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Wind speed and direction observations over the ocean are crucial inputs for weather forecasting, developing global weather models, and analyzing weather patterns. And wind scatterometers mounted on satellites are often used to collect that information.

You are what you eat --- and that’s especially true for astronauts on the International Space Station where nutrition plays a key role in mitigating the negative effects of space on the human body. But now astronauts have a tool that can help them track their dietary habits in real time.

It’s very difficult to have mobility in the absence of gravity. So a team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is ringing in a new era of spacecraft technology to meet the challenge.

A team of university scientists aren’t just looking for pictures in the clouds. They have discovered that changes in cloud cover can actually point to the biomes many unique plants and animals call home.

The key symptom for a middle-ear infection is a build-up of fluid behind the eardrum. Unfortunately, an otoscope, the device a doctor uses to peek inside your ear, can’t see past the eardrum, making an accurate diagnosis a shot in the dark.

What if we could put a spacecraft in orbit around Pluto, a lander on Pluto, and we could get it to Pluto in only 4 years? NIAC is putting that idea to the test.

Mastering an extravehicular activity, or spacewalk would be crucial in proving that NASA was ready to actually put a man on the moon. But how could astronauts learn to walk in space while practicing on Earth?

Rocket launches to the International Space Station from Virginia are back!

For those of us who love milk chocolate, but prefer the healthier choice of dark chocolate, help is on the way.

The technology that has been used to float a boat, or more precisely, a submarine, is now making a splash in Florida.