NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign Supports Blue Carbon Management in South Florida
NASA · 12 Nov 2024
Introduction Along the southernmost rim of the Florida Peninsula, the arching prop roots or “knees” of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) line the coast – see Photo 1. Where they dip below the water’s surface, fish lay th...
Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Undergoes Testing
NASA · 12 Nov 2024
Teams lifted NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II test flight out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell and moved it to the altitude chamber to complete further testing on Nov. 6 inside the Neil A. Armstron...
SPHEREx remains on track after reaction wheel issue
SpaceNews · 12 Nov 2024
A NASA astrophysics mission remains on schedule to launch in April after teams went “above and beyond” to fix a problem with one component of the spacecraft that could also affect two other missions.
Roman Space Telescope reaches assembly milestone
SpaceNews · 12 Nov 2024
All the major elements of NASA’s next flagship space telescope are now under one roof as NASA says its development remains on cost and schedule.
Commitment to Service Continues at Johnson for Military Retirees
NASA · 12 Nov 2024
NASA and the military have shared strong connections since the agency’s early days. From the nation’s earliest aeronautic research and the recruitment of test pilot astronauts to modern-day technology development, satell...
Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries
NASA · 11 Nov 2024
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranu...
Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries
Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 11 Nov 2024
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers.
Interview with OCEANOS Instructor Roy Armstrong
NASA · 11 Nov 2024
What is your name and your role with OCEANOS? My name is Ray Armstrong and I am a professor in the Department of Marine Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico. I came to be involved in OCEANOS because my ex-student an...
Interview with OCEANOS PI Juan Torres-Pérez
NASA · 11 Nov 2024
What is your name and your role with OCEANOS? My name is Juan Torres-Pérez. I am a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in the Earth Sciences division, biospheric sciences branch. I am the PI of OCEANOS, which...
Perseverance faces challenges climbing to crater rim as sample tube supply dwindles
NASASpaceflight · 10 Nov 2024
In August, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover began its fifth science campaign — the rover’s most ambitious yet. The campaign has seen Perseverance climb the western rim of Jezero Crater and face its steepest and most challe...
NASA extends ISS cargo contracts through 2030
SpaceNews · 9 Nov 2024
NASA has extended three contracts with companies to continue providing transportation of cargo to and from the International Space Station through the projected end of the station’s life in 2030.
Crew-8 astronauts remain mum about post-splashdown medical issue
SpaceNews · 9 Nov 2024
The three NASA astronauts who returned to Earth on the Crew-8 mission declined to discuss the medical issue that prompted a trip to the hospital after their return and, for one of them, an overnight stay.
Crew-8 Will Reveal Hospitalization Details “In Fullness of Time”
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Nov 2024
The three NASA Crew-8 astronauts who returned to Earth last month firmly declined to answer questions today about who was hospitalized and why after splashdown. Astronaut Michael Barratt, a physician...
NASA Ames Astrogram – September/October 2024
NASA · 8 Nov 2024
TIME Recognizes the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System In October, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System a project managed at NASA Ames, was recognized by TIME Magazine as a “Top Invention of 2024”! TIME Magazine al...
NASA Named one of America’s Best Employers for Veterans
NASA · 8 Nov 2024
NASA is one of America’s Best Employers for Veterans, according to Forbes and Statista. Statista surveyed more than 24,000 military veterans – having served in the United States Armed Forces – working for companies with...
Math, Mentorship, Motherhood: Behind the Scenes with NASA Engineers
NASA · 8 Nov 2024
Engineering is a huge field with endless applications. From aerospace to ergonomics, engineers play an important role in designing, building, and testing technologies all around us. We asked three engineers at NASA’s Ame...
I Am Artemis: Joe Vermette
NASA · 8 Nov 2024
While some stand on the sidelines and witness history, others are destined to play a part in it. And then there are those who document it, bringing the people, the action, the images, the words, and the personalities to...
NASA Kennedy’s Applied Chemistry Lab Achieves Agency First
NASA · 8 Nov 2024
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has a long record of achievements in sustainability and recently added another to the list when the spaceport’s Applied Chemistry Lab became the first in the agency to be certified...
Hubble Captures a Galaxy with Many Lights
NASA · 8 Nov 2024
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. This galaxy is a multi-talented light show, showing off an impre...
NASA defends selection of astrophysics probe mission proposals
SpaceNews · 8 Nov 2024
NASA defended the selection of two concepts for study as the agency’s first astrophysics probe-class mission amid community complaints that the two missions are not on an equal footing.
SpaceX targets Starship Flight 6 launch on November 18
Spaceflight Now · 8 Nov 2024
This will be the fastest turnaround for the Starship program as SpaceX works towards what needs to become a weekly launch cadence for NASA's Artemis program. Liftoff is set for no earlier than 4 p.m. CST (5 p.m. EST, 220...
Oral History with Stephen G. Jurczyk, 1962 – 2023
NASA · 7 Nov 2024
Steve Jurczyk’s NASA career began in 1988 at Langley Research Center as an engineer in the Electronic Systems Branch. During his time at Langley, he served in other roles, including director of engineering and director o...
Oral History with Mary L. Cleave, 1947 – 2023
NASA · 7 Nov 2024
A veteran of two space flights, Dr. Cleave served as a mission specialist on STS-61B and STS-30. She went on to join NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and worked in the Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes as the Proje...
The Cast and Crew of “Ain’t Too Proud” Visit NASA Langley
NASA · 7 Nov 2024
Get Ready! Members of the cast and crew of the Broadway national touring production of “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations,” visited NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on Nov. 6, whe...
NASA Shares Space Food Insight with Commercial Food Industry
NASA · 7 Nov 2024
NASA recently welcomed more than 50 commercial food and commercial space companies to learn about the evolving space food system supporting NASA missions, including unique requirements for spaceflight, menu development,...
Oral History with Jon A. McBride, 1943 – 2024
NASA · 7 Nov 2024
Selected as an astronaut in 1978, Jon A. McBride served as the pilot for STS 41-G, launched October 5, 1984, the first shuttle mission to carry a full crew of seven. His other NASA assignments included lead chase pilot f...
Boeing finishing expansion of NASA SLS Core Stage production facilities at KSC
NASASpaceflight · 7 Nov 2024
NASA and Space Launch System core stage prime contractor Boeing are working to finish activating new production facilities at the Kennedy Space Center, to complete and deliver the next two units by the end of 2026. After...
Earth Below
NASA · 7 Nov 2024
Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on Oct. 24, 2024. The green glow of Earth’s atmosphere is also visible on the horizon. Since the station became operational in...
NASA to Transform In-Space Manufacturing with Laser Beam Welding Collaboration
NASA · 7 Nov 2024
By Wayne Smith As NASA plans for humans to return to the Moon and eventually explore Mars, a laser beam welding collaboration between NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and The Ohio State Univers...
Student-Built Capsules Endure Heat of Re-entry for NASA Science
NASA · 7 Nov 2024
In July 2024, five student-built capsules endured the scorching heat of re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere as part of the second Kentucky Re-Entry Probe Experiment (KREPE-2). Scientists are now analyzing the data from t...
Attention Students: NASA Launches Power Systems Student Essay Contest
NASA · 7 Nov 2024
NASA’s fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge kicked off November 7, 2024. The science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) writing challenge invites kindergarten through 12th grade students in the...
NASA MSR review continues despite committee leadership change
SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2024
NASA says it still expects to make a recommendation on a new architecture for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program by the end of the year despite a change in leadership of a key review committee.
Mars 2020 Perseverance Joins NASA’s Here to Observe Program
NASA · 6 Nov 2024
The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission has recently joined the NASA Here to Observe (H2O) program, where NASA planetary missions are partnered with universities to encourage undergraduate students from historically marginali...
X-59’s Engine Started for Testing
NASA · 6 Nov 2024
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, in this image from Oct. 30, 2024. The engine-run tests, which began Oct. 30, allow t...