NASA published a new report on Thursday highlighting 17 agency mechanisms that have directly and indirectly supported the development and growth of the U.S. commercial space sector for the benefit of ...

NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made critical technical contributions during her career of 33 years, which ...

On Tuesday, July 9, at NASA’s Langley Research Center, retired NASA aerospace engineer Joe Chambers will present, “Wings, Meatballs, Worms and Swooshes: The Unknown Story of the NASA Seal and Insignia ...

A floppy disk made Caroline Anderson pause. She was digitizing decades of notes saved by John Charles, former chief scientist of NASA's Human Research Program. And alongside the yellowing newspapers, ...

When the Cold War heated up in 1946, the U.S. and the Soviet Union took their rivalry from Earth to the stars. Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, blasted off in 1957, and the U.S. struck hard.

NASA is retiring Ingenuity, its mini Mars helicopter, a week after it was damaged during its 72nd flight. The spindly overachiever made history as the first aircraft to complete a powered, controlled ...