July 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center
SLS Core Stage Rolls Inside Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center.
Posted July 31, 2024
NASA Centers & Facilities
Johnson Space Center
On July 19, 2024, NASA officially named Johnson Space Center’s building 12 the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo.” A portrait of Dorothy Vaughan is now the central feature at the entrance of the newly named building. This portrait was hand-painted by Eliza Hoffman, an accomplished artist who is also a […]
Posted July 31, 2024
Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)
NASA Johnson Space Center: ORDEM represents the state of the art in orbital debris models intended for engineering analysis. It is a data-driven model, relying on large quantities of radar, optical, in situ, and laboratory measurement data.
Posted July 31, 2024
Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)
NASA Ames Research Center: ProgPy is an open-source Python package supporting research and development of prognostics, health management, and predictive maintenance tools.
Posted July 31, 2024
Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: A thrust chamber assembly (TCA) is the critical and central component in a rocket engine that provides thrust to propel a launch vehicle into space.
Posted July 31, 2024
Earth's Moon
Ranger 7
On July 31, 1964, the Ranger 7 spacecraft took this photo, the first image of the Moon taken by a United States spacecraft. 17 minutes later, it crashed into the Moon on the northern rim of the Sea of Clouds as intended. The 4,316 images sent back helped identify safe Moon landing sites for Apollo […]
Posted July 31, 2024
General
Enabled by NASA Sensors and Technical Assistance
Posted July 31, 2024
Skywatching
Skywatching Tips
Two planets meet for a super close conjunction, the Perseid meteor shower peaks, and look for the Lagoon Nebula – a stellar nursery in Sagittarius.
Posted July 31, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Learning Resources
Careers at NASA were not on his radar growing up. But Jonas Dino, public engagement specialist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, ended up with his perfect job that involves connecting people with NASA. One of the best parts of his job is to learn first-hand about NASA’s cutting-edge research and translate […]
Posted July 31, 2024
General
Bringing bright minds together has once again proven to be the key to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. Researchers developed technology that will store information within a cloud of atoms. Together with Infleqtion Inc., researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland produced NASA’s first-ever quantum memory.
Posted July 31, 2024
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