This artist’s concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The public is invited to tune in for a series of news brie... More »
Since launching in November 2011, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has been traveling full steam ahead on a journey that will traverse over 350 million miles, ending on the Red Planet at 10:31 p.m. on Sunday, August 5. Tucked into a spacecraft for safekeep... More »
[Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech; After journeying more than 340 million miles over the course of eight months, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)—the most capable robotic mission ever sent to the Red Planet—is quickly approaching its destination. The spacecraft is... More »
Chiara Daraio, professor of aeronautics and applied physics, and Christopher Hirata, professor of astrophysics, both at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and Ian Clark of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)—which is managed by Caltech—are wi... More »
New research shows that levels of carbon monoxide dropped sharply in the Beijing area between 2007 and 2008, due to traffic restrictions imposed because of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Image credit: UCAR. Illustration by Lex Ivey, based on NCAR data. A new NASA-f... More »
NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars’ south pole in this artist’s concept. The spacecraft has been orbiting Mars since October 24, 2001. Image credit: NASA/JPL NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted its orbital location to be in a... More »
Sally Ride, the first American woman in space and a former Caltech trustee, passed away Monday, July 23, 2012. She was 61. Ride joined NASA in 1978 as part of the first astronaut class to admit women. In 1983, she made history as the first female astronaut a... More »
Chiara Daraio, professor of aeronautics and applied physics, and Christopher Hirata, professor of astrophysics, at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), are 2012 winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. This is t... More »
Caltech faculty Hirosi Ooguri (left) and Chris Hirata have received new funding from the Simons Foundation for their work in theoretical physics. For nearly 20 years, the Simons Foundation has worked to advance mathematics and the physical sciences through gra... More »
Extent of surface melt over Greenland’s ice sheet on July 8, 2012 (left) and July 12, 2012 (right). Measurements from three satellites showed that on July 8, about 40 percent of the ice sheet had undergone thawing at or near the surface. In just a few days, th... More »
Sally Ride’s official astronaut portrait. She joined the astronaut corps in 1978. Image credit: NASA NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi released the following statement on Sally K. Ride, America’s first woman in space, who died on Monday, J... More »
In this image from last year’s award ceremony, President Barack Obama greets the 2010 PECASE recipients in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 14, 2011. Image credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza President Obama has named six NASA individuals, i... More »
