From the smartphone in your pocket to the cordless vacuum cleaner in your closet, NASA’s technological advancements have found their way into our everyday lives. These inventions, initially designed ...

In 1958, during the height of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed what was known as the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law. The goal of the legislation was to create an agency ...

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Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA's Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is proving space missions can do the same by switching ...

A NASA-developed wireless sensor technology that is damage tolerant and requires no electrical connections was selected by R&D Magazine as one of the year’s 100 most innovative ideas. Developed by ...

At the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural State of the Labs address, the key message was that scientific breakthroughs originate from the Peninsula’s two federal labs, making ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery, including a rover that launched from Florida, have been named among Time's best inventions since 2000.

NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., has won two agency awards: the 2010 Government Invention of the Year Award and the 2010 Commercial Invention of the Year Award. Ames received the ...

Two of NASA's giants of cosmic discovery have been named among the best inventions of the past quarter-century – at least, according to Time magazine. The media company recently assembled a list of ...

WASHINGTON – Bill Nelson says he never imagined he would become administrator of the nation’s space agency, NASA. "I had no idea," Nelson said. "As a matter of fact, I grew up in the shadow of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writing about vertical flight aircraft & advanced aviation technology. On May 2, the White House released its top-line “skinny” ...