November 2023

International Space Station (ISS)
Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing
Spot the International Space Station
Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA is making it easier for the public to spot the International Space Station, humanity’s home in space, as it passes over Earth and expanding access to news and resources about the microgravity laboratory with a new Spot the Station mobile app. The mobile app is available to […]
Posted November 2, 2023
Artemis
Glenn Research Center
Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP)
Technology Demonstration Missions Program
The blue hue of the Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) is seen inside a vacuum chamber at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland during recent thruster qualification testing.
Posted November 2, 2023
Artemis
During a ceremony at the Dutch Ambassador’s Residence in Washington on Wednesday, the Netherlands became the 31st country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in the signing ceremony for the agency, and Netherlands Space Office (NSO) director Harm van de Wetering signed on behalf of the Netherlands.
Posted November 2, 2023
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA, AAS Talk Present, Future of Space Exploration During 3-Day Symposium By Jessica Barnett Hundreds of students, scientists, and other stakeholders recently gathered for a three-day symposium featuring some of the leading minds in space exploration and packed with updates and discussions about an array of space topics.
Posted November 1, 2023
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of Goddard
Data Systems Engineer Rita Owens supports NASA’s Digital Transformation as part of the NASA Data Strategy Mission. This involves transforming how NASA operates by using digital capabilities to increase the reliability and effectiveness of NASA’s Information Technology (IT) operations.
Posted November 1, 2023
Citizen Science
Planetary Science
The first journal article about clouds identified by participants of the Cloudspotting on Mars project has been accepted for publication and is now available online! The article, “The Cloudspotting on Mars citizen science project: Seasonal and spatial cloud distributions observed by the Mars Climate Sounder” will appear in a special issue of Icarus
Posted November 1, 2023
Science Mission Directorate
An interview of Dr. Paul Hertz, a senior leader in the Science Mission Directorate By: Anna Ladd McElhannon, Summer 2022 Intern, Office of the Chief Scientist Dr. Paul Hertz is a leader of NASA and had served as the Astrophysics Division Director since 2012 until 2022. Throughout his career, he remained a well‐respected and admired […]
Posted November 1, 2023
Earth
International Space Station (ISS)
Jasmin Moghbeli
While aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 26, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli captured the city lights of the northeastern United States and major urban areas including Long Island, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. At the time of this photograph, the orbital lab was 262 miles above Maine.
Posted November 1, 2023
Earth
Carbon Cycle
Climate Change
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Natural Disasters
Wildfires
Methane ‘hot spots’ in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are more likely to be found where recent wildfires burned into the tundra, altering carbon emissions from the land. In Alaska’s largest river delta, tundra that has been scorched by wildfire is emitting more methane than the rest of the landscape long after the flames died, scientists have […]
Posted November 1, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Resupply
Humans in Space
Kennedy Space Center
Space Operations Mission Directorate
Editor’s note: This release was updated on Nov. 1, to reflect a change in the docking time for NASA’s SpaceX CRS-29 mission. NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:16 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 7, to launch the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy […]
Posted November 1, 2023
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