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Among the fallen heroes who bravely served our country, visitors to Arlington National Cemetery will find memorials to some of the men and women who gave their lives in the pursuit of space.

Using shape memory alloys for spring tires on the Moon or Mars could prevent the deformation seen in most traditional materials.

Actively looking for new uses for ideas developed with the space program in mind ensures that agency investments benefit the nation and the world.

MSOLO will head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped beneath the lunar surface.

Living in space causes changes to an astronaut’s eyes.

Artificial intelligence software initially designed to learn and analyze Martian terrain is now at the heart of a system to monitor assembly lines on Earth.

Data from NASA’s Juno mission collected during close flybys of Io, have revealed how volcanoes on this moon are fed.

NASA has helped reinvent car brakes.

An ancient creature that once lived with dinosaurs helps keep NASA's Kennedy Space Center in balance.

Our solar system is made up of eight planets of varying sizes that orbit one star, the Sun.

Oral histories highlight NASA projects and programs that succeeded, while others look at what resulted in failure.

Astronaut Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday by returning home after 220 days on the International Space Station.

Europa Clipper has a long way to go before reaching Jupiter’s orbit in 2030.

Collecting rocks and studying dirt after successfully landing on other worlds is an important part of understanding each unique environment.

An Early Career Faculty grant, awarded to Purdue University through the Space Technology Research Grants Program, could help shape the future of light-sailing technologies.

Both astronauts and robots will need power on the Moon. Solar power just isn’t an option in permanently shaded regions.

A fully operational R2 is now displayed standing with arms and legs extended as it looks straight at Discovery’s starboard side.

Astronauts on the International Space Station are experimenting with plants that both flower and produce an edible crop.

Levitating the materials during manufacturing, instead of placing them in a container, could avoid crucible contamination, producing higher purity steel.

This toothpaste is a NASA spinoff based on the revolutionary insight of a NASA scientist who used biology to make semiconductors.