NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and space research.
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April 11,2023 You probably know from reading these that we like to start with your early years, where you were born, something about your family, if you have siblings, your parents and what they did, and mixed in with that, how early was it in your life that you developed an interest in what you’ve pursued academically and now in your career? Let’s see. I was born in Chicago, Illinois, but I grew up in Wisconsin. I left Chicago at, I think, six months old. My parents: my dad is a radiologist and the reason we were in Chicago was for his residency. My mom has a degree in English literature and teaching. I have two siblings, an older sister and a younger brother, s…
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NASA/Bill Ingalls Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara has her Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked ahead of launching to the International Space Station on Sept. 15, 2023. O’Hara, currently on the station, is scheduled to spend six months there. She and her fellow Expedition 70 crew members are studying an array of microgravity phenomena to benefit humans living on and off the Earth, as well as exploring heart health, cancer treatments, space manufacturing techniques, and more during their long-duration stay in Earth orbit. The NASA Headquarters photographers chose this photo as one of the best images from 2023. See the rest on Flickr. Image Credit: NASA/Bi…
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(Nov. 3, 2023) NASA astronauts and Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Loral O’Hara, left, and Jasmin Moghbeli, right, work on a spacesuit aboard the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. NASA Students from North Carolina and Virginia will have separate opportunities next week to each hear from a NASA astronaut living and working aboard the International Space Station. The two Earth-to-space calls will air live Tuesday, Jan. 9, on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media. Follow events online at: https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv. At 9:20 a.m. EST, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbe…
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2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 members, (from left) Alexander Grebenkin from Roscosmos; Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps, all NASA astronauts, are pictured training inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in Hawthorne, California.SpaceX Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s eighth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft Endeavour that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is targeted for no earli…
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5 min read NASA Features New Discoveries at American Astronomical Society Meeting A cluster of young stars – about one to two million years old – located about 20,000 light years from Earth. X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Sejong Univ./Hur et al; Optical: NASA/STScI Experts will discuss new research from NASA missions at the 243rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), on topics ranging from planets outside our solar system to fleeting, high-energy explosions in the universe. The meeting will take place Jan. 7-11 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. In press conferences, scientific sessions, and town halls, scientists and agen…
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Artist’s concept of the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft. NASA and Lockheed Martin Skunkworks will unveil the aircraft on Friday, Jan. 12.NASA NASA will provide live coverage as it reveals its X-59 aircraft at 4 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 12, as part of the agency’s Quesst mission to make commercial supersonic flight possible. For the first time, the public will see the painted aircraft, which will be unveiled during a ceremony hosted by prime contractor Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The ceremony and rollout of the aircraft will stream live on the NASA+ streaming service. Coverage also will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and on…
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4 min read NASA/JAXA XRISM Mission Reveals Its First Look at X-ray Cosmos The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has released a first look at the unprecedented data it will collect when science operations begin later this year. The satellite’s science team released a snapshot of a cluster of hundreds of galaxies and a spectrum of stellar wreckage in a neighboring galaxy, which gives scientists a detailed look at its chemical makeup. “XRISM will provide the international science community with a new glimpse of the hidden X-ray sky,” said Richard Kelley, the U.S. principal investigator for XRISM at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center i…
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2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) El ex instructor de pruebas de vuelo y actual piloto de pruebas de la NASA, Nils Larson se reunió con su antiguo alumno y actualmente astronauta Victor Glover el 21 de octubre durante una visita al Centro de Investigación Langley de la NASA en Hampton, Virginia.NASA / Dave Bowman Lee esta historia en inglés aquí. Nils Larson, ingeniero aeroespacial y piloto de pruebas del avión X-59 de la NASA, se reunió con su antiguo alumno, el astronauta de Artemis II Victor Glover, el sábado 21 de octubre durante una visita a las instalaciones del Centro de Investigación Langley de la NASA en Hampto…
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NASA/Daniel Rutter Read this story in English here. La NASA invita al público a enviar su nombre a la superficie de la Luna a bordo del primer rover lunar robótico de la agencia, el Vehículo de Exploración Polar para Investigación de Volátiles (VIPER, por sus siglas en inglés). Este vehículo explorador se embarcará en una misión al polo sur lunar para desentrañar los misterios del agua de la Luna y comprender mejor cómo es el entorno donde la NASA tiene planificado llevar a la primera mujer y a la primera persona de color con su programa Artemis. Como parte de la campaña “Envía tu nombre con VIPER”, la NASA aceptará los nombres que sean recibidos antes del 15 de…
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2 min read Hubble Views a Vast Galactic Neighborhood The Hubble Space Telescope captures a vast group of galaxies. ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a richness of spiral galaxies: the large, prominent spiral galaxy on the right side of the image is NGC 1356; the two apparently smaller spiral galaxies flanking it are LEDA 467699 (above it) and LEDA 95415 (very close at its left) respectively; and finally, IC 1947 sits along the left side of the image. This image is a really interesting example of how challenging it can be to tell whether two galaxies are actually close together, or just seem to be…
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A collage of illustrations highlighting the novel concepts proposed by the 2024 NIAC Phase I awardees. Credit: clockwise, from upper right: Steven Benner, Beijia Zhang, Matthew McQuinn, Alvaro Romero-Calvo, Thomas M. Eubanks, Kenneth Carpenter, James Bickford, Alvaro Romero-Calvo, Peter Cabauy, Geoffrey Landis, Lynn Rothschild, and Ge-Cheng Zha. NASA NASA selected the 2024 Phase I awardees for its program to fund ideas that could innovate for the benefit of all and transform future agency missions. From proposals to explore low Earth orbit to the stars, the 13 concepts chosen stem from companies and institutions across the United States. The NIAC (NASA Innovative A…
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Amazonian leaders visit “Space for Earth,” an immersive audio-visual installation that draws from near real-time satellite data and images, in NASA’s Earth Information Center at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington on Nov. 17, 2023. The leaders, joined by University of Richmond faculty and NASA representatives, gathered to discuss how NASA’s data can be used to help protect the Amazon. The NASA Headquarters photographers chose this photo as one of the best images from 2023. Explore the Earth Information Center. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls View the full article
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2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Montage of twelve illustrations depicting futuristic aerospace concepts, including a solar powered glider soaring over the clouds of Venus, a fixed wing electric aircraft flying above a Mars landscape, dish satellite probes scattered across the solar system, flat circular discs floating in space and dotted with hundreds of circle sensors, and a device on the lunar surface with sensing lasers. Phase I Matthew McQuinn Solar System-Scale VLBI to Dramatically Improve Cosmological Distance Measurements University of Washington, Seattle Seattle, Washington 98195-1000 2024 Phase I Kenneth …
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3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of Electro-luminescently cooled zero-boil-off propellant depots enabling crewed exploration of Mars Aaswath Pattabhi Raman Aaswath Pattabhi Raman University of California, Los Angeles Exploration of Mars has captivated the public in recent decades with high-profile robotic missions and the images they have acquired seeding our collective imagination. NASA is actively planning for human exploration of Mars and laid out some of the key capabilities that must be developed to execute successful, cost-effective programs that would put human beings on the surface of another …
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3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of A revolutionary approach to interplanetary space travel: Studying Torpor in Animals for Space-health in Humans (STASH). Color images (top) and thermal images (bottom) show a model hibernation organism requiring low environmental temperatures for torpor study.Ryan Sprenger Ryan Sprenger Fauna Bio Inc. The use of non-model organisms in medical research is an expanding field that has already made a significant impact on human health. Insights gleaned from the study of unique mammalian traits are being used to develop novel therapeutic agents. The remarkable phenotype o…
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2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of LIFA: Lightweight Fiber-based Antenna for Small Sat-Compatible RadiometryBeijia Zhang Zhang, Beijia Zhang, Beijia Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Lab Very large space-based RF antennas can be large and expensive to manufacture and deploy. These problems become more challenging for cases when an array of antennas are needed such as for correlation interferometers that provide high spatial resolution of Earth and space. The proposal will specifically examine the potential applicability of novel fiber-based antennas to L-band radiometry for the pur…
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4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar DistancesThomas Eubanks Thomas Eubanks Space Initiatives, Inc. Tiny gram-scale interstellar probes pushed by laser light are likely to be the only technology capable of reaching another star this century. We presuppose availability by mid-century of a laser beamer powerful enough (~100-GW) to boost a few grams to relativistic speed, lasersails robust enough to survive launch, and terrestrial light buckets (~1-sq.km) big enough to catch our optical signals. Then our proposed representative mi…
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3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of Detoxifying Mars: the biocatalytic elimination of omnipresent perchloratesLynn Rothschild Lynn Rothschild NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) Water is the lifeblood of human survival and civilization and is critical for our sustained exploration beyond Earth. Fortunately, Mars has plenty of water to sustain our aspirations in the form of subsurface ice. Unfortunately, it is not clean water – it is contaminated by toxic perchlorates. Perchlorate and chlorate are potent oxidizers that cause equipment corrosion and are hazardous to human health even at low concentrations. …
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4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of Add-on to large-scale water mining operations on Mars to screen for introduced and alien lifeSteven Benner Steven Benner Foundation For Applied Molecular Evolution As noted at NASA’s 2019 Carlsbad Conference we have good reason to think that: Life started on Mars using the same geo-organic chemistry that started life on Earth. Martian life persists today on Mars, in near-surface ice, low elevations, and caves, all with transient liquid brines, environments that today on Earth host microbial life. Martian life must use informational polymers (like DNA); Da…
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2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE)Ge-Cheng Zha Ge-Cheng Zha Coflow Jet, LLC We propose to develop a novel global mobility Mars exploration platform , Mars Aerial and Ground Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE). MAGGIE is a compact fixed wing aircraft with ultra-high productivity efficiency powered by solar energy to fly in the Martian atmosphere with vertical take-off/landing (VTOL) capability, which is enabled by advanced deflected slipstream technology with CoFlow Jet (CFJ). The cruise Mach number of MAGGIE is 0.25 with a cruise lift coefficient …
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3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER)James Bickford James Bickford Charles Stark Draper Laboratory New exciting missions, such as a rendezvous with a passing interstellar object, or a multi-target observing effort at the solar gravitational focus, require velocities that are well in excess of conventional rocketry. Exotic solar sail approaches may enable reaching the required distant localities, but are unable to then make the required propulsive maneuvers in deep space. Nuclear rockets are large and expensive systems with marginal capability to reach the…
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2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Graphic depiction of Magnetohydrodynamic Drive for Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Mars TransferAlvaro Romero-Calvo Alvaro Romero-Calvo Georgia Tech Research Corporation Human space exploration is presented with multiple challenges, such as the near absence of buoyancy in orbit or the reliable, efficient, and sustainable operation of life support systems. The production and management of oxygen and hydrogen are of key importance for long-term space travel and, in particular, for the human transfer to Mars. However, existing technical solutions have failed to meet the reliability and e…
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An artist’s concept of the completed design of NASA’s VIPER, or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. VIPER will get a close-up view of the location and concentration of ice and other resources at the Moon’s South Pole, bringing us a significant step closer to NASA’s ultimate goal of a long-term presence on the Moon – making it possible to eventually explore Mars and beyond. NASA/Daniel Rutter NASA is inviting people to send their names to the surface of the Moon aboard the agency’s first robotic lunar rover, VIPER – short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. The rover will embark on a mission to the lunar South Pole to unravel the mysteries o…
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4 min read NASA’s Hubble Observes Exoplanet Atmosphere Changing Over 3 Years By combining several years of observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope along with conducting computer modelling, astronomers have found evidence for massive cyclones and other dynamic weather activity swirling on a hot, Jupiter-sized planet 880 light-years away. The planet, called WASP-121 b, is not habitable. But this result is an important early step in studying weather patterns on distant worlds, and perhaps eventually finding potentially habitable exoplanets with stable, long-term climates. This is an artist’s concept of the exoplanet WASP-121 b, also known as Tylos. The exop…
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5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The International Space Station is a hub for scientific research and technology demonstration. Currently, in its third decade of human-tended operations, the orbiting lab is building on previous research to produce pivotal results while conducting cutting-edge science. Read highlights of some of the groundbreaking space station science conducted in 2023 that is benefiting humanity on Earth and preparing humans for journeys to the Moon and beyond. Bringing Back the Benefits to People on Earth The first human knee meniscus successfully 3D bioprinted in orbit using the BioFabrication Faci…
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