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If you’re going to put payloads on a rocket and send it into space, you want to test the engine to make sure it’s going to get where you’re sending it safely.

Taking to the sky is what NASA does best and NASA’s technology portfolio includes design improvements for the next wave of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Now that the Commercial Crew Program has begun flying crews of four on U.S. commercial spacecraft, the full crew of the International Space Station has expanded to seven people.

NASA is preparing for an active 2021 hurricane season as NOAA predicts an above average number of named storms.

A new toilet makes the essential task of going to the bathroom in space a bit more comfortable.

The Zero Gravity seat has a unique shape that provides support to the whole vertebral column, reducing loads on all parts of the body and decreasing fatigue.

The final piece of NASA’s Space Launch System has arrived in Florida.

Jezero Crater is a 28-mile-wide rugged expanse filled with potential hazards... large rock fields, dunes, hills, and the walls of the crater itself.

The NASA Selfies app lets you generate snapshots of yourself in front of some of NASA’s most captivating space images.

When NASA’s Mars Helicopter took to the skies on its third flight, Perseverance was there to capture the historic moment.

Weather conditions, such as rain, snow, slush, or ice, affect braking friction on runway surfaces.

To land astronauts on Mars, NASA is working on an inflatable heat shield that would take up less space in a rocket than a rigid heat shield.

While other NASA sensors can be used to monitor a vessel’s structural health, this sensor is a natural fit for monitoring engine rooms on ships at sea.

As melted ice crystals refreeze, ice accumulates inside an airplane’s engine core.

Mount Tambora ejected so much ash and so many aerosols into the atmosphere that the sky darkened and the Sun was blocked from view.

TESS has observed the outburst of a comet, several exploding stars, and watched as a black hole in a distant galaxy shredded a Sun-like star.

Swarms of CubeSats could work together to give us a big picture understanding of the places we dream about exploring.

While the science underway on station keeps improving our future, its unique truss structure ensures that the thousands of research investigations can actually be done.

The Space Crop Production Lab at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is a web of research labs equipped with plant growth chambers of all sizes designed to simulate conditions on the International Space Station.

NASA is developing technologies to build structures on planetary surfaces using in-situ resources.