Being Different Helped A NASA Roboticist Achieve Her Dream
Ayanna Howard was 27 when she headed her first team at NASA. She talks about feeling like an outsider, and discovering that diversity drives innovation.
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An Asteroid Gets Its Close-Up As Geminids Light Up The Sky
The Earth's encounter with asteroid 3200 Phaethon on Saturday will be its closest since 1974 — and the closest it will be until 2093. The flyby means good gazing for amateur astronomers.
President Trump Is Sending NASA Back To The Moon
"Space Policy Directive 1," which Trump signed Monday, sees Mars as the ultimate destination. But analysts wonder whether money will follow to support the plan.
NASA Taps Young People To Help Develop Virtual Reality Technology
Scientists at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center are hoping to use virtual reality technology to study space, and Earth, without leaving their offices. Talented high school students are helping.
'I Don't Believe In Science,' Says Flat-Earther Set To Launch Himself In Own Rocket
"Mad" Mike Hughes plans to take the rocket built from salvaged metal on a flight across the Mojave Desert on Saturday. His stated mission: to overturn two millennia of scientific understanding.
The Largest Digital Camera In The World Takes Shape
A two-story tall, digital camera is taking shape in California. It will ultimately go on a telescope in Chile where it will survey the sky, looking for things that appear suddenly or change over time.
WATCH: The Hurricane Season, As Shown By Salt, Smoke And Dust
A NASA visualization uses computer models to show how recent hurricanes shifted salt from the Atlantic, dust from the Sahara and smoke from fires in Portugal and the Pacific Northwest.
3-Plus Tons Of Supplies Headed To International Space Station After Virginia Liftoff
The Sunday launch of an Antares rocket from Wallop Islands has some 7,400 pounds aboard. The rocket was developed by private firm Orbital ATK, which conducts supply missions for NASA.
NASA Astronaut Dick Gordon Has Died At Age 88
As a child in the Great Depression, he never dreamed of being a pilot — let alone an astronaut who would be one of just 24 people to fly to the moon. He had two of the early spacewalks.
Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming And Humans Are The Cause
The U.S. government's most comprehensive climate report to date is at odds with the statements made by President Trump and his Cabinet.