NASA
- Formed: July 29, 1958
- Location: Kennedy Space Center
- Related: Space Force
- Status: Active
Latest NASA News
Curiosity Rover On Mars: What Is It Doing Right Now?
Seven years on the Red Planet. What exactly is NASA’s current goal for the Curiosity rover and what has it discovered?
NASA-Created Travel Posters For Real Exoplanets Make Us Want To Book A Trip
If you’re a fan of GFR, there’s a good chance you grew up dreaming of leaving footprints in alien sand, …
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Autonomous Helicopter Drones May Assist NASA’s Exploration Of Mars, Here’s How
NASA’s rovers have provided a wealth of information about Mars over the years and continue to ramble on. Devices like …
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NASA Could Construct A Cloud City Over Venus, Details Here
With events like the successful test flight of the new Orion spacecraft, there’s been a great deal of talk about …
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NASA Gets An Unexpected Budget Increase—Yes, You Read That Right
What’s the first thing you think of when someone says NASA? Maybe the Apollo missions, maybe the ISS, maybe the …
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NASA Scrubs Orion Test Flight, Will Try Again Tomorrow
I got up bright and early this morning to watch the first test flight of the Orion spacecraft, which was …
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NASA Announces Tomorrow’s Orion Launch Is The First Step Towards Mars
Tomorrow, NASA plans to launch their newest spacecraft Orion. Since its inception, one of the aims has always been that …
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This Former Doctor Who Star Introduces NASA’s Latest Spacecraft
Colin Baker knows a thing or two about space and time travel, at least in a totally made up and …
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NASA Prepares For Orion’s First Flight Test, Here’s What You Need To Know
When President Obama officially canceled the Constellation Program, one era of U.S. spaceflight ended and another one began—both Obama and …
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ISS Astronauts Tip Their Hats To Hitchhiker’s Guide With New Mission Poster
Unless you’re a die-hard NASA junkie, you might not know about the space agency’s tradition of getting a bit silly …
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Boeing Wins Manned Spacecraft Bid—We Think
When President Obama announced the end of the Constellation program, many people worried about the U.S. not having a method …
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NASA Renews Seven Planetary Missions
Here’s an all to rare thing: a post to celebrate the extension of seven planetary missions. I’m exercising cautious optimism …
NASA’s Asteroid Capture Program Has Haters
For all the man-made catastrophes humans have to fear, there are natural ones too, like volcanic explosions, earthquakes, and asteroids. …
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NASA Funds Tumbling Robotic Cubes
As NASA debates whether to send more people to the moon, as well as whether, how, and when to try …
NASA’s New Horizon Probe Captures Its First Images Of Pluto And Charon
Pluto may not be an official planet anymore—revoking a celestial body’s planet hood still seems a bit harsh—but that doesn’t …
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Watch Footage Of NASA’s Flying Saucer, The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator
A few months ago we reported on the NASA’s new Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), which looks like a flying saucer …
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Curiosity Celebrates Its Two-Year Anniversary On Mars
How time flies. Can you believe the Curiosity Rover has been on Mars for two years already? Sure, Opportunity’s got …
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Microwave Propulsion Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Space Travel
“Game changer” has become an overused buzz term. Every innovation or advancement is either a definite game changer, or at …
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Comic-Con 2014: 14 Things To Do And See On Wednesday & Thursday
Break out your to-do lists.
NASA Confirms That Voyager 1 Is Soaring Through Interstellar Space
Let’s see what’s out there.
Launch Of NASA’s Climate Satellite Delayed
While debating climate change with a denier can be like delving into a circular debate about religion or abortion, scientists …
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SpaceX Wants To Put People On Mars Before NASA Does
The race to Mars is on. And by race I mean “painfully slow planning and plodding.” Not that I’m complaining, …
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The House Seems To Be Supporting Manned Flight To Mars
Perhaps the recent National Research Council report lambasting NASA’s plan to get humans to Mars was the wake-up call the …
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NASA’s Newest Warp Drive Ship Design Is A Thing Of Beauty
I’m guessing any fan of GFR dreams of living long enough to see our species actually spread out beyond our …
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Is Going To Mars A NASA Pipe Dream?
Both NASA and President Obama—at least, early on, before budget realities called for revisions—have outlined goals to get humans to …
Astronaut Reid Wiseman Is Your New Twitter Must-Follow
One of the coolest things about social media is the way it lets us experience by proxy something most of …
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NASA Art Contest Lets Kids Explore The Final Frontier
I’m not sure how long the tradition of putting your kid’s art up on the refrigerator has been around, but …
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CNN Publishes Hoax Article About Doomsday Asteroid
We like to remain optimistic here at GFR. We like to think that, in spite of all the challenges facing …
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Mousetronauts Headed To The ISS
Soon there won’t be any cosmonauts on the ISS, but new residents will soon arrive, and while they might not …
NASA’s Morpheus Project Successfully Completes Test Flight
It won’t get astronauts to the ISS anytime soon, but NASA’s Morpheus is pretty darn cool, and it’s always good …
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