Digital Government
Do We Need Air Traffic Controllers For Space?
If the U.S. doesn’t take the lead in guiding satellites through increasingly crowded orbits, someone else will.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX's Reusable Rocket Makes Historic Landing
Falcon 9’s successful mission shows how the cost of space access is headed down as reusable rockets head up.
Digital Government
Video: Astronauts Aboard the ISS Answer All the Weird Space Questions You Normally Just Google
"Do astronauts really wear diapers?"
Emerging Tech
Video: An Inflatable Bouncy Castle in Space
This gives new meaning to the term "Moon Bounce."
Emerging Tech
Video: Virtual Reality Tech Brings Mars to Earth
Viewers will be able to get up close and personal with the Curiosity Rover and the Martian landscape.
Emerging Tech
Internet in Space Is About as Slow as Dial-Up
Mankind put a human being on the moon in 1969. In 2016, you can easily watch compelling footage of the space adventure online … that is, unless you’re actually in space.
Emerging Tech
How Many Elephants of Fuel did a Saturn V Burn Per Second?
How much fuel did the rocket use per second, as measured in giant land animals?
Digital Government
Video: How Will NASA Astronauts Exercise on a Mission to Mars?
For astronauts in microgravity, exercise is essential for preventing muscle atrophy and bone loss.
Cybersecurity
Could IT Problems Ground NASA?
A new story suggests NASA’s networks are filled with malware, unpatched for software vulnerabilities perhaps a million times over, and that the relationship between NASA executives and Hewlett Packard Enterprise is strained beyond repair.
Emerging Tech
Video: Inside the Plane Every NASA Astronaut Must Learn to Fly
Astronauts have been flying the T-38 since the 1960s.
Digital Government
Video: Think You Have What it Takes To Be a NASA Astronaut?
The right stuff entails a lot.
Digital Government
A New 50-Trillion-Pixel Image of Earth, Every Day
Thanks to a small group of Silicon Valley’s satellite startups, we may never look at our planet again the same way.
Cybersecurity
These NASA Researchers Saw the OPM Hack Coming a Decade Ago. But Nobody Listened.
A group of NASA researchers, upset at the intrusiveness of federal background investigations, sued the government nearly 10 years ago, warning the feds couldn’t keep the data safe.
Emerging Tech
What One Year of Space Travel Does to the Human Body
After months aboard the International Space Station, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are coming home.
Emerging Tech
Video: What NASA Learned From Astronauts Spending a Year in Space
The human body isn't quite ready to go to Mars... yet.
Emerging Tech
The Reason SpaceX Keeps Aborting Launches
The last two failures to launch were linked to the upgraded rocket SpaceX is using, which relies on “superchilled” liquid oxygen to get an extra thrust into orbit.
Digital Government
'If Not You, Then Who?': Advice to Girls from NASA's Top Female Engineers
Currently, only about 14 percent of the engineering workforce in the U.S. are women.
Emerging Tech
Video: This NASA Plane Could Replace the 737
Fly the friendly skies in a greener way, with NASA's Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research plane.
Emerging Tech
NASA's New Posters and the Retro Travel Ads That Inspired Them
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s new collection of throwback images are a dreamy celebration of technology and human curiosity.
Emerging Tech