Glenn Research Center

NASA Headquarters
Glenn Research Center
NASA has awarded Modulate Space Corporation a contract to develop key elements of a 5G communications system for use on the lunar surface with built-in Wi-Fi 6, for NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Posted September 30, 2026
Glenn Research Center
Science & Research
Photos taken using a microscope reveal the colorful, kaleidoscope-like crystal structure of a new NASA-made material that could be used for manufacturing during future space missions.
Posted September 29, 2026
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
General
Glenn Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Research and Technology Mission Directorate
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)
NASA celebrated the full restoration of its Guam Remote Station with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 10, closing out more than three years of recovery after Super Typhoon Mawar devastated the site in 2023. Engineers from across the agency completed the final and most complex step of the rebuild on July 1, when they returned the […]
Posted September 16, 2026
General
Aeronautics
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
NASA Aircraft
NASA History
Many of NASA’s most important aerospace breakthroughs that began in the laboratory were ultimately proven in the sky. For decades, experts at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland conducted flight tests — piloting aircraft into targeted environments such as icing clouds and carefully defined atmospheric routes.
Posted August 18, 2026
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative
Lunar Surface Technology Research
Technology
Solicitation Number: 80GRC026R0008 May 19, 2026 – Synopsis issued June 29, 2026 – Draft BAA and Appendix A Issued | Web Article   NASA issued a draft Broad Agency Announcement under NextSTEP‑3, Appendix A, on June 29, 2026, to advance concepts that accelerate the technological readiness of critical systems for lunar surface and cislunar architectur
Posted June 29, 2026
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Ames Research Center
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Glenn Research Center
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Langley Research Center
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Flights
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is preparing for some of its most significant flights yet. The X-plane is about to begin a new block of test flights that will include its first time flying faster than the speed of sound and other mission-critical objectives. “What comes next is the first time this one-of-a-kind aircraft […]
Posted May 29, 2026
General
Aeronautics Research
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
Materials Science
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Technology Mission Directorate
A material recently discovered and tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland could help astronauts pack lighter for future missions to the Moon.
Posted May 22, 2026
General
Artemis
Game Changing Development Program
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Technology for Living in Space
Technology Research
With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled together, into the air and lower it into a rectangular cart on wheels. A tangle of tubes and wires spiral away from the system, where nearly 270 sensors and 1,000 […]
Posted May 8, 2026
General
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Technology
As NASA looks to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond, researchers must develop materials capable of withstanding the extreme temperatures found in space and on other planets and their moons.
Posted May 6, 2026
Sign up for our newsletter:

Categories

203
1
10
159
13
2
6
14
2
1
3
1
46
2
11
1
1
10
11
61
1
14
1
3
2
1
3
18
2
14
6
4
1
3
6
1
663
3
365
21
29
1
7
4
282
1
5
28
38
10
8
1
235
211
1
14
1
1
1
62
17
3
9
3
1
Io
5
1
20
13
1
4
113
388
1
4
13
3
67
17
6
2
30
6
1

Recent Posts

Newsletter Archive