October 2024

Artemis
Artemis 2
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Orion Program
Artemis II crew members recently traveled to Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, where they practiced opening and closing an Orion crew module side hatch model to help demonstrate its reliability and durability during their 10-day mission around the Moon.
Posted October 23, 2024
General
The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) America Reyes Wang, Sepideh Khajehei, Julie Nottage, and Ryan Felton. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the talent, camaraderie, and vision needed to explore this world and beyond.
Posted October 23, 2024
Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
Artemis Accords
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free welcomed the Republic of Cyprus as the latest nation to commit to the responsible use of space for humanity on Wednesday, marking 46 signatories to date.
Posted October 23, 2024
Earth
Astronaut Don Pettit captured this image of Melbourne, Australia from the International Space Station on Oct. 9, 2024, as it orbited 271 miles above the city. Astronauts aboard the space station take photos using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station’s cupola, for Crew Earth Observations.
Posted October 23, 2024
Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
Six decades after the launch of the first nuclear-powered space mission, NASA is embarking on a bold future of human exploration and scientific discovery.
Posted October 23, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Events
Get Involved
Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Opportunities For U.S. Citizens to Get Involved
STEM Engagement at NASA
NASA is making event plans for the 2025 calendar year, and we want to pencil you in! We are looking for the Midwest’s biggest and best community events with the broadest audiences to share NASA’s content and raise awareness of the agency’s most exciting aeronautics and space missions. NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is […]
Posted October 23, 2024
Europa
Europa Clipper
Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Planetary Science
Science Activation
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is on its way to explore a moon of Jupiter that researchers believe may be one of the best places in the Solar System to search for life beyond Earth. While the spacecraft makes its more-than-five year journey to Europa, scientists, students, teachers, and the public can tour and explore the […]
Posted October 23, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
CubeSats
Marshall Space Flight Center
Small Satellite Missions
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA recently evaluated initial flight data and imagery from Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-4 (PTD-4), confirming proper checkout of the spacecraft’s systems including its on-board electronics as well as the payload’s support systems such as the small onboard camera.
Posted October 23, 2024
Stennis Space Center
NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has entered into an agreement with Skydweller Aero Inc. for the company to operate its solar-powered autonomous aircraft in the site’s restricted airspace, a key step towards achieving a strategic center goal.
Posted October 23, 2024
General
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
Low Earth Orbit Economy
NASA researchers developed a Quiet Space Fan to reduce the noise inside crewed spacecraft, sharing the results with industry for potential use on future commercial space stations. Controlling noise inside spacecraft helps humans talk to each other, hear alarms clearer, get restful sleep, and minimizes the risk of hearing loss.
Posted October 23, 2024
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