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A little more than a year ago, a NASA flight test article came screaming back from space at more than 18,000 mph, reaching temperatures of nearly 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit before gently splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. At that moment, it became the largest blunt body — a type of reentry vehicle that creates a […]

Posted November 17, 2023

Centennial Challenges

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Centennial Challenges News

Marshall Space Flight Center

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

Cube Quest Concludes: Wins, Lessons Learned from Centennial Challenge

By Savannah Bullard Artemis I launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022, penning a new era of space exploration and inching the agency closer to sending the first woman and first person of color to the lunar surface. Aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket were 10 small satellites, no […]

Posted November 16, 2023

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General

NASA and UC Berkeley Host Discussion on the Future of AI at Work

What does the rise of artificial intelligence mean for the workers of tomorrow? What could it mean for NASA?

Posted November 16, 2023

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Aeronautics

General

Modeling Turbofan Engines to Understand Aircraft Noise

Airplane engines are loud – just ask anyone who lives near an airport. Increased air traffic from next-generation aircraft has the potential for even more disruptive noise.

Posted November 15, 2023

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

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Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Integrated Aviation Systems Program

Langley Research Center

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-59 Goes from Green to Red, White, and Blue

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ facility in Palmdale, California. The X-59’s paint scheme will include a mainly white body, a NASA “sonic blue” underside, and red accents on the wings. The paint doesn’t just add cosmetic value. It also […]

Posted November 15, 2023

General

Ames Research Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Rocket Exhaust on the Moon: NASA Supercomputers Reveal Surface Effects

Through Artemis, NASA plans to explore more of the Moon than ever before with human and robotic missions on the lunar surface. Because future landers will be larger and equipped with more powerful engines than the Apollo landers, mission risks associated with their operation during landing and liftoff is significantly greater.

Posted November 14, 2023

General

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Goddard Space Flight Center

Five Ways NASA Supercomputing Takes Missions from Concept to Reality

NASA high-end computing plays a key role in taking many agency missions from concept to application in the real world. From increasing accuracy of global weather forecasts for forecast entities (like NOAA) to warn of severe storms, to designs for future air taxis to safely fly people around urban areas, to parachute design tests for […]

Posted November 14, 2023

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Astrogram

NASA Ames Astrogram – November/December 2023

Astronaut Candidates Visit Ames and Learn about Heat Shields and More On Nov. 8, NASA’s current class of astronaut candidates toured Ames Research Center which included a stop at the Arc Jet Complex.

Posted November 10, 2023

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Artemis

Astronauts

Candidate Astronauts

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Astronaut Candidates Learn About NASA Ames, Heat Shields, and More

NASA’s current class of astronaut candidates toured the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, including a stop at the Arc Jet Complex, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.

Posted November 9, 2023

VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)

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Earth's Moon

General

Planetary Science Division

Robotics

Watch NASA Build Its First Robotic Moon Rover

The public now has a live, front row seat to see NASA’s first robotic Moon rover take shape in the Surface Segment Integration and Testing Facility clean room at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Members of VIPER — short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover — and the Office of Communications at NASA’s Ames […]

Posted November 3, 2023