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The Venus rover is one of the visionary ideas currently being funded for study by NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program.

Online networking opportunities make it easier for researchers across the world to work together to track animal migration.

Micrometeorites traveling through space often hit the surface of the Moon. These high-speed, tiny pieces of rock or metal pose a danger to spacecraft and astronauts alike.

First Woman's hero, Calista Rodriguez, aka Callie, has a heroic aim – to be the first woman on the Moon.

Drowsy drivers account for a large portion of car crashes. Unlike people, computers don’t get sleepy. Could self-driving cars be a safe alternative?

Gateway will serve as a port for the human landing system that will take astronauts down to the lunar surface.

NASA engineers have created a new space toilet, the Universal Waste Management System, for astronauts who will need to spend days or even months in the Orion spacecraft.

NASA’s Black Marble is playing a vital role in monitoring disaster impacts with satellite data that looks at a unique human footprint ­ artificial lights at night.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed the collection of the first rock sample on another planet.

Through a series of graphic novels and digital platforms, NASA’s First Woman tells the tale of Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to explore the Moon.

NASA scientists believe that even small, shadowed craters on the Moon are cold enough to hold water molecules.

It stands 170 feet tall. This one-of-a-kind welding tool is the largest in the world. So, that’s where NASA is building the fuel tanks for the world’s largest rocket.

JWST will be NASA’s premiere space observatory, giving astronomers worldwide infrared eyes on the universe.

The attacks on 9/11 twenty years ago were a national tragedy that resulted in a staggering loss of life and significant changes in the American way of life.

NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity bear a silent memorial to the victims of the September 11th attacks.

Thanks to the meticulous efforts of more than 50 people, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back in business.

The Orion spacecraft features advanced technologies that can sustain an astronaut crew during long space travel.

Through a collaboration with NASA, NOAA, the European Space Agency, and EUMETSAT in Europe, Sentinel – 6 is studying sea level rise from space.

We depend on satellites for weather forecasting, GPS, and communications. But how do you tune-up a satellite already in orbit?

Cobots, or collaborative robots, are smaller, more aware robots that would be safer to use around humans.