3 months ago
Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Visits Partners in Spain, United Kingdom, Greece, and France
A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of engaging with several of our strategic partners and friends across Europe. It was a full European tour: two weeks in Spain, the United Kingdom, Greece and France. Throughout the trip, I had many opportunities to discuss our exciting upcoming missions and the incredible impact NASA . https://science.nasa.gov/d...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe
3 months ago
NASA Analysis Confirms a Year of Monthly Temperature Records
May 2024 was the warmest May on the books, marking a full year of record-high monthly temperatures, NASA scientists found. Average global temperatures for the past 12 months hit record highs for each respective month an unprecedented streak according to scientists from NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies GISS in New York. Its 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/earth...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe
3 months ago
From Psychology to Space: Alexandra Whitmire’s Journey and Impact in NASA’s Human Research Program
From navigating the depths of the human mind to exploring the vastness of space, Dr. Alexandra Sandra Whitmire helps lead research on the effects of prolonged isolation and confinement as NASA prepares to voyage to the Moon and eventually Mars.160; Whitmire is the lead scientist for the Human Factors and Behavioral Performance element HFBP within 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe
3 months ago
55 Years Ago: Manned Orbiting Laboratory Cancellation
The Manned Orbiting Laboratory MOL, a joint classified project of the U.S. Air Force USAF and the National Reconnaissance Office NRO, sought to establish a crewed platform in low Earth orbit to obtain high-resolution photographic imagery of Americas 1960s Cold War adversaries. Approved in 1965, the MOL Program envisioned a series of space stations launched 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe
3 months ago
Bright Rocks and “Bright Angel”
Last week the Perseverance rover descended into Neretva Vallis, an ancient river channel that brought water into Jezero Crater billions of years ago. Rocks found in Neretva Vallis could have come from far upstream, giving us the opportunity to examine material which may have come from many kilometers away. Turning north into the channel has . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
3 months ago
NASA Sets Coverage for U.S. Spacewalk 90 Outside Space Station
NASA will provide live coverage, beginning at 6:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 13, as two astronauts conduct a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and last about six and a half hours. NASA will stream the spacewalk on NASA, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
3 months ago
NASA Awards Contract for Safety and Mission Assurance Services
NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services LLC, of Fulton, Maryland, to provide safety and mission assurance services to the agency. The Safety and Mission Assurance, Audits, Assessments, and Analysis SA3 Services contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an indefinite-deliveryindefinite-quantity provision and a maximum potential value of approximately 75.3 million. The three-year base performance period of 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
3 months ago
North Carolina Volunteers Work Toward Cleaner Well Water
When the ground floods during a storm, floodwaters wash bacteria and other contaminants into private wells. But thanks to citizen scientists inNorth Carolina, we now know a bit more about how to deal with this problem.A new NASA-Funded studydescribes the contributions of these volunteers and how their work makes other disaster data more useful.. https://science.nasa.gov/g...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
3 months ago
NASA Awards Contract for IT Support, Platform Services
NASA has selected CACI, Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, to maintain and improve IT services across the agency. The NASA Consolidated Applications and Platform Services NCAPS award is a hybrid firm-fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an indefinite deliveryindefinite quantity provision and a maximum potential value of about 2 billion. The performance period will extend eight 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
3 months ago
Hubble Finds Surprises Around a Star That Erupted 40 Years Ago
Astronomers have used new data from NASAsHubble Space Telescopeand the retiredSOFIAStratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy as well as archival data from other missions to revisit one of the strangest binary star systems in our galaxy 40 years after it burst onto the scene as a bright and long-lived nova. A nova is a star . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
3 months ago
NASA’s Webb Opens New Window on Supernova Science
Peering deeply into the cosmos, NASAs James Webb Space Telescope is giving scientists their first detailed glimpse of supernovae from a time when our universe was just a small fraction of its current age. A team using Webb data has identified 10 times more supernovae in the early universe than were previously known. A few . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
3 months ago
NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch
A suborbital rocket is scheduled for launch the week of June 10-17 from NASAs launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This launch is supporting the Missile Defense Agency MDA, Naval Surface Warfare Center NSWC, Port Hueneme Division8217;s White Sands Detachment, other Department of Defense organizations, industry, and academia. No real-time launch status 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
5 months ago
NASA’s Commitment to Safety Starts with its Culture
NASA works on projects that often have never been done, or perhaps the way they are being done has never been tried. Living on the edge of innovation requires a high degree of risk. After organizational silence led to the loss of space shuttle Challenger and its crew in 1986, NASA vowed to change the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_wildfires #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_perseverance_ (rover) #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air
5 months ago
NASA Uses Small Engine to Enhance Sustainable Jet Research
Located inside a high-tech NASA laboratory in Cleveland is something you could almost miss at first glance: a small-scale, fully operational jet engine to test new technology that could make aviation more sustainable.160; The engines smaller size and modestly equipped test stand means researchers and engineers can try out newly designed engine components less expensively 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/aeron...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_wildfires #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_perseverance_ (rover) #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air
5 months ago
NASA, FAA Partner to Develop New Wildland Fire Technologies
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration FAA have established a research transition team to guide the development of wildland fire technology.160; Wildland fires are occurring more frequently and at a larger scale than in past decades, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Emergency responders will need a broader set of technologies to prevent, monitor, and 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_wildfires #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_perseverance_ (rover) #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air
5 months ago
NASA Photographer Honored for Thrilling Inverted In-Flight Image
Riding in the back seat of a car can be boring. Riding in the back of a NASA aircraft is exhilarating, especially for photographers capturing NASAs story. Jim Ross, photo lead at NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was awarded first place for an image he took while flying upside down in a 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_wildfires #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_perseverance_ (rover) #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air
5 months ago
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now
The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission and to prepare the first aircraft on another world for its new role. Engineers working on NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter assembled for one last time in a control room at the agencys Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_wildfires #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_perseverance_ (rover) #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air
5 months ago
NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire
After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASAs DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agencys Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1. The DC-8 and crew were welcomed back with a celebratory water salute by the U.S Air Force Plant 42 Fire Department after completing 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_wildfires #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_perseverance_ (rover) #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air
6 months ago
NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles
A six-person team of researchers from NASAs Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., to study changes in the Suns radiation as it reaches Earth before, during, and after the total solar eclipse April 8. Weather sensors similar to what is used on daily weather balloons by the National Weather 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_wildfires #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_perseverance_ (rover) #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air
6 months ago
NASA Noise Prediction Tool Supports Users in Air Taxi Industry
Several air taxi companies are using a NASA-developed computer software tool to predict aircraft noise and aerodynamic performance. This tool allows manufacturers working in fields related to NASAs Advanced Air Mobility mission to see early in the aircraft development process how design elements like propellers or wings would perform. This saves the industry time and 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_wildfires #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_perseverance_ (rover) #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air
6 months ago
Women’s History Month: Meet Kari Alvarado
In honor of Womens History Month, we recently sat down with Kari Alvarado, lead management analyst and Dryden Aeronautical Test Range DATR asset manager at NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, to learn more about her role and working at NASA. What do you do at NASA and how do you help support 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_featured_careers #nasa_life_at_nasa #nasa_what_we_do #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_green_aviation_tech
6 months ago
University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters
Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, May 30 and 31, 2024 at NASAs Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.160;160; Sponsored by NASAs Aeronautics Research 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_wildfires #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_perseverance_ (rover) #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air
6 months ago
Women’s History Month: Meet Denise Ryan
In honor of Women8217;s History Month, we recently sat down with Denise Ryan, flight management specialist and member of the Women8217;s Networking Group WNG at NASA8217;s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, to learn more about her role and working at NASA. What do you do at NASA and how do you help support 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_featured_careers #nasa_life_at_nasa #nasa_what_we_do #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_green_aviation_tech
6 months ago
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff Participates in Women in Space Roundtable
The National Space Council hosted the Women in Space Roundtable on Tuesday, March 12, and Deputy Center Director Laurie Grindle from NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was there to welcome Second Gentleman Mr. Douglas Emhoff and moderate a panel discussion. NASA has partnered with the National Space Council, and our private partners, 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_featured_careers #nasa_life_at_nasa #nasa_what_we_do #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_green_aviation_tech
6 months ago
Women’s History Month: Meet Sarah Mann
In honor of Women8217;s History Month, we recently sat down with Sarah Mann, public affairs specialist and member of the Women8217;s Networking Group WNG at NASA8217;s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, to learn more about her role and working at NASA. What do you do at NASA and how do you help support 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_featured_careers #nasa_life_at_nasa #nasa_what_we_do #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_green_aviation_tech
6 months ago
NASA Armstrong Updates 1960s Concept to Study Giant Planets
NASA researchers are looking at the possibility of using a wingless, unpowered aircraft design from the 1960s to gather atmospheric data on other planets doing the same work as small satellites but potentially better and more economically. John Bodylski, a principal investigator at NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, hypothesized a lifting 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_featured_careers #nasa_life_at_nasa #nasa_what_we_do #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_green_aviation_tech
7 months ago
New Look at NASA, Boeing Sustainable Experimental Airliner
As NASA and Boeing enter the early stages of producing the X-66, the first X-plane specifically focused on helping the United States achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, the team is already picturing what the aircraft will look like soaring above the clouds.160; A new rendering of the X-66 from Boeing demonstrates the aircrafts signature 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_t -34c #nasa_airborne_science #nasa_dc -8 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_featured_careers #nasa_life_at_nasa #nasa_what_we_do #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_green_aviation_tech
