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- Media Invited to Learn About NASA, GE Aerospace Contrails Flight Tests NASA · 20 Nov 2024 Media are invited to learn about a unique series of flight tests happening in Virginia in partnership between NASA and GE Aerospace that aim to help the aviation industry better understand contrails and their impact on t...
- NASA’s Chandra, Hubble Tune Into ‘Flame-Throwing’ Guitar Nebula NASA · 20 Nov 2024 Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a “flame-throwing guitar” has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA’s...
- 5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun NASA · 20 Nov 2024 With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar system. However, the fleet’s constant watch and often-unique perspectives sometimes create oppo...
- NASA’s Brad Doorn Brings Farm Belt Wisdom to Space-Age Agriculture NASA · 20 Nov 2024 From his South Dakota roots to leading NASA’s agricultural program, Brad Doorn’s mission has remained the same: help farmers feed the world.
- Shooting for the Stars: NASA Lights Up the Court at Toyota Center NASA · 20 Nov 2024 On Nov. 6, 2024, NASA Night brought cosmic excitement to the Toyota Center, where Johnson Space Center employees joined 16,208 fans who interacted with NASA as they watched the Houston Rockets claim victory over the San...
- NASA Ocean World Explorers Have to Swim Before They Can Fly NASA · 20 Nov 2024 In a competition swimming pool, engineers tested prototypes for a futuristic mission concept: a swarm of underwater robots that could look for signs of life on ocean worlds. When NASA’s Europa Clipper reaches its destina...
- NASA Ocean World Explorers Have to Swim Before They Can Fly Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 20 Nov 2024 In a competition swimming pool, engineers tested prototypes for a futuristic mission concept: a swarm of underwater robots that could look for signs of life on ocean worlds.
- Making Mars’ Moons: Supercomputers Offer ‘Disruptive’ New Explanation NASA · 20 Nov 2024 A NASA study using a series of supercomputer simulations reveals a potential new solution to a longstanding Martian mystery: How did Mars get its moons? The first step, the findings say, may have involved the destruction...
- NASA’s Swift Reaches 20th Anniversary in Improved Pointing Mode NASA · 20 Nov 2024 After two decades in space, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is performing better than ever thanks to a new operational strategy implemented earlier this year. The spacecraft has made great scientific strides in the...
- The case for a continuous human presence in space SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2024 NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy recently revealed that NASA is reconsidering its commitment to continuous human presence in low Earth orbit (LEO) after the International Space Station (ISS), potentially opting
- From Houston to the Moon: Johnson’s Thermal Vacuum Chamber Tests Lunar Solar Technology NASA · 19 Nov 2024 Imagine designing technology that can survive on the Moon for up to a decade, providing a continuous energy supply. NASA selected three companies to develop such systems, aimed at providing a power source at the Moon’s S...
- On This Day: Apollo 12 Lands on the Moon NASA · 19 Nov 2024 NASA astronaut Alan Bean steps off the lunar module ladder in this photo from Nov. 19, 1969, joining astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. on the Moon in the area called the Ocean of Storms. The two would then complete two spacew...
- NASA Plans to Assign Missions for Two Future Artemis Cargo Landers NASA · 19 Nov 2024 NASA, along with its industry and international partners, is preparing for sustained exploration of the lunar surface with the Artemis campaign to advance science and discovery for the benefit of all. As part of that eff...
- Northwestern University Takes Top Honors in BIG Idea Lunar Inflatables Challenge NASA · 19 Nov 2024 Following eight months of intense research, design, and prototyping, six university teams presented their “Inflatable Systems for Lunar Operations” concepts to a panel of judges at NASA’s 2024 Breakthrough, Innovative an...
- Super Insulation Requires Super Materials NASA · 19 Nov 2024 NASA researchers helped create an insulation coating that blocks heat and sunlight
- NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 19 Nov 2024 A team of researchers identified this decrease in freshwater using observations from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites.
- Don’t let Trump and Musk gut NASA SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2024 If President-elect Donald Trump and techno-oligarch Elon Musk get their way, NASA — one of America’s crown jewels — may become a glorified contracting agency. As Musk promises the American
- NASA Engineer Carries Indigenous Roots into New Aviation Era NASA · 19 Nov 2024 Growing up outside of Philadelphia, Abigail Reigner spent most of her childhood miles away from where her family called home, and where there was little trace of her Native American tribe and culture. Belonging to the Co...
- Part Ojibwe, All NASA: Linda Spuler’s Role in Protecting Johnson Space Center NASA · 18 Nov 2024 Linda Spuler, emergency manager at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, believes that everyone has a story. “Our stories highlight what we have in common, but they also make us each unique,” she said. Spuler has worke...
- NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 90 Launch, Space Station Docking NASA · 18 Nov 2024 NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted...
- November Transformer of the Month: Ariel Vargas NASA · 18 Nov 2024 When Ariel Vargas joined NASA in 2023, he knew he wanted to make an impact. Despite his relatively short tenure, he has earned the reputation of a Digital Transformer in his work as a Network and ICAM (Identity, Credenti...
- First Nations Launch Winners Watch Crew-7 Launch NASA · 18 Nov 2024 In this image from Aug. 26, 2023, participants from the 14th First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition watch NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 launch at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Students and advisors fro...
- NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes a Last Look at Mysterious Sulfur NASA · 18 Nov 2024 The rover captured a 360-degree panorama before leaving Gediz Vallis channel, a feature it’s been exploring for the past year. NASA’s Curiosity rover is preparing for the next leg of its journey, a monthslong trek to a f...
- NASA Selects New Leader of Space Technology NASA · 18 Nov 2024 Clayton P. Turner will serve as the associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday. His appointment...
- NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes a Last Look at Mysterious Sulfur Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 18 Nov 2024 The rover captured a 360-degree panorama before leaving Gediz Vallis channel, a feature it’s been exploring for the past year.
- Hollywood Techniques Help NASA Visualize Supercomputing Data NASA · 18 Nov 2024 Captivating images and videos can bring data to life. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) produces visualizations, animations, and images to help scientists tell stories of their research and make science more a...
- NASA Program Aids Pediatric Patients Facing Medical Treatments NASA · 18 Nov 2024 As NASA innovates for the benefit of humanity and inspires the world through discovery, the agency launched a new video series specifically designed for use by medical treatment centers across the United States to help r...
- NASA Receives 14th Consecutive ‘Clean’ Financial Audit Opinion NASA · 15 Nov 2024 For the 14th consecutive year, NASA received an unmodified, or “clean,” opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2024 financial statements. The rating is the best possible audit opinion, certifying that NASA’s...
- NASA Goddard Lidar Team Receives Center Innovation Award for Advancements NASA · 15 Nov 2024 NASA researchers Guan Yang, Jeff Chen, and their team received the 2024 Innovator of The Year Award for their exemplary work on a lidar system enhanced with artificial intelligence and other technologies at the agency’s...
- Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe NASA · 15 Nov 2024 At NASA, high-end computing is essential for many agency missions. This technology helps us advance our understanding of the universe – from our planet to the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Supercomputers enable project...
- Two Years Ago: Artemis I Liftoff NASA · 15 Nov 2024 In this photo, NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, carrying the Orion spacecraft, lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022. Set on a p...
- NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels NASA · 15 Nov 2024 Earth’s total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since.
- Hubble Takes a Look at Tangled Galaxies NASA · 15 Nov 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image depicts the cosmic tangle that is MCG+05-31-045, a pair of interacting galaxies located 390 million light-years away and a part of the Coma galaxy cluster. The Coma Cluster is a...
- Intuitive Machines calls for “infrastructure-first” focus for Artemis SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2024 Intuitive Machines suggested the need for “reformulation” of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign to accommodate budget issues and delays.
- Meet the Space Ops Team: Diana Oglesby NASA · 14 Nov 2024 Diana Oglesby’s love for NASA began long before she started working for the agency. A native of Decatur, Texas, Oglesby knew at the age of eight that she would make NASA her future destination. That dream became a realit...
- NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Space Weather Program NASA · 14 Nov 2024 NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build three coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space...
- NASA Johnson Invites Proposals to Lease Vibration Test Facility NASA · 14 Nov 2024 Nov. 14, 2024 NASA Johnson Invites Proposals to Lease Vibration Test Facility NASA’s Johnson Space Center is seeking proposals for the use of its historic, but underused, Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility. Prospective...
- NASA, Peru Agree to Study Potential Sounding Rocket Campaign NASA · 14 Nov 2024 NASA and Peru’s National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development (CONIDA) laid the groundwork for a potential multi-year scientific rocket launch campaign in the South American country. Both countries signed a...
- South Pole Safety: Designing the NASA Lunar Rescue System NASA · 14 Nov 2024 In the unforgiving lunar environment, the possibility of an astronaut crewmember becoming incapacitated due to unforeseen circumstances (injury, medical emergency, or a mission-related accident) is a critical concern, st...
- NASA Leadership Hosts Future-Focused Dialogues with Kennedy Employees NASA · 14 Nov 2024 NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (front center left) discusses NASA 2040 on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, the agency’s strategic initiative for aligning workforce, infrastructure, and technologies to meet the needs of th...