January 2024

Advice from NASA Mentors to Students Starting Their Careers

NASA is celebrating National Mentoring Month by recognizing the importance of mentors to students and young professionals whose careers are beginning to take off. Mentors help their mentees gain real-world experiences, make valuable connections, and find the types of roles best suited to their strengths and skills.

Posted January 10, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Artemis 2

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Doing Business with NASA

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Communications Technology

NASA Funds Laser Communications Tech with Small Business

NASA is working with private industry partners and small businesses under Artemis to produce scalable, affordable, and advanced laser communications systems that could enable greater exploration and discovery beyond Earth for the benefit of all.

Posted January 10, 2024

NASA History

10 Years Ago: The First Operational Cygnus Cargo Mission to the Space Station

To replace the cargo and crew transportation services to and from the International Space Station following the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, the United States developed a novel approach to procure those services from American commercial entities. On Jan.

Posted January 10, 2024

General

Ames Research Center

NASA Ames Awards Task Order Modification for Wind Tunnel Upgrades

NASA has awarded a task order modification to the Aerospace Testing and Facilities Operations and Maintenance (ATOM-5) contract to Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to provide the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, with an upgrade to the center’s Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel main drive speed control variable fr

Posted January 9, 2024

Black Holes

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

Neutron Stars

The Universe

Hubble Finds Weird Home of Farthest Fast Radio Burst

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found a rare event in an oddball place. It’s called a fast radio burst (FRB), a fleeting blast of energy that can – for a few milliseconds – outshine an entire galaxy. Hundreds of FRBs have been detected over the past few years. They pop off all over […]

Posted January 9, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 1

Artemis 2

Artemis 3

Artemis 4

Human Landing System Program

Missions

Space Launch System (SLS)

La NASA comparte avances sobre las primeras misiones lunares Artemis con tripulación

La NASA anunció el martes cambios en las próximas misiones Artemis, que sentarán las bases para la exploración científica a largo plazo de la Luna, el aterrizaje de la primera mujer y la primera persona no blanca en la superficie lunar, y la preparación de expediciones con seres humanos a Marte en beneficio de todos. […]

Posted January 9, 2024

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Commercial Supersonic Technology

Glenn Research Center

Langley Research Center

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-59 Rollout Embodies Aeronautical Tradition

Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s X-59 aircraft is heading out of the hangar – preparing to embark on the first phase of its mission to fly faster than the speed of sound without generating a loud sonic boom. Leadership from NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin will officially unveil the fully completed and […]

Posted January 9, 2024

NASA en español

Aeronáutica

La presentación del X-59 de la NASA personifica la tradición aeronáutica

Read this story in English here. El avión X-59 de la NASA está saliendo del hangar–preparándose para embarcarse en la primera fase de su misión de volar más rápido que la velocidad del sonido sin generar un fuerte estampido sónico. Los directivos de la NASA y el contratista principal Lockheed Martin, presentarán oficialmente al mundo […]

Posted January 9, 2024

A “Green Monster” Lurks in Star’s Debris

For the first time, astronomers have combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope to study the well-known supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A). This work has helped explain an unusual structure in the debris from the destroyed star called the “Green Monster,” because of its resemblance to the wall in […]

Posted January 9, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 2

Human Landing System Program

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

Missions

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Shares Progress Toward Early Artemis Moon Missions with Crew

NASA announced Tuesday updates to its Artemis campaign that will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars for the benefit of all. To safely carry out these missions, agency leaders are adjusting […]

Posted January 9, 2024