July 2024

55 Years Ago: Apollo 11’s One Small Step, One Giant Leap

“Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.” “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” “Magnificent desolation.” Three phrases that recall humanity’s first landing on and exploration of the lunar surface. In July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E.

Posted July 16, 2024

Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)

Artemis Accords

NASA Signs US, Saudi Arabia Agreement for Civil Aeronautics, Space Collaboration

The United States and Saudi Arabia signed a framework agreement that opens new possibilities for cooperation with NASA in areas such as space science, exploration, aeronautics, space operations, education, and Earth science.

Posted July 16, 2024

Night Sky Network

Perseids

Prepare for Perseids!

The annual Perseid meteor shower is scheduled to peak this August 11-12. Cross your fingers for good weather, find a nice dark spot to bring a blanket or lounge chair, and get ready to relax and spot some meteors.

Posted July 16, 2024

Johnson Space Center

Apollo

Langley Research Center

Women at NASA

NASA Johnson to Dedicate Building to Dorothy Vaughan, Women of Apollo

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will recognize legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of Apollo with activities marking their achievements, including a renaming and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the center’s “Building 12,” on Friday, July 19, the eve of the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. At 9 a.m. CDT, NASA […]

Posted July 16, 2024

General

Telepong

Next Generation Science Standards: Engineering Design (MS-PS4-1, MS-ETS1) Grades 5+ In this activity, students will create an “antenna” or “receiver” out of re-used materials.

Posted July 15, 2024

NASA History

STS-127

15 Years Ago: STS-127 Delivers Japanese External Platform to Space Station

On July 15, 2009, space shuttle Endeavour began its 23rd trip into space, on the 2JA mission to the International Space Station, the 29th shuttle flight to the orbiting lab. During the 16-day mission, the seven-member STS-127 crew, working with Expedition 20, the first six-person crew aboard the station, completed the primary objectives of the […]

Posted July 15, 2024

Technology Transfer & Spinoffs

Apollo

Johnson Space Center

Spinoffs

Technology Transfer

Tech Today: NASA’s Moonshot Launched Commercial Fuel Cell Industry

Agency’s technology development prepared fuel cells for tomorrow’s renewable energy grids

Posted July 15, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

NASA, Universities Take Learning Out of Classroom

There’s no “I” in team, and that holds true for NASA and its partners as the agency ramps up efforts to recruit tenured professors to research science for a semester at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tenured teachers work for up to a year in an area where the agency needs specific […]

Posted July 15, 2024

General

NASA Transmits Hip-Hop Song to Deep Space for First Time

The stars above and on Earth aligned as an inspirational message and lyrics from the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by hip-hop artist Missy Elliott were beamed to Venus via NASA’s DSN (Deep Space Network). The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sent the transmission at 10:05 a.m. PDT on Friday, July 12. […]

Posted July 15, 2024