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Oral histories highlight NASA projects and programs that succeeded, while others look at what resulted in failure.

Astronaut Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday by returning home after 220 days on the International Space Station.

Europa Clipper has a long way to go before reaching Jupiter’s orbit in 2030.

Collecting rocks and studying dirt after successfully landing on other worlds is an important part of understanding each unique environment.

An Early Career Faculty grant, awarded to Purdue University through the Space Technology Research Grants Program, could help shape the future of light-sailing technologies.

Both astronauts and robots will need power on the Moon. Solar power just isn’t an option in permanently shaded regions.

A fully operational R2 is now displayed standing with arms and legs extended as it looks straight at Discovery’s starboard side.

Astronauts on the International Space Station are experimenting with plants that both flower and produce an edible crop.

Levitating the materials during manufacturing, instead of placing them in a container, could avoid crucible contamination, producing higher purity steel.

This toothpaste is a NASA spinoff based on the revolutionary insight of a NASA scientist who used biology to make semiconductors.

NASA researchers are working on reducing landing gear noise to make flying quieter.

Scientists have released the first in-depth analyses of the samples from asteroid Bennu.

Through an equal partnership between NASA and the India Space Research Organization, NASA is preparing to send the first-of-its-kind dual band radar satellite into space.

Have you seen Planetary Defenders yet?

We’re celebrating Earth, as only NASA can.

April is Citizen Science Month!

Nestled in a pod under an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft wing, traveling up to the speed of sound, NASA put a commercial sensor technology to the test.

When RadPC hitched a ride to the Moon on Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission, it was another example of how NASA and American companies are working together to deliver science and technology to the Moon.

It’s time to take out the trash!

This NASA spinoff keeps your coffee hot.