6 days ago
Margin’ up the Crater Rim!
To conclude its exploration of the mysterious margin unit before it ascends the rim of Jezero Crater, Perseverance made one last stop this past week to investigate these strange rocks at Eremita Mesa. Since beginning its steep drive up the crater rim, Perseverance has been traversing along the edge of the margin unit the margin . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_star -forming_nebulae #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_heliosphere #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_the_sun #nasa_voyager_1 #nasa_voyager_2 #nasa_voyager_program #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_scientific_balloons
6 days ago
Astronaut Frank Culbertson Letter from September 11, 2001
Editor8217;s Note:The following is the text of a letter from Expedition Three Commander Frank L. Culbertson Captain, USN Retired, reflecting on the events of September 11. September 12, 2001; 7:34 p.m. I haven8217;t written very much about specifics of this mission during the month I8217;ve been here, mainly for two reasons: the first being that 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_star -forming_nebulae #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_heliosphere #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_the_sun #nasa_voyager_1 #nasa_voyager_2 #nasa_voyager_program #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_scientific_balloons
6 days ago
Starship Super Heavy Breezes Through Wind Tunnel Testing at NASA Ames
NASA and its industry partners continue to make progress toward Artemis III and beyond, the first crewed lunar landing missions under the agencys Artemis campaign. SpaceX, the commercial Human Landing System HLS provider for Artemis III and Artemis IV, recently tested a 1.2 scale model of the Super Heavy rocket, or booster, in the transonic 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_star -forming_nebulae #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_heliosphere #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_the_sun #nasa_voyager_1 #nasa_voyager_2 #nasa_voyager_program #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_scientific_balloons
6 days ago
A Starry View
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has infrared vision that lets us peer through the dusty veil of nearby star-forming region NGC 1333. We can see planetary mass objects, newborn stars, and brown dwarfs; some of the faintest stars in this mosaic image are in fact newly born free-floating brown dwarfs with masses comparable to those 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_star -forming_nebulae #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_heliosphere #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_the_sun #nasa_voyager_1 #nasa_voyager_2 #nasa_voyager_program #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_scientific_balloons
6 days ago
Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap
The spacecraft uses its thrusters to stay pointed at Earth, but after 47 years in space some of the fuel tubes have become clogged. Engineers working on NASAs Voyager 1 probe have successfully mitigated an issue with the spacecrafts thrusters, which keep the distant explorer pointed at Earth so that it can receive commands, send . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_star -forming_nebulae #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_heliosphere #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_the_sun #nasa_voyager_1 #nasa_voyager_2 #nasa_voyager_program #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_scientific_balloons
6 days ago
Childhood Snow Days Transformed Linette Boisvert into a Sea Ice Scientist
Linette Boisvert turned a childhood love of snow into a career as a sea ice scientist studying climate change. Name:160;Linette BoisvertTitle: Assistant Lab Chief, Cryospheric Sciences Branch, and160;Deputy Project Scientist for the Aqua SatelliteFormal Job Classification: Sea Ice ScientistOrganization: Cryospheric Science Branch, Science Directorate Code 615 What do you do and what is most interesting 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/peopl...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_star -forming_nebulae #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_heliosphere #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_the_sun #nasa_voyager_1 #nasa_voyager_2 #nasa_voyager_program #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_scientific_balloons
6 days ago
15 Years Ago: Japan launches HTV-1, its First Resupply Mission to the Space Station
On Sept. 10, 2009, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA launched its first cargo delivery spacecraft, the H-II Transfer Vehicle-1 HTV-1, to the International Space Station. The HTV cargo vehicles, also called Kounotori, meaning white stork in Japanese, not only maintained the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo but also resupplied the space station in general with 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_star -forming_nebulae #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_heliosphere #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_the_sun #nasa_voyager_1 #nasa_voyager_2 #nasa_voyager_program #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_scientific_balloons
7 days ago
Sols 4300-4301: Rippled Pages
Earth planning date: Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 With todays plan, Curiosity completes its most southerly planned exploration of the Gediz Vallis channel. From here, our rover will head north and climb out of the channel to explore terrain to the west. Our planned drive to the Tungsten Hills rocks, named for a famous mining district . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_star -forming_nebulae #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_heliosphere #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_the_sun #nasa_voyager_1 #nasa_voyager_2 #nasa_voyager_program #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_earth #nasa_ice_ &_glaciers #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_scientific_balloons
7 days ago
30 Years Ago: STS-64 Astronauts Test a Spacewalk Rescue Aid
On Sept. 9, 1994, space shuttle Discovery took to the skies on its 19th trip into space. During their 11-day mission, the STS-64 crew of Commander Richard Dick N. Richards, Pilot L. Blaine Hammond, and Mission Specialists Jerry M. Linenger, Susan J. Helms, Carl J. Meade, and Mark C. Lee demonstrated many of the space 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_blogs #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_general #nasa_earth 's_moon
7 days ago
Kyle Helson Finds EXCITE-ment in Exoplanet Exploration
Almost a decade ago, then-grad student Kyle Helson contributed to early paperwork for NASAs EXCITE mission. As a scientist at Goddard, Helson helped make this balloon-based telescope a reality: EXCITE launched successfully on Aug. 31. Name: Kyle HelsonTitle: Assistant Research ScientistOrganization: Observational Cosmology Lab Code 665, via UMBC and the GESTAR II cooperative agreement with 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/peopl...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_blogs #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_general #nasa_earth 's_moon
7 days ago
NASA to Test Telemedicine, Gather Essential Health Data with Polaris Dawn Crew
NASA researchers will soon benefit from a suite of experiments flying aboard a new fully-commercial human spaceflight mission, strengthening future agency science as we venture to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The experiments are flying as part of the Polaris Dawn mission which launched aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket earlier today. 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/human...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -64 #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_blogs #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_general #nasa_earth 's_moon
10 days ago
NASA, Boeing Welcome Starliner Spacecraft to Earth, Close Mission
NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station. I am extremely proud of the work our collective team put into this entire flight test, and we are 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_iss_research #nasa_organizations #nasa_smallsats_program #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_astronauts #nasa_donald_r ._pettit #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_europa_clipper #nasa_jupiter #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_cubesats #nasa_technology
10 days ago
Academic Semester Legal Externships (HQ)
Externships with NASA Headquarters Office of the General Counsel NASAs Office of the General Counsel OGC periodically has externships for highly qualified law students. OGC offers unpaid, part-time and full-time externships during the law school academic year for law school credit. These externships are intended to expose law students to the rewards of Federal service 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/organ...#nasa #space #news #nasa_organizations #nasa_smallsats_program #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_astronauts #nasa_donald_r ._pettit #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_europa_clipper #nasa_jupiter #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_cubesats #nasa_technology #nasa_active_galaxies #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_spiral_galaxies
10 days ago
NASA Selects Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award
NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-deliveryindefinite-quantity multiple-award contract with a maximum value of 476 million, cumulatively amongst all the selected contractors, and a performance period 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_organizations #nasa_smallsats_program #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_astronauts #nasa_donald_r ._pettit #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_europa_clipper #nasa_jupiter #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_cubesats #nasa_technology #nasa_active_galaxies #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_spiral_galaxies
10 days ago
NASA to Take Part in Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will represent the agency during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, recognizing the women who contributed to the space race, including the NASA mathematicians who helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agencys Apollo Program. Hosted by House Speaker Mike Johnson, the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_organizations #nasa_smallsats_program #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_astronauts #nasa_donald_r ._pettit #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_europa_clipper #nasa_jupiter #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_cubesats #nasa_technology #nasa_active_galaxies #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_spiral_galaxies
10 days ago
NASA Scientific Balloon Takes Flight With Student-Built Payloads
NASAs Scientific Balloon Programs fifth balloon mission of the 2024 fall campaign took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the agencys Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 High-Altitude Student Platform mission remained in flight over 11 hours before it safely touched down. Recovery is underway. HASP is a partnership 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_organizations #nasa_smallsats_program #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_astronauts #nasa_donald_r ._pettit #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_europa_clipper #nasa_jupiter #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_cubesats #nasa_technology #nasa_active_galaxies #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_spiral_galaxies
11 days ago
NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 71
NASA astronaut Don Pettit will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will join the Expedition 71 crew in advancing scientific research. Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will lift off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 9:23 p.m. Baikonur time 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_organizations #nasa_smallsats_program #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_astronauts #nasa_donald_r ._pettit #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_europa_clipper #nasa_jupiter #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_sea_level_rise #nasa_cubesats #nasa_technology #nasa_active_galaxies #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_spiral_galaxies
25 days ago
NASA Ames Stars of the Month: August 2024
The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of pictured left to right Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane, Taryn Kavanagh, Andro Rios, and Hami Ray. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the talent, camaraderie, and vision needed to explore this world and beyond. Earth Science Star: Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane, a Deputy Project 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_asteroids #nasa_astromaterials #nasa_bennu #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe
25 days ago
First Look at Hybrid Electric Research Aircraft
In a special unveiling ceremony on Aug. 22, 2024, the public received a first look at magniXs Dash 7 aircraft that will serve as a testbed for sustainable aviation research with NASAs Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration EPFD project.160; Hosted by magniX at King County International Airport, commonly known as Boeing Field, in Seattle, Washington, leaders 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_asteroids #nasa_astromaterials #nasa_bennu #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters
25 days ago
NASA Funds Studies to Support Crew Performance on Long-Duration Missions
NASA is funding 11 new studies to better understand how to best support the health and performance of crew members during long-duration spaceflight missions. The awardees will complete the studies on Earth without the need for samples and data from astronauts. Together, the studies will help measure physiological and psychological responses to physical and mental 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/human...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_asteroids #nasa_astromaterials #nasa_bennu #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters
25 days ago
NASA Shares Asteroid Bennu Sample in Exchange with JAXA
As part of an asteroid sample exchange, NASA has transferred to JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency a portion of the asteroid Bennu sample collected by the agencys OSIRIS-REx mission. The sample was officially handed over by NASA officials during a ceremony on Aug. 22 at JAXAs Sagamihara, Japan, campus. This asteroid sample transfer follows the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_asteroids #nasa_astromaterials #nasa_bennu #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters
25 days ago
NASA Astronauts Wilmore, Williams’ Space Station Science Highlights
Since the start of International Space Station operations more than two decades ago, crews have lived and worked in microgravity to conduct an array of research that benefits life on Earth and future space exploration missions, and perform operational tasks to keep the state-of-the-art scientific lab in its highest-operating condition. The space station has seen 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_asteroids #nasa_astromaterials #nasa_bennu #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters
25 days ago
Preguntas frecuentes: Estado del retorno de la prueba de vuelo tripulado Boeing de la NASA
Esta historia fue actualizada por ltima vez el 23 de agosto.Read the article in Englishhere. Los astronautas de la NASA Butch Wilmore y Suni Williams llegaron al laboratorio orbital el 6 de junio a bordo de la nave Boeing Starliner tras despegar el 5 de junio desde el Complejo de Lanzamiento Espacial-41 de la Estacin 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_asteroids #nasa_astromaterials #nasa_bennu #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters
25 days ago
Hubble Reaches a Lonely Light in the Dark
A splatter of stars glows faintly at almost 3 million light-years away in this new image from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope. Known as the Tucana Dwarf for lying in the constellation Tucana, this dwarf galaxy contains a loose bundle of aging stars at the far edge of the Local Group, an aggregation of galaxies including . https://science.nasa.gov/c...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_asteroids #nasa_astromaterials #nasa_bennu #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters
25 days ago
NASA Composite Manufacturing Initiative Gains Two New Members
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation and Fives Machining Systems Inc. have joined 20 other organizations to support NASAs Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing HiCAM project. The project is addressing industrys needs to meet growing demand for air travel, replace aging airliners, and secure U.S. competitiveness in the commercial aircraft industry. NASA and its partners are collaborating and 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/aeron...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars
25 days ago
Beyond the Textbook: DC-8 Aircraft Inspires Students in Retirement
In May 2024, Idaho State Universitys class of 2025 received a new learning tool from NASA. The DC-8 aircraft served the worlds scientific community for decades as a platform under NASAs Airborne Science Program before retiring to Idaho State University ISU to provide a hands-on learning experience for students in the universitys aircraft maintenance technology 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center
25 days ago
NASA’s EXCITE Mission Prepared for Scientific Balloon Flight
Scientists and engineers are ready to fly an infrared mission called EXCITE EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope to the edge of space. EXCITEis designed to study atmospheres aroundexoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, during circumpolar long-duration scientific balloon flights. But first, it must complete a test flight duringNASAs fall 2024 scientific ballooning campaignfrom Fort Sumner, . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center
25 days ago
NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers
NASA has selected three additional companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its VADR Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract. The companies awarded are: The VADR contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-deliveryindefinite-quantity instrument with an ordering period through Feb. 3, 2027 and a maximum total value of 300 million across all VADR 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center
25 days ago
Leadership to Discuss NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold an internal Agency Test Flight Readiness Review on Saturday, Aug. 24, for NASAs Boeing Crew Flight Test. About an hour later, NASA will host a live news conference at 1 p.m. EDT from the agencys Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch the media event on NASA, NASA 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center
25 days ago
Sunrise Begins
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured the start of this orbital sunrise on Aug. 15, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station. Crew members aboard the orbital lab have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere160;of Earth, and even of the Moon through Crew Earth Observations. Their photographs of Earth record 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_infrared_light #nasa_scientific_balloons #nasa_the_universe #nasa_cubesats #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_earth_science #nasa_galaxies #nasa_stars #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center
