NASA is seeking proposals for flight demonstrations of small satellite technologies with the goal of increasing the technical capabilities and range of uses for this emerging category of spacecraft. […]

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will lead a discussion with business leaders and higher education professionals at a Listening and Action Session of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. PST on Friday, Feb. 3, in Seattle. […]

NASA will host a media telecon at 2 p.m. CST today to discuss the status of the International Space Station and the progress toward an updated launch schedule, including international partner and commercial space vehicles. […]

This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo ma […]

We are excited to announce that the following companies will be providing FIRST and our community with discounts on car rentals and airline tickets. The below discounts can be used for all FRC Regional Events, (including district events) and the FIRST Championship in St. Louis by all members of the FIRST community.  This includes staff, volunteers, teams, sp […]

Likely fed by the Empty Quarter, a dust storm sweeps across the Arabian Peninsula in this image from February 2, 2012. […]

As the eruption continues into its eighth month, ash has coated and damaged the forest downwind of the volcano plume. […]

January 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, situated on the rim of Kilauea Caldera. […]

The deadliest mass extinction of all took a long time to kill 90 percent of Earth's marine life--and it killed in stages--according to a newly published report.It shows that mass extinctions need not be sudden events.Thomas Algeo, a geologist at the University of Cincinnati, and 13 colleagues have produced a high-resolution look at the geology of a Per […]