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NASA Names Mary Beth Schwartz as Director, Center Operations Directorate

NASA has selected Mary Beth Schwartz as director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center Center Operations directorate. Schwartz previously served as the directorate’s deputy director. “I’m excited to embark on my new role as director for Johnson’s Center Operations directorate,” Schwartz said.

Posted January 17, 2025

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Exoplanet Atmosphere

Exoplanet Science

Exoplanets

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Marshall Space Flight Center

Exoplanets Need to Be Prepared for Extreme Space Weather, Chandra Finds

Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) XMM-Newton that examined the effects of X-rays on potential planets around the most common type of stars.

Posted January 16, 2025

Johnson Space Center

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People of Johnson

How It Started, How It’s Going: Johnson Space Center Edition

If you ask Johnson Space Center employees why they work for NASA, many will tell you it was always their dream. For others, landing a job at NASA was an unexpected stop on their career path. Here is a look at where five Johnson team members worked before NASA and how they are helping to […]

Posted January 15, 2025

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

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Johnson Space Center

Ten NASA Science, Tech Instruments Flying to Moon on Firefly Lander

As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the agency is preparing to fly ten instruments aboard Firefly Aerospace’s first delivery to the Moon.

Posted January 14, 2025

CubeSat Launch Initiative

CubeSats

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Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Program

Small Satellite Missions

University Leadership Initiative

NASA, Partners Open Applications for CubeSat Summer Program

NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Air Force and U.S.

Posted January 13, 2025

General

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1

Posted January 13, 2025

Langley Research Center

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NASA Centers & Facilities

Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Nuclear Electric Propulsion Technology Could Make Missions to Mars Faster

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We’re not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are technologies that could help transport a crew on that round-trip journey in a relatively quick two years. One option NASA is exploring is nuclear electric propulsion, which employs a nuclear reactor […]

Posted January 10, 2025

Johnson Space Center

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35 Years Ago: STS-32 Returns the Long Duration Exposure Facility

On Jan. 9, 1990, space shuttle Columbia took off on its ninth flight, STS-32, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.

Posted January 9, 2025

Johnson Space Center

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Johnson's Mission Control Center

Houston, We Have the Holiday Cookies

Supporting the International Space Station is an around-the-clock responsibility for NASA and its international partners. This means there is always a team of flight operations and payload personnel working with the orbiting laboratory’s crew – including overnight, on weekends, and during the holidays.

Posted January 8, 2025

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Johnson Space Center

415 Years Ago: Astronomer Galileo Discovers Jupiter’s Moons

On Jan. 7, 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered through his newly improved 20-power homemade telescope at the planet Jupiter. He noticed three other points of light near the planet, at first believing them to be distant stars. Observing them over several nights, he noted that they appeared to move in the wrong direction with […]

Posted January 8, 2025