From the smartphone in your pocket to the cordless vacuum cleaner in your closet, NASA’s technological advancements have found their way into our everyday lives. These inventions, initially designed ...

Some of today’s most ubiquitous appliances for compact living have rather unexpected backstories. Case in point: We can thank NASA for the Dustbuster. Welcome to Origin Story, a series that chronicles ...

Launius, Roger D. 2007. "Review of Inventions from Outer Space: Everyday Uses for NASA Technology." Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, 14, (2) 61–61.

The Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for over a decade, searching for signs of past life. The James Webb Space Telescope allows scientists to see deeper into the universe than ever before.

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities. Something is rotten in the city of Nunapitchuk. In recent ...