NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institutions and partners in France, Germany,...

In some ways, spaceflight changes you forever,” says Ken Bowersox. Since he was 7 years old, Ken knew he wanted to become an astronaut. In his astronaut career, he participated in many exciting missions, including an extended stay on the...

This video provides an overview of various raptors, including harriers, kites, eagles, and owls. It highlights their unique characteristics, such as feeding habits, nesting behaviors, and exceptional senses. The video also touches on...

The 1950s and '60s are often regarded as the golden age of airlines, offering luxurious seating, fancy meals, and beaming flight attendants. But while it was certainly roomier than today's modern sardine can technique of travel, there...

Taiwan’s air force on Wednesday warned off Chinese warplanes that approached the country in the fourth such intrusion in just nine days.

The composite Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier (SLIC) is a new breed of equipment carrier that will allow the Space Shuttle to transport a full complement of scientific instruments and other components to Hubble. Made of carbon...

A hurricane's "hot towers" can increase its intensity by adding power to boost the storm's heat engine. For the first time, research meteorologists have run complex simulations of these phenomena using a very fine temporal resolution....

Recently astronomers used the Suzaku orbiting X-ray observatory, operated jointly by NASA and the Japanese space agency, to discover the largest known reservoir of rare metals in the universe. Suzaku detected the elements chromium and...

Join NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., in celebrating Black History Month. Each week in February, a different African-American employee from GSFC will be featured. The employees will talk about their careers, career...

Climate modeling requires massive computational power. Until recently, that power required room sized machines with daunting technical and logistic requirements. But new advances in computer design, including hardware and software,...

This video explores five fun facts about birds.

"Climate Change and The Global Ocean" is the first episode in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. We know climate change can affect us, but does climate change...

MOT 1953: VIKING ROCKET PROJECT: Angled WS Static testing Glenn L. Martin Company (now Lockheed-Martin) Reaction Motors XLR-10 on side of mountain, firing, smoking, flame into constant shaped flow, MS Flame out of rocket.

LEAVING the busy city life behind and returning to nature has been a "magical" experience according to a couple who gave it all up to live in a custom house 40ft off the ground in rural Oregon. Dabney Tompkins, 61, and Alan Colley, 70,...

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Viking Rap Battles

This video explains the concept of Kafka security. This clip is from the chapter "Kafka in the Enterprise for Admins" of the series "Apache Kafka Series - Learn Apache Kafka for Beginners".In this section, you will work on Kafka...

NASA is preparing to launch the first in a series of three third generation advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, known as TDRS-K. This latest addition to the fleet of seven will augment a space communications network that...

Join NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., in celebrating Black History Month. Each week in February, a different African-American employee from GSFC will be featured. The employees will talk about their careers, career...

The sun is the primary force in Earth's climate system. Sunlight warms our world. Sunlight drives atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. Sunlight powers the process of photosynthesis that plants need to grow. Sunlight causes...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and his wife, Lt. Col. Catie Hague, talk about Nick’s journey to becoming an astronaut, his education, and his time in the U.S Air Force. The couple discusses how their family is prepared for the journey ahead....

From Galileo and the Heliocentric model of the Solar System to James Hansen and climate research, observations of the planet Venus throughout history have given us the perspective we need to understand our own place in the universe. Yet...

The deadliest part of a flight is the landing. Joshua hops in a flight simulator and talks to pilot Captain Lim to learn why this is. Airline Safety part 2/5

MOT 1966: FLIGHT SCHOOL: LA WS BEHIND Adults, male & female, sitting in classroom w/ woman standing in front of class lecturing, DOLLY UP ROW. MS Teacher, possibly pilot, PAN Classroom of seated adult students. Training, private pilot's...

Principal Investigator Steven Wofsy of Harvard University and atmospheric scientist Paul Newman of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center sent back a video postcard of the first two legs of the Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom mission. The...