3D Printer Launching to Space Station in 2014
A 3D printer is slated to arrive at the International Space Station next year, where it will crank out the first parts ever manufactured off planet Earth. Full story
A 3D printer is slated to arrive at the International Space Station next year, where it will crank out the first parts ever manufactured off planet Earth. Full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions unveiled on Thursday shows. Full story
Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Nearly two years after space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the last time, NASA on Thursday put out a "For Lease" notice for one of its shuttle launch pads in Florida. Full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly. Full story
NASA won't be printing out pizzas on Mars anytime soon, but the space agency is paying out $125,000 to study the use of 3-D printing technology for food preparation in space."We will be building the components for a prototype" over the grant's six-month period, David Irwin, principal investigator fo Full story
Two young Texas boys get the opportunity to test their invention at NASA. KVEO's Kevin Lu reports.
Ariel Castro did father the child of one of his kidnapping victims, NASA reports trouble at the International Space Station and Randy Jackson is leaving American Idol.
Video released by NASA shows three years of images of the sun. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
A mid-level solar flare that NASA is calling the sun's "spring fling" was strong enough to temporarily silence radios on Earth. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
According to NASA, powder from a rock found on Mars indicates the Red Planet may have been able to support microbes billions of years ago. NBC’s Katie Wall reports.
The Pavlof Volcano in Alaska is pictured in this May 18, 2013 NASA handout photo taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Situated in the Aleutian Arc about 625 miles (1,000 km) southwest of Anchorage, Pavlof began erupting on May 13, 2013. The volcano jetted lava into the air and
The storm system that generated an F-4 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma is pictured in this May 20, 2013 NASA handout photo shortly before the tornado struck. The image was taken by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument aboard one of the Earth Observing System satellites. The M
This January 27, 2013 NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSS handout photo shows a general view, captured by Mastcam:Left onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. Landing astronauts safely on Mars is one of the biggest technological hurdles for any future manned mission to the Red Planet, even more complicated than last