10 days ago
Meet Hector Chavez: Leading Johnson’s Giant Leap into Low Earth Orbit
As systems integration team lead for NASAs Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program CLDP, Hector Chavez helps build a future where NASA and private industry work together to push the boundaries of space exploration. With the rise of commercial providers in the space sector, Chavezs team works to ensure that these companies can develop end-to-end 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_missions #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle
10 days ago
NASA Michoud Continues Work on Evolved Stage of SLS Rocket for Future Artemis Missions
Manufacturing equipment that will be used to build components for NASAs SLS Space Launch System rocket for future Artemis missions is being installed at the agencys Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. The novel tooling will be used to produce the SLS rockets advanced exploration upper stage, or EUS, in the factorys new manufacturing 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/direc...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle
10 days ago
NASA’s Record-Breaking Laser Demo Completes Mission
NASAs TBIRD TeraByte InfraRed Delivery demonstration and its host spacecraft the PTD-3 Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-3 have completed their technology demonstration. The TBIRD payload spent the past two years breaking world records for the fastest satellite downlink from space using laser communications. NASAs PTD series leverages a common commercial spacecraft to provide a robust 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/direc...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle
10 days ago
Crew Returns from Simulated Trip to Mars—Take a Peek Inside their Journey
An all-volunteer crew on a simulated trip to Mars 8220;returned to Earth on Sept. 23, 2024, after being isolated in a tiny habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Their work is contributing to the science that will propel humanity to the Moon and eventually Mars. The HERA missions provide valuable scientific insights into how 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle
10 days ago
Launching Into Action: White Sands Firefighters on the Frontlines of New Mexico’s Wildfire Crisis
Ruidoso, New Mexico lay in an unusual hush on June 20, 2024. During any normal summer day, the village in the southern part of the state lives up to the Spanish translation of its name noisy.160; But the bustle of this vacation hotspot, which attracts nearly 2 million visitors each year, was stifled by 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle
10 days ago
NASA Analysis Shows Irreversible Sea Level Rise for Pacific Islands
Climate change is rapidly reshaping a region of the world thats home to millions of people. In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 8 inches 15 centimeters of sea level rise, according to an analysis by NASAs sea level change science team. This amount 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/earth...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle
10 days ago
Robotic Moving ‘Crew’ Preps for Work on Moon
As NASA moves forward with efforts to establish a long-term presence on the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign, safely moving cargo from landers to the lunar surface is a crucial capability.160;160; Whether the cargo, also known as payloads, are small scientific experiments or large technology to build infrastructure, there wont be a crew 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle
10 days ago
In Odd Galaxy, NASA’s Webb Finds Potential Missing Link to First Stars
Looking deep into the early universe with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its gas outshining its stars. Found approximately one billion years after the big bang, galaxy GS-NDG-9422 9422 may be a missing-link phase of galactic evolution between the . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle
10 days ago
September 2024 Transformer of the Month: Lori Arnett
Lori Arnett approaches her work at NASA with a simple motto: think big, start small, act fast. As the Associate Director for Digital Transformation for the Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities AETC within the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate ARMD, she helps manage the capability portfolio for wind tunnels across the agency. In this role and 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/organ...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle
11 days ago
Astronaut José Hernández Boards Discovery
In this photo from Aug. 7, 2009, Jose Hernandez, mission specialist, smiles at the camera as he waits for his turn to enter the space shuttle Discovery as part of STS-128. It was the 128th Shuttle mission and the 30th mission to the International Space Station. While at the orbital lab, the STS-128 crew conducted 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle #nasa_general #nasa_blogs #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_iss_research #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_climate_change #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_kennedy_space_center
11 days ago
NASA Awards Contract Extension for Solar Science Instrument
NASA has awarded a contract extension to Stanford University, California, to continue the mission and services for the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager HMI instrument on the agencys Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO.. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle #nasa_general #nasa_blogs #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_iss_research #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_climate_change #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_kennedy_space_center
11 days ago
NASA Relaunches Art Program with Space-Themed Murals
NASA launched the next phase of its art program with two new space-themed murals in New Yorks Hudson Square neighborhood in Manhattan. The vision of the reimagined NASA Art Program is to inspire and engage the Artemis Generation with community murals and other art projects for the benefit of humanity.160; To continue pushing the boundaries 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle #nasa_general #nasa_blogs #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_iss_research #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_climate_change #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_kennedy_space_center
11 days ago
Sols 4314-4315: Wait, What Was That Back There?
Earth planning date: Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 After a busy weekend of activities, Curiosity is ready for another week of planning. One of the activities over the weekend was our periodic check-in on our wheels to see how they are holding up on the rough terrain. The image shows the MAHLI view of the right-middle . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle #nasa_general #nasa_blogs #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_iss_research #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_climate_change #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_kennedy_space_center
11 days ago
Julie Rivera Pérez Bridges Business, STEM to ‘Make the Magic Happen’
Senior Resource Analyst Julie Rivera Prez ensures finances and assets are in place to enable missions engineering and science magic can happen. As a former intern, she also reaches out to current students to ensure a diverse and inclusive future workforce. Name: Julie Rivera PrezFormal Job Classification: Senior Resources AnalystOrganization: Systems Review OfficeResource Management Office, 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/peopl...#nasa #space #news #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle #nasa_general #nasa_blogs #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_iss_research #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_climate_change #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_kennedy_space_center
11 days ago
NASA Ames Welcomes Latvian President, Talks Aeronautics Research
President of Latvia Edgars Rinkvis observes simulated visuals of an airport and its air traffic, consisting of commercial aircraft and electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, at NASAs FutureFlight Central on Sept. 18, 2024, during a visit to NASAs Ames Research Center in Californias Silicon Valley. FutureFlight Central provides high-fidelity simulation of air traffic management 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_josé_m ._hernández #nasa_space_shuttle #nasa_general #nasa_blogs #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_iss_research #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_climate_change #nasa_oceans #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_kennedy_space_center
