March 2026

NASA Engineering and Safety Center
This article is from the 2025 Technical Update. The NESC’s Thermal Control & Protection Technical Discipline Team (TDT) is a resource providing subject matter expertise in active and passive thermal control as well as ascent and entry thermal protection across the spectrum of agency needs.
Posted March 10, 2026
Craters
Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a detailed view of a relatively fresh crater in this image released on June 3, 2015. The crater has a sharp rim and well-preserved ejecta. The steep inner slopes are carved by gullies and include possible recurring slope lineae on the equator-facing slopes. This crater is monitored for changes […]
Posted March 10, 2026
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Neutron Stars
The Universe
A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an environment like this before — and it may help solve two outstanding cosmic mysteries. A paper describing these results […]
Posted March 10, 2026
Europa Clipper
Technology Highlights
Uncategorized
A NASA-sponsored team has developed electronics that can operate reliably in the harsh radiation and temperature conditions found on distant planetary bodies like Europa, an ocean world orbiting Jupiter.
Posted March 10, 2026
Goddard Space Flight Center
Media are invited to attend the 63rd annual Goddard Space Science Symposium, taking place Thursday, March 12, and Friday, March 13, at the National Housing Center in Washington. The event also will be streamed online.
Posted March 10, 2026
Earth Observatory
Sun-Earth Interactions
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse.
Posted March 10, 2026
Van Allen Probes
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
The Sun
NASA’s Van Allen Probe A is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere almost 14 years after launch.
Posted March 9, 2026
Subsonic Flight Demonstrator
The purpose of the Subsonic Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project is to engage with industry and other government organizations to identify, select, and mature key airframe technologies, such as new wing designs, that have a high probability of transition to the next generation single-aisle seat class airliner.  Moving technologies from a research envi
Posted March 9, 2026
Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities
The FDC project conducts complex integrated small-scale flight research to validate the benefits of new technologies. By modifying aircraft from FDC’s support fleet, the project enables aggressive, success-oriented flight campaign schedules.
Posted March 9, 2026
Learning Resources
Explore
For Kids and Students
Grades 5 - 8
This article is for students grades 5-8. What is Pi? Pi is a number. You might know it as 3.14 or the symbol π. But it’s way more than that! What Makes Pi Special? Pi is an irrational number. That means it goes on forever and it never repeats its sequence of numbers. Pi has […]
Posted March 9, 2026
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