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Johnson Space Center
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Human Health and Performance
When designing a new spacecraft or exploration vehicle, there is intense focus on its technical performance. Do its systems perform as expected? What kind of power does it need? Will it safely reach its destination? Equally important, however, is whether that vehicle also works for the humans inside. Can astronauts easily reach critical controls?
Posted July 23, 2024
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Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
This spring, NASA published a document overviewing almost 200 technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs – and asked the aerospace community to rate their importance.
Posted July 23, 2024
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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Marshall Space Flight Center
By Rick Smith “The art of aerospace engineering is a matter of seeing around corners,” said NASA thermal analyst Jodi Turk. In the case of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, marking its 25th anniversary in space this year, some of those corners proved to be as far as 80,000 miles away and a quarter-century in the […]
Posted July 23, 2024
Ames Research Center
General
As one of eight nations that helped to develop the Artemis Accords, New Zealand is a valuable NASA partner. On July 12, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visited NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley to learn more about how Ames supports efforts to return humans to the Moon and the ongoing collaboration […]
Posted July 18, 2024
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“She gets things done.”    This is how colleagues describe Brooke Weborg, machine learning data scientist and engineer at NASA.
Posted July 18, 2024
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Commercial Crew
International Space Station (ISS)
Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of the ninth SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition mission. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.  Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is targeted for no earlier […]
Posted July 17, 2024
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Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
NASA is turning to the 3D modeling experts in the community for ideas and designs to use or enhance the current state of modular robotic construction techniques. Robotic building of structures in space is an active area of research for NASA and might prove to be a path towards sustainable and scalable space exploration. This […]
Posted July 16, 2024
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Next Generation Science Standards: Engineering Design (MS-PS4-1, MS-ETS1) Grades 5+ In this activity, students will create an “antenna” or “receiver” out of re-used materials.
Posted July 15, 2024
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The stars above and on Earth aligned as an inspirational message and lyrics from the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by hip-hop artist Missy Elliott were beamed to Venus via NASA’s DSN (Deep Space Network). The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sent the transmission at 10:05 a.m. PDT on Friday, July 12. […]
Posted July 15, 2024
Glenn Research Center
General
NASA’s Glenn Research Center civil servant retirees are invited to attend the 2024 Summerfest!  Wednesday, Aug. 7, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.   Along Taylor Road at Lewis Field  For more information or to RSVP, contact Kathy Clark at 216–433–8354 or kathy.m.clark@nasa.gov  Registration closes: July 26 
Posted July 11, 2024
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