Silicon Valley is renowned as the birthplace of modern computing, home to companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft. Yet long before venture capital and social media defined the region, an older ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- It's déj vu time as America celebrates the first astronauts to walk on the moon 50 years ago this July. At the same time, a new generation of explorers are preparing to return ...

Dr Wendy Okolo made history at 26 as the first Black woman to obtain a PhD in aerospace engineering from the University of ...

Video shows NASA's futuristic solar sail technology prototype. Like a sail on the ocean propels a boat with the wind, this ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration asked the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) to hold a one-day symposium to review the NASA Ames Research Center's plans to ...

The winners of this year's Speed2Design contest can thank their lucky stars because in a matter of days they'll be getting up close and personal with some of NASA's most amazing technologies at the ...

J. Victor Lebacqz, who has been associate director for aerospace programs at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has been named deputy associate administrator for the Office of ...

Thirty-five years ago, the cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Jan. 8, 1990, issue featured a full-scale model of the General Dynamics/NASA ejector-lift E-7A short-takeoff-vertical-landing ...

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