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- NASA Science Payload to Study Sticky Lunar Dust Challenge NASA · 20 Dec 2024 The Moon may look like barren rock, but it’s actually covered in a layer of gravel, pebbles, and dust collectively known as “lunar regolith.” During the Apollo Moon missions, astronauts learned firsthand that the fine, p...
- ESA and NASA deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice Sheet melting ESA · 20 Dec 2024 Global warming is driving the rapid melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, contributing to global sea level rise and disrupting weather patterns worldwide. Because of this, precise measurements of its changing shape are of...
- NASA Study Shows Ferns Facilitate Recovery from Environmental Disaster NASA · 20 Dec 2024 NASA-supported scientists have shown how ferns might help ecosystems recover from disasters.
- NASA, Notre Dame Connect Students to Inspire STEM Careers NASA · 20 Dec 2024 High school students in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s groundbreaking research to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft engines. Their learning experience is a collaboration between aircraft noise researchers...
- NASA Flight Rerouting Tool Curbs Delays, Emissions NASA · 20 Dec 2024 It’s the holiday season — which means many are taking to the skies to join their loved ones. If you’ve ever used an app to navigate on a road trip, you’ve probably noticed how it finds you the most efficient route to you...
- Hubble Spies a Cosmic Eye NASA · 20 Dec 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the center of this galaxy, and...
- NASA Cameras to Capture Interaction Between Blue Ghost, Moon’s Surface NASA · 20 Dec 2024 Say cheese again, Moon. We’re coming in for another close-up. For the second time in less than a year, a NASA technology designed to collect data on the interaction between a Moon lander’s rocket plume and the lunar surf...
- New Report Analyzes Long History of NASA Support for Commercial Space NASA · 19 Dec 2024 NASA published a new report Thursday highlighting 17 agency mechanisms that have directly and indirectly supported the development and growth of the U.S. commercial space sector for the benefit of humanity. The report, t...
- Artemis II Core Stage Vertical Integration Begins at NASA Kennedy NASA · 19 Dec 2024 NASA has taken a big step forward in how engineers will assemble and stack future SLS (Space Launch System) rockets for Artemis Moon missions inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Cente...
- Five Ways to Explore NASA’s Portfolio of Technologies with TechPort 4.0 NASA · 19 Dec 2024 Have you ever wanted to find all your favorite NASA technology in one place? NASA stakeholders did, too! We listened to your feedback, brainstormed user-focused features, and created the most robust technology system to...
- NASA Names Carlos Garcia-Galan as Gateway Program Deputy Manager NASA · 19 Dec 2024 NASA has selected Carlos Garcia-Galan as deputy manager for the Gateway Program. Garcia-Galan previously served as manager of the Orion Program’s European Service Module Integration Office at Glenn Research Center. “I am...
- Program Manager at NASA Glenn Earns AIAA Sustained Service Award NASA · 19 Dec 2024 Christopher Pestak, program manager of the Glenn Engineering and Research Support (GEARS) contract at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, has received the 2025 Sustained Service Award from the American Institute o...
- NASA Glenn’s Office of Communications Earns Top Honors NASA · 19 Dec 2024 NASA Glenn Research Center’s Office of Communications earned top honors — including Best in Show — during the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)’s Cleveland Rocks Awards on Nov. 19. During the event, the PRSA Gre...
- An Evening With the Stars: 10 Years and Counting NASA · 19 Dec 2024 NASA Glenn Research Center’s “An Evening With the Stars” showcased research and technology innovations that addressed this year’s theme, NASA Glenn’s Spotlight on the Stars: 10 Years and Counting. The event featured pres...
- NASA Partners with US Patent and Trademark Office to Advance Technology Transfer NASA · 19 Dec 2024 With a shared commitment to fostering U.S. economic growth that benefits the American public, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have sig...
- 55 Years Ago: Apollo 13, Preparations for the Third Moon Landing NASA · 19 Dec 2024 As 1969, an historic year that saw not just one but two successful human lunar landings, drew to a close, NASA continued preparations for its planned third Moon landing mission, Apollo 13, then scheduled for launch on Ma...
- Vast signs agreement with SpaceX for private astronaut missions to the ISS SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 Commercial space station developer Vast Space signed a deal with SpaceX for two private astronaut missions to the ISS, pending NASA approval.
- NASA, Axiom Space Change Assembly Order of Commercial Space Station NASA · 19 Dec 2024 In coordination with NASA, Axiom Space modified its planned assembly sequence to accelerate its ability to operate as a viable free-flying space station and reduce International Space Station reliance during assembly. NA...
- Firefly wins NASA contract for third lunar lander mission SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 NASA selected Firefly Aerospace for a third lunar lander mission, this one including a rover, to launch in 2028.
- NASA Ames Stars of the Month: January 2025 NASA · 18 Dec 2024 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Maurice Valdez, Niki Parenteau, Dori Myer, and Judy Alfter. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entre...
- More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six experiments to the lunar surface. This fourth task order for Firefly will target...
- NASA Payload Aims to Probe Moon’s Depths to Study Heat Flow NASA · 18 Dec 2024 Earth’s nearest neighboring body in the solar system is its Moon, yet to date humans have physically explored just 5% of its surface. It wasn’t until 2023 – building on Apollo-era data and more detailed studies made in 2...
- NASA Knows: How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades 5-8) NASA · 18 Dec 2024 This article is for students grades 5-8. The Sun is the star of our solar system. Its gravity holds Earth and our planetary neighbors in its orbit. At 865,000 miles (1.4 million km) in diameter, it’s the largest object i...
- NASA, CU Enact Collaborative Space Act Agreement NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Columbia University in New York, New York, enacted a collaborative Space Act Agreement to advance research and education opportunities during a signing cerem...
- OTPS Releases its 2024 Annual Report NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, shares highlights from the office in 2024, including key accomplishments and collaborations that support the NASA mission. Read the full report, NASA’s Office of Technol...
- A Year in Review 2024 from NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist NASA · 18 Dec 2024 OTPS shares an annual letter from the Agency Chief Technologist (ACT), updates on various studies in the technology domain within OTPS, overviews of the center chief technologists, and vignettes of various technology pro...
- NASA’s Spot the Station App Developed by and for the People NASA · 18 Dec 2024 In its 25th year of operations, the International Space Station continues to symbolize discovery and cooperation for the benefit of humanity. Since 2012, observers have interacted with the space station through NASA’s Sp...
- Chandra and Webb Spy a Cosmic Wreath NASA · 18 Dec 2024 This new image of star cluster NGC 602, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with a previously released image from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb data provide the...
- Space Gardens NASA · 18 Dec 2024 Science in Space December 2024 As NASA plans missions to the Moon and Mars, one challenge is figuring out how to provide crew members with enough healthy food. Bringing along a supply for months or even years in space is...
- NASA Finds ‘Sideways’ Black Hole Using Legacy Data, New Techniques NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA researchers have discovered a perplexing case of a black hole that appears to be “tipped over,” rotating in an unexpected direction relative to the galaxy surrounding it. That galaxy, called NGC 5084, has been known...
- NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Looks to Thrive in 2025 NASA · 18 Dec 2024 As NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida wraps up a year that will see more than 90 government, commercial, and private missions launch from Florida’s Space Coast, a look to 2025 shows the missions, partnerships, projec...
- NASA Open Science Reveals Sounds of Space NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA has a long history of translating astronomy data into beautiful images that are beloved by the public. Through its Chandra X-ray Observatory and Universe of Learning programs, NASA brings that principle into the wor...
- New Commercial Artemis Moon Rovers Undergo Testing at NASA NASA · 18 Dec 2024 Through NASA’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will land on the lunar surface and use a new generation of spacesuits and rovers as they live, work, and conduct science in the Moon’s South Pole region, exploring more of the...
- Navigating the legal landscape of space mining: interpreting international space law SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2024 As I write this, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is making its long journey to an asteroid named 16 Psyche. When it arrives, it may confirm the presence of minerals which, when […]
- Axiom Space revises space station assembly plans SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2024 Axiom Space is revising the assembly sequence for its commercial space station, a move it says will allow it to get to a free-flying station sooner while addressing NASA’s needs to prepare for the deorbiting of the ISS.
- Delay in New SpaceX Crew Dragon Means Another Extension for Butch and Suni SpacePolicyOnline.com · 18 Dec 2024 The two NASA astronauts who are spending much longer aboard the International Space Station than planned are having their mission extended yet again. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived on
- 2024 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley NASA · 17 Dec 2024 2024 intro: As NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley enters its 85th year since its founding, join us as we take a look back at some of our highlights of science, engineering, research, and innovatio...
- NASA Participates in Microgravity Science Summit NASA · 17 Dec 2024 NASA leadership participated in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Microgravity Science Summit (OSTP) on Dec.16 focused on sharing information with leaders across the U.S. federal government about...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk 63 Outside Space Station NASA · 17 Dec 2024 NASA will provide live coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 19. NASA’s live coverage begins at 9:45 a.m. EST, Thursday on NASA+. Learn how...
- Media Invited to Speak to NASA Ames Experts – Celebrating 85 Years NASA · 17 Dec 2024 NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, is celebrating 85 years of cutting-edge research and development in space, life sciences, supercomputing, aeronautics, and more for the benefit of humanity. Ame...