The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has named an asteroid in the solar system after Firouz Naderi, an Iranian scientist and the former director for Solar System Exploration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Tonight at NASA/JPL farewell party I learned that they have named an asteroid after me!! I was overwhelmed, Naderi ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian scientist Behrokh Khoshnevis at South California University has developed a method for building structures in the space automatically which does not need astronauts' activities. The method uses sources of the space and other planets to provide material for the structures. NASA picked Khoshnevis's plan for 'Create the Future ...

Presidential inaugurations are big deals, and tend to attract high-profile stars like Beyonc, Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen who are eager to rub elbows with the newly inaugurated commander-in-chief. But next week, a very unusual celebrity will be appearing in President Obamas parade: the NASA scientist known as Mohawk Guy. Bobak Ferdowsi, who earned ...