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On April 24, 1990, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off from Earth with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope nestled securely in its bay. The following day, Hubble was released into orbit, ready to peer into the vast unknown of space.

A NASA team envisions a future where a compact habitat built of dormant fungi could be taken on long journeys to places like Mars.

Just like the Grouch, NASA’s OSCAR loves trash!

Earth – your home; our mission. NASA researchers work to understand and protect our planet.

Thanks to a little help from NASA, a solar wall in Maine helps coffee drinkers enjoy a wicked-good cup of coffee.

NASA engineers are reinventing the wheel, using nickel titanium to make unique spring tires.

Instead of a sonic boom, shockwaves produced by QueSST will be a quiet rumble that may enable supersonic flight over land.

Honeybees actually contribute about fifteen billion dollars annually to the U.S. economy.

Test data from this rocket failure test will help engineers build rockets best suited for future Artemis lunar missions.

Across NASA’s many missions, thousands of scientists, engineers, and other experts are doing what they do best, but now from home.