December 2024

Hubble Space Telescope
Spiral Galaxies
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy, named UGC 10043. We don’t see the galaxy’s spiral arms because we are seeing it from the side. Located roughly 150 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens, UGC 10043 is one of the somewhat rare spiral galaxies that we see edge-on.
Posted December 12, 2024
Kennedy Space Center
Artemis
Artemis 2
Commercial Crew
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Commercial Resupply
Europa
Europa Clipper
Exploration Ground Systems
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
GOES-R
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Jupiter Moons
Launch Services Program
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply
Nova-C (Lander)
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Space Launch System (SLS)
From sending crew members to the International Space Station to launching a spacecraft to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to determine if it could support life, 2024 was a busy record setting year for NASA and its partners at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. JANUARYFirst Lunar Lander Takes Flight The first flight of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial […]
Posted December 12, 2024
Perseverance (Rover)
Astrobiology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
The road ahead will be even more scientifically intriguing, and probably somewhat easier-going, now that the six-wheeler has completed its long climb to the top. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has crested the top of Jezero Crater’s rim at a location the science team calls “Lookout Hill” and rolling toward its first science stop after the […]
Posted December 12, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
Annual Report of NESC Technical Activities On behalf of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), I am pleased to provide you with the 2024 NESC Technical Update. This annual report summarizes the technical work, engineering advancements, and knowledge capture efforts we made in FY24.
Posted December 12, 2024
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
Spinoffs
Technology Transfer
Just as NASA needs to reduce mass on a spacecraft so it can escape Earth’s gravity, automotive manufacturers work to reduce weight to improve vehicle performance. In the case of brake rotors, lighter is better for a vehicle’s acceleration, reliable stopping, and even gas mileage. Orbis Brakes Inc.
Posted December 12, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
This article is from the 2024 Technical Update. Multiple human spaceflight programs are underway at NASA including Orion, Space Launch System, Gateway, Human Landing System, and EVA and Lunar Surface Mobility programs.
Posted December 12, 2024
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
This article is from the 2024 Technical Update. In 2015, the NESC released benchmark Earth-based check-cases for well specified, rigid-body, six-degree-of-freedom (6DOF) aero/spacecraft models to promote consistent and accurate flight simulations across multiple Agency tools and facilities.
Posted December 12, 2024
Blogs
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 For planning today, we have a beautiful view of the northern tip of Texoli, as seen in the image foreground. Unfortunately, the rocks that make the view so pretty also made it unsafe to unstow the arm for contact science. Instead we are doing a lot of imaging […]
Posted December 12, 2024
General
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
This article is from the 2024 Technical Update. The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) has developed an analytical model that predicts diffusion between two gases during piston purging of liquid hydrogen (LH2) tanks.
Posted December 12, 2024
General
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
This article is from the 2024 Technical Update Autonomous flight termination systems (AFTS) are being progressively employed onboard launch vehicles to replace ground personnel and infrastructure needed to terminate flight or destruct the vehicle should an anomaly occur.
Posted December 12, 2024
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