On March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard successfully launched the first liquid fueled rocket. The launch took place at Auburn, Massachusetts, and is regarded by flight historians to be as significant as the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk.
AIM: Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere AIM's two-year mission is to study Polar Mesospheric Clouds, the Earth’s highest clouds, which form an icy membrane 50 miles above the surface at the edge of space. + Read More
05.09.07 - Hubble Space Telescope Detects Ring of Dark Matter NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on May 15 to discuss the strongest evidence to date that dark matter exists. + Read More
05.09.07 - NASA Selects New Members of Astrobiology Institute NASA is awarding five-year grants to four research teams that will become new members of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. + Read More
05.09.07 - NASA and FAA Team to Encourage Aviation and Space Careers NASA and the FAA today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to foster the development of students' skills in science, technology, engineering and math. + Read More
