Webb Telescope Passes Mission Design Review Milestone

NASA's Northrop Grumman-built James Webb Space Telescope has passed its most significant mission milestone to date, the Mission Critical

NASA Administrator Visits Marshall's X-Ray and Cryogenic Facility

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, second from right, listens as Dave Chaney, right, a principle optical engineer for Ball Aerospace Tech

Picture of the Day #6

Caption: Goddard technicians working with the ISIM Test Structure or ITS. ISIM will sit atop this during space environmental testing.Credi

Viewpoint: The Two Pillars of NASA

We are at a pivotal period in defining NASA’s future. In the current debate about redirecting U.S. civil space activities, it is important

Students Bring Fresh Perspective and New Technology to Webb Telescope

Engineers at Ball Aerospace test the Wavefront Sensing and Control testbed to ensure that the 18 primary mirror segments and one secondary

A View of the JWST NIRSpec Instrument

The Universe has always set the standard for colors. It produces all possible combinations of colors, granted not always in the visible l

Hubble's successor one step closer to completion

A working replica of MIRI - the pioneering camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope - has just been shipped (16th March)