Three Institutions To Receive Funding Totalling $3.2 Million

NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) will fund three proposals to help investigate questions about behavioral health and performance on future deep space exploration missions. Research like this may help astronauts as they venture farther into the solar system.

Will Study The Effects Of Long-Term Spaceflight On Humans

NASA's Human Research Program will fund nine proposals for ground-based research that will help enable extended and safer human exploration of space by quantifying and, ultimately, reducing the risks posed by space radiation.

Awards Grants Totaling Nearly $50 Million To Seven Research Teams

NASA has awarded five-year grants totaling almost $50 million to seven research teams nationwide to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.

How Far Have We Come In A Decade? Sadly… Not So Far… By ANN Space Correspondent Wes Oleszewski Ten years ago this month, SpaceShipOne made its final flight and won the coveted X-Prize; the date was October 4th, 2004. I was there, as a part of a three-man primary news team on the “inside” covering the event for the Aero-News Network. In mid September of that same year I was contacted by ANN’s Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, and invited to join the news team at Mojave, California for the X-Prize. At first, I was torn on whether or not I should go. My daughter was just about ready to take her first steps and as a part of getting out of the cockpit and becoming a stay-at-home daddy, the deal was that I would not have to miss such events as that.

Names To Be Recorded On A Microchip, First Ones To Fly On Orion's First Flight

NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars.