NASA

Rethinking America’s place in space

National Security

Rethinking America’s place in space

Arthur Herman · July 7, 2015 4:01 am

Maker of defective air bags put profit ahead of safety: Senate report

Maker of defective air bags put profit ahead of safety: Senate report

Nathan Rubbelke · June 22, 2015 11:14 pm

This artist's concept shows the test vehicle for NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. A balloon will lift the vehicle to high altitudes, where a rocket will take it even higher, to the top of the stratosphere, at several times the speed of sound. (Courtesy of JPL/NASA)

NASA prepares to test flying saucer

Emilie Padgett · June 3, 2015 4:01 am

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks at a press conference while discussing 'the scientific and technological roadmap that will lead to the discovery of potentially habitable worlds among the stars' July 14, 2014 in Washington, D.C.Â The House Commerce, Science and Justice spending bill unveiled Tuesday proposed cutting funding for the NASA earth sciences program to $1.68 billion for fiscal 2016, down from $1.77 billion. (Getty Image)

Energy and Environment

Liberals worried GOP is chipping away at scientific research

Zack Colman · May 21, 2015 9:00 am

Emissions spew out of a large stack at the coal fired Morgantown Generating Station, on May 29, 2014 in Newburg, Maryland. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Carbon dioxide breaks monthly record

Zack Colman · May 6, 2015 10:51 pm

A day after announcing her candidacy, Clinton's campaign staff began contacting lawmakers, looking to shore up support among Democrats in the House and Senate. (AP Photo)Â

With massive lead, Clinton works to shore up support in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · April 16, 2015 9:00 am

Washington Secrets

EPA, IRS loved by Democrats, hated by GOP: Pew

Paul Bedard · January 23, 2015 2:32 pm

Steam from the Jeffrey Energy Center coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the setting sun near St. Mary's, Kan. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Energy and Environment

2014 hottest year ever recorded

Zack Colman · January 16, 2015 4:57 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz is ready to chair the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Space and Competitiveness. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ted Cruz: Obama’s ‘global warming pursuits’ have degraded NASA

Kelly Cohen · January 14, 2015 7:49 pm

Farmers do not blame humans for the climate change they are seeing. AP Photo

Energy and Environment

Purdue: Just 50%, not media-hyped 97%, of scientists blame humans for climate change

Paul Bedard · November 20, 2014 6:02 pm

Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. displays the parts and function of a defective airbag made by Takata of Japan that has been linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the US., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Automaker whistleblowers could see huge payout

Kelly Cohen · November 20, 2014 4:56 pm

Senate likely to fall one vote short of Keystone XL passage

Energy and Environment

Senate likely to fall one vote short of Keystone XL passage

Zack Colman · November 14, 2014 6:37 pm