From the smartphone in your pocket to the cordless vacuum cleaner in your closet, NASA’s technological advancements have found their way into our everyday lives. These inventions, initially designed ...

In 1958, during the height of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed what was known as the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law. The goal of the legislation was to create an agency ...

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NASA Glenn Research Center’s new material, GRX-810, has been recognized as the Commercial Invention of the Year by NASA’s Inventions and Contributions Board. GRX-810 is a three-dimensionally (3D) ...

At the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural State of the Labs address, the key message was that scientific breakthroughs originate from the Peninsula’s two federal labs, making ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton was honored by TIME Magazine “Best Inventions of 2024.” The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) was developed and built at NASA ...

NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., has won two agency awards: the 2010 Government Invention of the Year Award and the 2010 Commercial Invention of the Year Award. Ames received the ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...

The Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for over a decade, searching for signs of past life. The James Webb Space Telescope allows scientists to see deeper into the universe than ever before.

WASHINGTON – Bill Nelson says he never imagined he would become administrator of the nation’s space agency, NASA. "I had no idea," Nelson said. "As a matter of fact, I grew up in the shadow of the ...

Establishing a sustainable presence on the Moon, preparing for crewed missions to Mars, exploring the cosmos, and innovating how society travels by air requires new technologies and software. Each ...