NASA wants the public to help choose the real International Space Station’s Node 3. NASA will announce the name of the new space station module on April 14th on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report." The program will air at 11:30 p.m. EDT.

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) is attempting in many ways to be more transparent, using interactive projects to re-engage the older generation in the new aims of the space program, and appeal to newer generations who missed the first space race.

In the first test of planetary protection technology, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) swabbed their space-walking gear for microbes, using the "Lab-On-A-Chip Application Development Portable Test System" (LOCAD-PTS), a compact biological laboratory designed for use in space. Such tools will be further developed and refined to prevent humanity from contaminating other planets.

NASA scientists analyzing the dust of meteorites have discovered new clues to a long-standing mystery about how life works on its most basic, molecular level.

Space shuttle Discovery took off at 7.43 PM EDT (2343 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida, after a day full of anticipation over the much delayed mission.

Discovery is set to liftoff at 7:43 p.m. EDT on the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station. Commander Lee Archambault and crew will install the outpost's final set of solar arrays.

As part of NASA’s plan to revisit the Moon, Marshall Space Flight Center Engineers oversaw the freefall test of a 50,000-pound simulated rocket booster on the Arizona desert by U.S. Air Force test pilots. The Ares booster recovery parachute system successfully stopped the jettisoned booster from crashing. Testing for all components will continue throughout 2009, each with greater payload weight.

NASA just announced that the Discovery launch of STS-119 mission is postponed due to gas leak.

Just about 3 minutes ago NASA launched Kepler telescope. Kepler will search for life in our galaxy Milky Way. Kepler will monitor 100,000 stars, searching for signs of planets - including ones as small as or smaller than Earth. The telescope will continue the search for habitable planets.

Kepler is the first mission with the ability to find planets like Earth -- rocky planets that orbit sun-like stars in a warm zone where liquid water could be maintained on the surface. Kepler will search the Milky Way galaxy for habitable life. "There may be 100 billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way, or one for every sun-type star in the galaxy," said Alan Boss to CNN, an astronomer with the Carnegie Institution and author of a new book.

Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA’s Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. with technical assistance from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute.

There's disappointment at NASA after its Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to launch properly.