According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it is going to launch Mars mission capsule, Orion spacecraft, next month. The spacecraft, which could one day carry astronauts to Mars, will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida for a test flight.

As per NASA, the size of the Antarctic's ozone hole has not changed in one year. Last year, the size of the hole at peak was 9.3 million square miles. On September 11, 2014, the size was found to be the same.

According to images taken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon, the space body may have experienced volcanic eruptions as recently as 50 to 100 million years ago.

A new study from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shown that current drought in the United States is not the worst that North America has seen in 1,000 years. According to the study, the drought of 1934 was the worst to strike the continent in the last millennium.

Public funding will be provided by NASA for a new research on microgravity and its impact on drug efficiency.

USC School of Pharmacy researchers are about to start a $600,000 study funded by the national Space Biology Program at NASA. This is the first time when the school has got a grant from NASA. The research will be conducted in outer space, aboard the International Space Station.

In a joint study carried out by researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Michigan, it has been found that the Four Corners has high concentrations of the greenhouse gas methane.

The atmospheric methane is present across 2,500 square miles in the Four Corners and even in San Juan County, which was the largest concentration of methane in the US.

Since earlier days there have been many myths linked with the lunar events. Many people believe that Wednesday's lunar eclipse may affect people's behavior. Many studies have been conducted by scientists to find evidence that can prove that lunar events can have any effect on the human behavior.

According to a news report published by BBC, Alyssa Carson, an ambitious 13-year-old girl from Louisiana, has been making preparations since the age of four to be on NASA's first manned expedition to Mars, currently expected to take place in 2033.