Scientists have discovered 26 new bacterial species that survived the extreme sterilization protocols of NASA cleanrooms ...

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for ...

As a rocket revolution sets the stage for astronauts to explore Mars, advances in bioengineering could help them survive the ...

4. The seawall — a miracle of engineering and community foresight; a guardian for the ages. 5. Creating young entrepreneurs ...

Engineers study lunar regolith to design sustainable Moon landing pads, using in-situ testing, sintering techniques, and robotic construction, supported by NASA and commercial partners like ICON.

When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like conditions here on Earth. Then they test, tinker, and repeat. That's why a team from ...

In 1958, during the height of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed what was known as the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law. The goal of the legislation was to create an agency ...

Shellene Redhorse took her passion for aerospace engineering beyond the classroom to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) this past summer. Redhorse, a fourth-year aerospace engineering student and ...

Juneau Paulsen (far right) and Ellie Taplin (left of Paulsen), both UW mechanical engineering majors, help direct the diver in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) from the NBL control room. The ...

Just a couple of decades ago, aviation had some rules. If you wanted to fly fast within the atmosphere, you used a jet engine. The champion here was the SR-71 Blackbird, designed by Lockheed Martin, ...

As humans set their sights on living beyond Earth, one surprising challenge is emerging: how do we grow healthy crops in the uncharted environment of space? Purdue University researchers, in ...

NASA announced that the Artemis II mission to ferry astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, could launch earlier than expected. Acting Deputy Associate Administrator ...