NASA to Announce Extraordinary Stellar Discovery At a Science Update Monday, May 7, at 2 p.m. EDT, astronomers will announce new findings about a record-breaking stellar event discovered using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. + Read More
NASA Briefing at Full-Sized James Webb Space Telescope Model The session will occur at 10 a.m. EDT on May 10 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. + Read More
NASA, United Kingdom Agree to Cooperate on Exploration In the spirit of continued collaboration, NASA and the United Kingdom's British National Space Centre desire to continue technical discussions on potential cooperative lunar exploration activities. + View Statement (48 Kb PDF)
05.04.07 - NASA Awards Heat Shield Material Contracts for Orion Spacecraft NASA has selected The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., and Textron Systems, Wilmington, Mass., to develop alternate heat shield materials for the Orion crew exploration spacecraft. + Read More
05.04.07 - ISS Status Report: SS07-24 Marking the second week working together, the Expedition 15 crew wrapped up a week of maintenance tasks, science experiments and preparations for the arrival of the Progress 25 supply ship. + Read More
05.04.07 - NASA Offers Media Resources for Queen Elizabeth II Visit to Goddard Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will visit NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on Tuesday, May 8. + Read More
05.04.07 - NASA, FAA and Local Students to Demonstrate "Smart Skies" NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have established a partnership to foster student development of science, technology, engineering and math skills. + Read More
05.03.07 - Peter Homer Wins NASA's Challenge for Improved Astronaut Gloves Peter Homer of Southwest Harbor, Maine, won $200,000 from NASA for his entry in the Astronaut Glove Challenge. The competition was one of NASA's seven Centennial Challenges. + Read More
05.03.07 - Centennial Challenge to Excavate Moon Dirt Set for May 12 On Saturday, May 12, teams from around the nation will compete for a total of $250,000 from NASA for an autonomously operating system to excavate simulated "lunar regolith," or the moon's soil. + Read More
05.03.07 - Veteran Astronaut Walter Schirra Dies The former Navy pilot was the only astronaut to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft. + Read More
