It slices! It dices! Not really, but the Lunar Surface Manipulator System (LSMS), or NASA?s Lunar Robotic Arm as Blair likes to call it, is one potential workhorse for NASA?s permanent Lunar Outpost.

Flames shot more than 100 feet high in a successful 5.5-second ground test firing Thursday, Nov. 20, of a launch abort motor for NASA's next generation spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle.

A scientist invents a device to spot cataracts early, after his father is diagnosed with the disease.

Space shuttle Endeavour lights up Kennedy Space Center as it blazes a trail toward orbit.

Damon Talley of NASA's Digital Learning Network takes viewers behind the scenes of STS-126.

Endeavour to deliver enough equipment and supplies to double station's crew size next year.

Episode 5 features the Hubble Space Telescope, the Earth-sun relationship, NASA oceanography and their connections to NASA Mars exploration missions.

The Mars Lander surpassed its original three-month mission, lasting five months in the Martian northern plains, digging up scientific ?firsts? along the way.

After a picture-perfect landing, the Phoenix Mars Lander returned unprecedented views and new findings from Mars? north polar region.