Ames Research Center

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on April 25, 2022 and has been updated to reflect changes including the completion of Hangar One’s restoration.

Posted March 20, 2026

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Ames Research Center

Artemis 2

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Flight Innovation

Space Launch System (SLS)

Transformational Tools Technologies

Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program

NASA Simulations Improve Artemis II Launch Environment

Airflow around rockets as they travel from Earth into space can have a dramatic impact on a mission, which is why NASA used advanced simulations to provide the best possible launch conditions for the Artemis II test flight around the Moon. To better understand the Artemis Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s flight environment, engineers turned to a

Posted March 20, 2026

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Aeronautics Technology

Ames Research Center

Commercial Supersonic Technology

Glenn Research Center

High-Speed Flight

Integrated Aviation Systems Program

Langley Research Center

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

NASA Aircraft

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-59 Prepares for Second Flight

NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is preparing for its second flight, a step that will set the pace for more flight testing in 2026. Over the coming months, NASA will take the quiet supersonic jet faster and higher, while validating safety and performance, a process known as envelope expansion. NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less will be at the X-59’

Posted March 17, 2026

Ames Research Center

Artemis 2

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Space Weather

The Sun

To Protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA Experts Keep Eyes on Sun

As four astronauts travel around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond Earth’s protective magnetic field.

Posted March 16, 2026

NASA Headquarters

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Johnson Space Center

Langley Research Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

People of NASA

Stennis Space Center

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA, OPM Launch NASA Force to Recruit Top Talent for US Space Program

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and NASA announced NASA Force on Wednesday, a dedicated talent track within the US Tech Force initiative designed to recruit and deploy the nation’s top engineers and technologists to support America’s space program.

Posted March 4, 2026

General

Ames Research Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Study to Analyze Fermented Food Samples from Space

Certain nutrients critical for human health lack the shelf life needed to span multi-year missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA’s BioNutrients-3 is part of an experiment series testing ways to use microorganisms to produce these nutrients in space and on demand.

Posted February 25, 2026

Ames Research Center

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Air Traffic Management - Exploration

Air Traffic Solutions

Airspace Operations and Safety Program

General

NASA Advances High-Altitude Traffic Management

High-altitude flight is getting increasing attention from sectors ranging from telecommunications to emergency response. To make that airspace more accessible, NASA is developing an air traffic management system covering those altitudes and supplementing its work with real-time data from a research balloon in Earth’s stratosphere. Aircraft at high

Posted February 17, 2026

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Ames Research Center

Flight Opportunities Program

Technology

Technology Transfer

NASA Heat Shield Technology Enables Space Industry Growth

Using cutting-edge material licensed from NASA, a protective heat shield manufactured in-house by Varda Space Industries for the first time enabled one of its capsules to blaze through Earth’s atmosphere on Thursday, marking a significant milestone for the agency and America’s space industry.

Posted January 29, 2026

Ames Research Center

Astrophysics

Gamma-Ray Bursts

Goddard Space Flight Center

Gravitational Waves

High-Tech Computing

Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)

Neutron Stars

Origin & Evolution of the Universe

Science & Research

Sensing the Universe & Multimessenger Astronomy

The Universe

NASA Researchers Probe Tangled Magnetospheres of Merging Neutron Stars

New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the maelstrom of interacting magnetic structures around city-sized neutron stars in the moments before they crash.

Posted January 29, 2026

Airborne Science

Ames Research Center

Earth Science Division

General

Gulfstream G-III

Langley Research Center

NASA Aircraft

Remote Sensing Technology

Science Mission Directorate