Dava Newman nominated for NASA post
President Obama asks AeroAstro professor to take space agency’s No. 2 leadership spot.
President Obama asks AeroAstro professor to take space agency’s No. 2 leadership spot.
MIT team independently assesses the technical feasibility of the proposed Mars One mission.
NASA crewmembers reflect on the most complex space repair in history.
Lincoln Laboratory efforts could enable the space agency to significantly change the scope and design of future scientific space missions.
Paulo Lozano is designing tiny ion thrusters for the next generation of satellites
Map reveals a lopsided cloud distribution on an extremely hot planet.
MIT study finds that high-energy electrons in space may be to blame for some satellite failures.
Beyond the solar system, a probe launched in 1977 is likely to find a cold, dense sea of cosmic rays.
Design inflates with a powder that turns into gas.
Simulations predict safest path for rovers to travel.
Researchers find material ejects itself before black hole can devour it.