General

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

How NASA’s “Autonomy Choreography” Will Impact Advanced Technologies

Imagine your car is in conversation with other traffic and road signals as you travel. Those conversations help your car anticipate actions you can’t see: the sudden slowing of a truck as it begins to turn ahead of you, or an obscured traffic signal turning red. Meanwhile, this system has plotted a course that will […]

Posted March 20, 2025

Johnson Space Center

General

People of Johnson

Bringing the Heat: Abigail Howard Leads Thermal Systems for Artemis Rovers, Tools

Depending on where you stand at the lunar South Pole, you may experience temperatures of 130°F (54°C) during sunlit periods, or as low as -334°F (-203°C) in a permanently shadowed region. Keeping crews comfortable and tools and vehicles operational in such extreme temperatures is a key challenge for engineers at Johnson Space Center working on […]

Posted March 18, 2025

Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO)

Astronauts

General

Human Health and Performance

Humans in Space

The Human Body in Space

Risk of Venous Thromboembolism During Spaceflight

In October 2024, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review the status and progress of research and clinical activities intended to mitigate the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) during spaceflight.

Posted March 15, 2025

General

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Langley Research Center

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

NASA Cameras on Blue Ghost Capture First-of-its-Kind Moon Landing Footage

A team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, supported by Marshall Space Flight Center IN Huntsville, Alabama, has captured first-of-its-kind imagery of a lunar lander’s engine plumes interacting with the Moon’s surface, a key piece of data as trips to the Moon increase in the coming years under the agency’s Artemis campaign.

Posted March 13, 2025

General

NASA Continues BioNutrients Space-Fermented Food Research

NASA’s BioNutrients series of experiments is testing ways to use microorganisms to make nutrients that will be needed for human health during future long-duration deep space exploration missions. Some vital nutrients lack the shelf-life needed to span multi-year human missions, such as a mission to Mars, and may need to be produced in space to […]

Posted March 11, 2025

General

NASA Ames Science Directorate: Stars of the Month – March 2025

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Jessica Kong, Josh Alwood, and Sam Kim. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond.

Posted March 10, 2025

Johnson Space Center

Artemis

General

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

People of Johnson

James Gentile: Shaping the Artemis Generation, One Simulation at a Time

James Gentile always wanted to fly. As he prepared for an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy to become a pilot, life threw him an unexpected curve: a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. His appointment was rescinded. With his dream grounded, Gentile had two choices—give up or chart a new course. He chose the […]

Posted March 10, 2025

General

Ames Research Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Seeks Commercial Partner for Robots Aboard Space Station

As NASA continues to enable a sustainable, cost-effective commercial space economy, the agency is seeking partnership proposals for the operations, sustaining engineering, and utilization of Astrobee, a free-flying robotic system aboard the International Space Station.

Posted March 6, 2025

Johnson Space Center

Commercial Crew

General

International Space Station (ISS)

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

People of Johnson

Station Nation: Meet Chris Wade, Visiting Vehicle Integration Manager for SpaceX Vehicles

Chris Wade is a visiting vehicle integration manager for SpaceX vehicles in the International Space Station Transportation Integration Office. He plays a key role in ensuring that all vehicle requirements are on track to support SpaceX missions to the space station.

Posted March 4, 2025

General

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Communicating and Navigating with Missions

Goddard Space Flight Center

Space Communications & Navigation Program

NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon

NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3 when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals on the Moon’s surface. The LuGRE payload’s success in lunar orbit and on the surface indicates that signals from the GNSS (Global Navigation Satelli

Posted March 4, 2025