Latest articles by Dan Leone
NASA Eyes Sample-Return Capability for Post-2020 Mars Orbiter
NASA says the orbiter it aims to launch in the 2020s could carry the mechanisms needed to collect and store surface samples for a return trip to Earth.
NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroid Mission Kickstarts Outreach Budget With Card Game
The head of NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample-return probe plans to crowdfund an outreach budget for the mission on Kickstarter by selling a card game."
NASA to Study Uranus, Neptune Orbiters
NASA began an early feasibility study for missions to the distant, mostly-ignored ice-giants Uranus and Neptune, a senior agency official said here Aug. 24.
NASA Orders 2 More Space Station Cargo Missions from Orbital ATK
NASA ordered two more cargo deliveries to the International Space Station from Orbital ATK under a 2008 Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract, a company spokeswoman said Aug. 12.
NASA Picks Finalists For Small Astrophysics Missions
NASA has selected three finalists for its next Small Explorer astrophysics mission and two finalists for the even smaller Explorer Missions of Opportunity Line, the U.S. space agency said July 30,
In NASA First, Cubesats Headed to Mars with InSight Lander
Two tiny cubesats, the first NASA plans to send to another planet, will keep watch on the agency’s InSight mission as it descends to the Martian surface.
Beachcomber Finds SpaceX Rocket Wreckage in Bahamas
Twitter user Kevin Eicrhelberger scored what will probably go down as the find of his beach-combing career: the briny wreckage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Venus Plane Pushed for Next NASA Next Frontiers Mission
An inflatable drone could cruise the sulfurous skies of Venus next decade if Northrop Gruman can sell NASA on the mission.
NASA Authorization Bill Advances on Party Lines
Sparks flew on Capitol Hill where a NASA authorization bill that recommends deep cuts for Earth science made it out of a sharply divided committee on a party line vote.
Scientists Finish Last-Ditch Plan to Save Infrared Spitzer Space Telescope
Researchers are ready to send NASA a last-ditch proposal to save the 11-year-old spacecraft.
SpaceX's SuperDraco Thruster for Manned Dragon Spacecraft Passes Big Test (Video)
Water Leaked Inside SpaceX Dragon Capsule After Splashdown, No Damage Found: NASA Official
NASA's $17.5 Billion Budget Request for 2015 Would Fund New Science Missions, Ground Flying Telescope
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Still Open for Business During Government Shutdown
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory — which is run by California Institute of Technology employees, not federal civil servants — has temporarily dodged the government-shutdown bullet.
