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The 2018 Webby Awards have honored NASA's digital communications.
NASA Web Sites, Social Media Honored in 2018 Webby Awards
Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, has been verified as one of the key components of clouds at Uranus.
What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs
Jim Bridenstine was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on April 23 to serve as the agency's 13th administrator.
Jim Bridenstine Sworn in as NASA Administrator
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its fourth year of survey data.
NASA's NEOWISE Asteroid-Hunter Spacecraft -- Four Years of Data
Statements from Rep. Jim Bridenstine and acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the U.S. Senate confirmation of Bridenstine as the 13th Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Statements on Jim Bridenstine’s Senate Confirmation as NASA Administrator
In December 2017, President Donald J. Trump gave NASA a new direction, telling the agency to work with international and commercial partners to refocus exploration efforts on the moon, with an eye to eventually going on to Mars and even beyond.
NASA's Exploration Campaign: Back to the Moon and on to Mars
Legendary explorers and visionaries, real and fictitious, are among those immortalized in the first set of official surface-feature names for Pluto's largest moon, Charon.
Pluto's Largest Moon Gets Its First Official Feature Names
A 3-D infrared movie depicts cyclones and anticyclones in Jupiter's polar regions, and the first detailed view of a dynamo powering the magnetic field of a planet beyond Earth.
NASA’s Juno Mission Provides Infrared Tour of Jupiter’s North Pole
A mini-profile of citizen scientist Jason Major.
Meet a Citizen Scientist: Jason Major
Meet some amateur scientists who made a mark on history.
Citizen Scientists of History
On May 5, millions of Californians may witness the historic first interplanetary launch from America’s West Coast.
Bound for Mars: Countdown to First Interplanetary Launch from California
The launch of a Black Brant IX sounding rocket carrying the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment or ASPIRE was successfully conducted at 12:19 p.m. EDT, March 31, 2018, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Mars Parachute Test Successfully Launched from Wallops