Samples collected from a crew member are inserted into a cryogenic storage unit for preservation and later analysis.

As part of Project Mercury, NASA prepared to send a chimpanzee, Ham, into space to test the effects of space on a living creature. What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving? (02:31 ...

Nobel Prize winning biologist Victor Ambros, Bill Nye The Science Guy, former NASA chief Bill Nelson and a host of other politicians, and patients — some with rare diseases — were scheduled to ...

Five planets are visible to the naked eye, according to NASA: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Mars will appear reddish and high in the sky, near the Gemini constellation, Star Walk said.

The NASA rover "Curiosity" discovered what scientists say is the largest ever seen organic molecules on Mars, raising ...

Voyager program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Every bit of additional data we have gathered since then is not only valuable bonus science for heliophysics, but also a testament to ...

“These missions cover the full breadth of the science that NASA does every day,” said Dr. Mark Clampin, acting deputy associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.