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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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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov onboard, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA/Keegan Barber NASA invites the public to take part in virtual activities for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Pesko…
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The official portrait of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members with (from left) Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos; Pilot Nicole Ayers and Commander Anne McClain, both NASA astronauts; and Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).NASA/Bill Stafford/Helen Arase Vargas Four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut…
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3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) As NASA continues to enable a sustainable, cost-effective commercial space economy, the agency is seeking partnership proposals for the operations, sustaining engineering, and utilization of Astrobee, a free-flying robotic system aboard the International Space Station. The Announcement for Partnership Proposal contains instructions and criteria for transferring responsibility of the Astrobee system to a commercial provider. Submissions are due to NASA by Friday, March 21. Astrobee has operated aboard the space station since 2019, working autonomously or managed by flight controllers …
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At Redshift Wrangler, anyone with a smartphone or laptop can help clock the expansion of the universe using light from distant galaxies. Sadie Coffin A “classification” is when a volunteer or citizen scientist finishes marking up or sorting one image or other piece of data. Each classification done by volunteers for the Redshift Wrangler project tells us something about the distance and age of a far-away galaxy, bringing us one step closer to understanding how galaxies evolve. These volunteers met a major milestone this week: 200,000 classifications completed! That’s not all. The Redshift Wrangler project has received over 3,000 comments on Zooniverse talk boards, an…
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7 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / Maria Werries The ARMD 2024 Associate Administrator Awards were presented to NASA employees, contractors, and students or interns who distinguished themselves, either individually or as part of a group, through their overall approach to their work and through results they achieved during the award year. LEGEND: ARMD NASA CENTERS ARC = Ames Research Center AFRC = Armstrong Flight Research Center GRC = Glenn Research Center HQ = Headquarters LaRC = Langley Research Center Technology and Innovation Honoree (Individual) Kenneth R. Lyons, ARC Kenneth R. Lyons made signifi…
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1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA GRX-810 Licensing Team, GRC * Denotes Team Lead NASA Ames Research Center John Lawson NASA Glenn Research Center Steven M. Arnold Aaron B. Brister Robert W. Carter Robert H. Earp Timothy P. Gabb Christopher J. Giuffre Paul R. Gradl Jason M. Hanna Bryan J. Harder Amy B. Hiltabidel Dale A. Hopkins Christopher A. Kantzos Michael J. Kulis Geoffrey S. Minter Brian T. Newbacher Callista M. Puchmeyer Richard W. Rauser Harvey L. Schabes Timothy M. Smith* Aaron C. Thompson Mary F. Wadel Austin J. Whitt Laura G. Wilson NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Paul Gradl HX5, …
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1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) eVTOL Propulsion Team, GRC * Denotes Team Lead NASA Glenn Research Center Aaron D. Anderson Devin K. Boyle Jeffryes W. Chapman Peggy A. Cornell Timothy P. Dever Justin P. Elchert Henry B. Fain Xavier Collazo Fernandez Matthew G. Granger Jonathan M. Gutknecht Michael C. Halbig Patrick A. Hanlon Hashmatullah Hasseeb David Hausser Scott A. Hensley Keith R. Hunker Michael J. Hurrell Keith P. Johnson Greg L. Kimnach John M. Koudelka Timothy L. Krantz Brian P. Malone Sandi G. Miller Nuha S. Nawash Paul M. Nowak Joseph J. Pinakidis Meelad Ranaiefar Trey D. Rupp David J. Sadey Jonathan…
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1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren Team * Denotes Team Lead NASA Langley Research Center Brett F. Bathel* Wayne E. Page Josh M. Weisberger 2024 AA Award Honorees 2024 AA Award Honorees PDF ARMD Associate Administrator Awards Facebook logo @NASA@NASAaero@NASAes @NASA@NASAaero@NASAes Instagram logo @NASA@NASAaero@NASAes Linkedin logo @NASA Keep Exploring Discover More Topics From NASA …
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1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Airspace Operations Safety Program (AOSP) Resource Analyst Group * Denotes Team Lead NASA Ames Research Center Warcquel D. Frieson Mary Nguyen Sandra E. Ramirez Tiana (Thuy) D. Vo NASA Glenn Research Center Julie A. Blackett NASA Headquarters Michele D. Dodson* Jeffrey S. Farlin* NASA Langley Research Center Yolanda Keiller 2024 AA Award Honorees 2024 AA Award Honorees PDF ARMD Associate Administrator Awards Facebook logo @NASA@NASAaero@NASAes @NASA@NASAaero@NASAes Instagram lo…
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1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Advanced Power Electronics Team * Denotes Team Lead NASA Glenn Research Center David Avanesian Julie A. Blystone Rebecca A. Buehrle Marc A. Carbone Ariel E. Dimston Matthew G. Granger* Susanah R. Kowalewski Alex M. Leary John M. Maroli Erik J. Stalcup HX5 Gregor Liederbach Scott L. Metzger Wesley A. Miller Peraton Inc. Nicholas C. Purpera 2024 AA Award Honorees 2024 AA Award Honorees PDF ARMD Associate Administrator Awards Facebook logo @NASA@NASAaero@NASAes @NASA@NASAaero@NASAes I…
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Skywatching Science Skywatching The Next Full Moon is the Worm… Skywatching Home What’s Up What to See Tonight Moon Guide Eclipses Meteor Showers More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ 22 Min Read The Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon Cockspur Island Lighthouse in Savannah, Georgia, on a full moon night in March 2019. Credits: NPS/Joel Cadoff The next full moon is called the Worm Moon. Also, there will be a total lunar eclipse this full moon. The Moon will be full early Friday morning, March 14, at 2:55 a.m. EDT, but will appear full for about three days around this time, from Wednesday even…
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Rotor Optimization for the Advancement of Mars eXploration (ROAMX) team members and test stand at NASA Ames Research Center.NASA During 2024-2025, helicopter blades optimized for Mars were tested in the Planetary Aeolian Laboratory (PAL) at NASA Ames Research Center as part of the Rotor Optimization for the Advancement of Mars eXploration (ROAMX) project. The experimental test-chamber of the PAL can be depressurized to create atmospheric air pressures of different planetary bodies such as Mars. The full-scale ROAMX blades were spun in hover configuration up to 4000 RPM at an atmospheric density of Mars (approximately 0.015 kilograms per cubic meter). The Ingenuity bla…
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Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min read Sols 4471-4472: Marching Through the Canyon NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Mast Camera (Mastcam), a close-up of the rover’s Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS), an instrument that measures the abundance of che…
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2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) What is a NASA Spinoff? Well, to answer that question, we’re going to have to go all the way back to 1958, back to the legislation that originally created the space agency, NASA. So in that legislation, there’s some forward-looking language that says, “Make sure that all the cool stuff you develop for space doesn’t just get blasted off into the universe, but comes back down to the Earth in the form of practical and terrestrial benefits.” I’m paraphrasing, of course. The legislation is actually a little bit dry like legislation should be. Since that time, NASA…
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The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission pictured during an equipment test at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Credit: SpaceX NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 7:48 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, March 12, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The targeted docking time is approximately 10 a.m., Thursday, March 13. Coverage of the mission overview teleconference will be available on the agency’s website. The crew news conference, launch, the postlaunch news conference, and docking will be live…
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Tess Caswell, a stand-in crew member for the Artemis III Virtual Reality Mini-Simulation, executes a moonwalk in the Prototype Immersive Technology (PIT) lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulation was a test of using VR as a training method for flight controllers and science teams’ collaboration on science-focused traverses on the lunar surface. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz When astronauts walk on the Moon, they’ll serve as the eyes, hands, and boots-on-the-ground interpreters supporting the broader teams of scientists on Earth. NASA is leveraging virtual reality to provide high-fidelity, cost-effective support to prepare crew members, flight contro…
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5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An artist’s concept depicts one of NASA’s Voyager probes. The twin spacecraft launched in 1977.NASA/JPL-Caltech The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these energy-conserving measures. Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb. 25 and will shut off Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instrument on March 24. Three science instruments will continue to operate on each spacecraft. The moves are part of an ongoing ef…
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Cryocoolers are essential systems in many space exploration missions to maintain propellants at cryogenic temperatures. Cryogenic recuperators are a key component of these cryocoolers and dictate the performance of the system. NASA is seeking to reduce the cost and increase the performance of cryogenic recuperators (also called Heat Exchangers) by utilizing Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies. Award: $7,000 in total prizes Open Date: March 5, 2025 Close Date: May 2, 2025 For more information, visit: https://grabcad.com/challenges/novel-recuperator-design-for-cryogenic-fluid-management-system View the full article
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ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Sankrit In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun that exploded about 10,000 years ago, the Veil Nebula is situated about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. Hubble images of this photogenic nebula were first taken in 1994 and 1997, and again in 2015. This view combines images taken in three different filters by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, highlighting emission from hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms. The image shows just a small fraction of the V…
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What is a NASA Spinoff? We Asked a NASA Expert
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Pictured from left: Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut mission specialist Takuya Onishi train at SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California (Credit: SpaceX). During NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch in March, select members of the four-person crew will participate in exercise and medical research aimed at keeping astronauts fit on future long-duration missions. Crew members living and working aboard the space station have access to a designated training area outfitted with a weight-lifting system, a stat…
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Explore This Section Science Science Activation 2025 Aviation Weather Mission:… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 2 min read 2025 Aviation Weather Mission: Civil Air Patrol Cadets Help Scientists Study the Atmosphere with GLOBE Clouds The Science Activation Program’s NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC) is working alongside the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to launch the 2025 Aviation Weather Mission. The mission will engage cadets (students ages 11-20) and senior members to collect aviation-relevant observations including airport conditions, Global …
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Credit: NASA NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which aims to understand why, when, and where tropical convective storms form, and why some storms produce extreme weather. The mission will launch on the company’s Alpha rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. This contract allows the agency to make fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity awards during VADR’s five-year ordering period, with a maxim…
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Chris Wade is a visiting vehicle integration manager for SpaceX vehicles in the International Space Station Transportation Integration Office. He plays a key role in ensuring that all vehicle requirements are on track to support SpaceX missions to the space station. Chris also manages a team of real-time mission support personnel who follow launch, docking, undocking, and splashdown operations. Read on to learn about his career with NASA and more! Where are you from? I am from Clarksdale, Mississippi. Tell us about your role at NASA. I manage horizontal integration between the SpaceX vehicle provider and the Commercial Crew and International…
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6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Dwane Roth (right), a fourth generation grain farmer in Finney County, Kansas, stands with nephew Zion (left) in one of their corn fields. Roth’s farm became one of the first Water Technology Farms in Kansas around 2016, and he has been using OpenET data for the past few years to track evapotranspiration rates and conserve water. Photo courtesy of Dwane Roth A NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-supported research and development team is making it easier for farmers and ranchers to manage their water resources. The team, called OpenET, created the Farm and Ranch Management Suppo…
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