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Comet Lovejoy in Ursa Major
Comet Lovejoy in Ursa Major

Comet ISON is capturing all the current headlines, but comet Lovejoy is also becoming bright in the early morning skies.

Space Station Flight Control Room
Space Station Flight Control Room

Flight director Dina Contella sits at the FD console in the Johnson Space Center’s space station flight control room.

Flight Director Dina Contella and Astronaut Mark Vande Hei
Flight Director Dina Contella and Astronaut Mark Vande Hei

Flight director Dina Contella and astronaut Mark Vande Hei are pictured in the Johnson Space Center’s space station flight control…

Screen at Mission Control Center
Screen at Mission Control Center

The medium wide scene of one of the screens in Johnson Space Center’s space station flight control room.

High-Energy Particles in Milky Way Black Hole
High-Energy Particles in Milky Way Black Hole

New evidence has been uncovered for the presence of a jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky Way’s…

Blue Origin Tests BE-3 Engine
Blue Origin Tests BE-3 Engine

Blue Origin test fires a powerful new hydrogen- and oxygen-fueled American rocket engine at the company’s West Texas facility. During…

Comet ISON Streaks Toward the Sun
Comet ISON Streaks Toward the Sun

Comet ISON is just nine days away from its close encounter with the sun.

F/A-18 Research Jet Tests for Space Launch System
F/A-18 Research Jet Tests for Space Launch System

An F/A-18 research jet simulated various flight conditions that NASA’s Space Launch System may experience from the launch pad to…

Taking Flight at Cape Canaveral
Taking Flight at Cape Canaveral

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft launches from the Cape…

Tannen Vanzwieten, NASA Engineer and Pompano Beach, Fla., Native, Designing Innovative Autopilot for NASA’s Space Launch System
Tannen Vanzwieten, NASA Engineer and Pompano Beach, Fla., Native, Designing Innovative Autopilot for NASA’s Space Launch System

Tannen VanZwieten, a native of Pompano Beach, Fla., is solving the equation on how to maneuver the Space Launch System…