On March 3, 1915, the United States Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Although the ...

In his new book, Air-Borne, science journalist Carl Zimmer roots the “mistake” in the past of a historically neglected field: aerobiology, or the science of airborne life. Zimmer begins his ...

Listen to this article Virginia Tech’s Walid Saad was used to traveling between the university’s locations in Arlington and Fairfax counties to meet students and teach classes. Saad, a professor of ...

Virginia Tech's new Innovation Campus celebrates its grand opening this week. Why it matters: The tech-focused graduate ...

As a key provider of tracking and communication services, MSU will once again support lunar exploration efforts through its Space Science Center, which serves as both a NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) ...

The strong-willed director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, he failed to pass on warnings from engineers that the space shuttle launch was at risk. In Huntsville, a city fueled by defense ...

Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Disney Plus will begin exclusively ...

For the first time, we’re seeing an image from the record-breaking US military space plane while in Earth orbit. Over the weekend, the US Space Force shared a photo taken by the spacecraft X-37B ...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) was founded in 1959 at Greenbelt, Maryland. It launched its first weather satellite SIROS in 1960. GSFC at Greenbelt has 1121 acres for its 50 facilities.

Invertebrates are used as an important measure of ... Feb. 27, 2025 — Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs.

Multinational Research Project Shows How Life on Earth Can Be Measured from Space Feb. 6, 2025 — Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth.