Author: Space Studies Board

We live on a dynamic Earth shaped by both natural processes and the impacts of humans on their environment. It is in our collective interest to obs...

Modern science is ever more driven by computations and simulations. In particular, the state of the art in space and Earth science often arises fro...

On November 29-30, 2018, in Washington, D.C., the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held the Workshop on the Continuous Imp...

The 2013 report Solar and Space Physics; A Science for a Technological Society outlined a program of basic and applied research for the period 2013...

Fostering diverse and inclusive teams that are highly skilled, innovative, and productive is critical for maintaining U.S. leadership in space expl...

Affecting technological systems at a global-scale, space weather can disrupt high-frequency radio signals, satellite-based communications, navigati...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other U.S. science research agencies operate a fleet of research aircraft and other ai...

Understanding the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment and their implications requires a foundation of integrated...

Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the co...

NASA's current missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and potential future exploration missions involving extended stays by astronauts o...

Every 10 years the National Research Council releases a survey of astronomy and astrophysics outlining priorities for the coming decade. The most r...

In recent years, planetary science has seen a tremendous growth in new knowledge. Deposits of water ice exist at the Moon's poles. Discoveries on t...

In 1972 NASA launched the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ETRS), now known as Landsat 1, and on February 11, 2013 launched Landsat 8. Current...

The United States spends approximately $4 million each year searching for near-Earth objects (NEOs). The objective is to detect those that may coll...

The United States is currently the only country with an active, government-sponsored effort to detect and track potentially hazardous near-Earth ob...