March 2024

NASA Advanced Air Mobility Partnerships

NASA is partnered with other government agencies, industry, and academia to conduct Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) research to benefit a future transportation system with routine flight of air taxis and drones. See the current partnerships below and in the map above.

Posted March 20, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for March 20, 2024

Marshall Technologist Talks Solar Sail Technology in Rocket Center Exhibit By Jessica Barnett Space enthusiasts at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center were treated to a special exhibit featuring technologist Les Johnson of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and a look at the future of solar sail technology.

Posted March 20, 2024

International Space Station (ISS)

Astronauts

Humans in Space

ISS Research

Jasmin Moghbeli

Johnson Space Center

Following Safe Return, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 to Recount Space Mission

After spending 199 days in space, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 crew members will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, March 25, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Posted March 20, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 1

Artemis 2

Diversity at NASA

Kennedy Space Center

People of NASA

Underway Recovery Test 11

Women at NASA

Women's History Month

Meet the Women Launching, Recovering Artemis Missions

In celebration of Women’s History Month, NASA highlights the multifaceted group of women behind the launch and recovery efforts for Artemis missions.

Posted March 20, 2024

NASA History

Apollo

55 Years Ago: Four Months Until the Moon Landing

The road to the Moon landing cleared a major hurdle in March 1969 with the flight of Apollo 9 that tested all components of the spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Russell L. Schweickart flew the Lunar Module (LM) Spider while David R. Scott awaited their return in the Command Module […]

Posted March 20, 2024

Humans in Space

Artemis

Artemis 2

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Orion Program

Space Launch System (SLS)

Key Test Drive of Orion on NASA’s Artemis II to Aid Future Missions

Astronauts will test drive NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the first time during the agency’s Artemis II test flight next year. While many of the spacecraft’s maneuvers like big propulsive burns are automated, a key test called the proximity operations demonstration will evaluate the manual handling qualities of Orion.

Posted March 20, 2024

Commercial Space

Commercial Space Programs

General

Low Earth Orbit Economy

NASA Sees Progress on Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef Life Support System

A NASA-funded commercial space station, Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef, recently completed testing milestones for its critical life support system as part of the agency’s efforts for new destinations in low Earth orbit. The four milestones are part of a NASA Space Act Agreement originally awarded to Blue Origin in 2021 and focused on the materials […]

Posted March 20, 2024

Chandrayaan-1

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Mini-RF Instrument

Uncategorized

NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits at Moon’s North Pole

Additional evidence of water activity on moon Using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have detected ice deposits near the moon’s north pole. NASA’s Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than 40 small craters with water ice.

Posted March 19, 2024

Artemis

Johnson Space Center

NASA to Select Lunar Terrain Vehicle for Artemis Missions

NASA will host a news conference to announce the company, or companies, selected to move forward in developing the LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle), which will help Artemis astronauts explore more of the Moon’s surface on future missions. The televised event will take place at 4 p.m. EDT (3 p.m. CDT), Wednesday, April 3, at the […]

Posted March 19, 2024

Technology

NASA, Industry Improve Lidars for Exploration, Science

NASA engineers will test a suite of new laser technologies from an aircraft this summer for Earth science remote sensing. Called lidar, the instruments could also be used to improve models of the Moon’s shape and aid the search for Artemis landing sites. Similar to sonar, but using light instead of sound, lidars calculate distances […]

Posted March 19, 2024