From: redOrbit on Thu, Mar 31 2011 11:19 PM

An unassuming little beachside cottage stands as a silent witness to space history. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Mar 26 2011 3:22 AM

A NASA light technology originally developed to aid plant growth experiments in space has proved to reduce the painful side effects resulting from chemotherapy and radiation treatment in bone marrow and stem cell transplant patients. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Fri, Mar 25 2011 3:12 AM

This sequence starts with a view of the constellation of Boötes (The Herdsman) and the bright star Arcturus. As we zoom in we can see many faint stars in the Milky Way. The final view shows an artist’s impression of CFBDSIR 1458+10, the coolest pair of brown dwarfs found so far.

From: redOrbit on Wed, Mar 23 2011 10:54 PM

One of the dominant features of the Webb telescope is its tennis court-sized sunshield. The sunshield protects the observatory from unwanted light, keeping it cool and allowing it to detect heat from faraway objects in the universe. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Mon, Mar 21 2011 3:47 PM

This video shows the STS-133 SRB recovery. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Mar 19 2011 2:47 PM

Forget telecommuting. Now it’s cool to have a robot represent you at work. It’s called telepresence and it’s changing the office. This is great video that will have your viewers talking about the future of the workplace. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Mar 19 2011 2:47 PM

Is there or isn’t there? Are we alone? Is there such a thing as martians? We talk to one of the foremost NASA experts on space to find out the answers. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Fri, Mar 18 2011 1:22 PM

The International Space Station video update for March 16, 2011. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Fri, Mar 18 2011 1:21 PM

Company designs a monoski for disabled skiers.

From: redOrbit on Fri, Mar 18 2011 1:21 PM

The Soyuz capsule carrying Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka put down safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan on March 16. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Mar 17 2011 9:38 AM

In this zoom sequence we start with a broad panorama of the central parts of Milky Way. As we close in on part of the small constellation of Corona Australis we start to see faint clouds and in the final part of the video the full glory of the dramatic star formation region NGC 6729 is revealed i...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Mar 17 2011 9:38 AM

Observe the sun and Mercury this month while celebrating the Messenger spacecraft’s Mercury orbit insertion on the 18th and Sun-Earth day on the 19th. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Mar 17 2011 9:38 AM

With LRO’s wide angle camera, scientists can create a global catalog of the mountains, craters, and rilles on the moon. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Wed, Mar 16 2011 8:34 AM

Video of the Marangoni experiment aboard the International Space Station — a Fluid Physics experiment to observe Marangoni convection, a surface-tension-driven flow.

From: redOrbit on Wed, Mar 16 2011 8:34 AM

Brian Zenowich is a robotics engineer for Barrett Technologies in Cambridge, Mass., where the company makes robotic arms and hands. Credit: NSF/Jon Baime, Science Nation Producer

From: redOrbit on Wed, Mar 16 2011 8:34 AM

Space shuttle Endeavour began its final scheduled 3.4-mile journey to Launch Pad 39A in darkness — leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:56 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on March 10. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Sun, Mar 13 2011 4:05 AM

A new laser-based tool highlights skin pigments linked to melanoma — and could help doctors better diagnose the disease.

From: redOrbit on Sat, Mar 12 2011 2:49 AM

The crawler transporters have slowly traveled the gravel track to carry spacecrafts to the launch pad. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Mar 12 2011 2:49 AM

This video shows the scientists' best guess to date of what the surface of the protoplanet Vesta might look like. credit: NASA/JPL

From: redOrbit on Sat, Mar 12 2011 2:49 AM

Kiel University studies electric states in solids: A phase transition recorded in very slow motion in a solid, which is completed within an extremely short time.