesk To Design A New Interplanetary Lander

Figuring out a way to explore distant moons requires some creative thinking.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Everyone's Making Money Using NASA Logos Except NASA

Government logos are free.

  • By Marc Bain, Quartz

Hubble Space Telescope Is Back In Action

Tech support for a telescope is quite the challenge.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

NASA Designed a Special Claw For the Mars Insight Lander

The claw is essential for investigating the red planet.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild