Glenn Research Center

Glenn History
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
NASA History
“[On December 15, 1941] a few shivering, startled Southerners from Langley, the vanguard of those in the Power Plants Division transferring to Cleveland, arrived in the biggest snowstorm in years,” recalled former receptionist Mary Louise Gosney.
Posted January 22, 2024
AeroSpace Frontiers
General
Glenn Research Center
International Space Station (ISS)
Reliable space communication and navigation systems are critical to every NASA mission. From the Voyager mission exploring beyond our solar system to astronauts aboard the International Space Station, space communications provide the crucial connection to our home planet.
Posted January 18, 2024
AeroSpace Frontiers
Glenn Research Center
NASA’s Glenn Research Center continued a decades-long tradition of participating in the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program during the 2023 holiday season. On Dec. 11, members of the Marine Corps Reserve (3rd Battalion, 25th  Marine unit) picked up 10 boxes of toys donated by employees from NASA Glenn’s Lewis Field in Cleveland and Neil […]
Posted January 18, 2024
AeroSpace Frontiers
Glenn Research Center
Two members of NASA Glenn Research Center’s senior leadership retired on Dec. 30, 2023.  Timothy P. McCartney, director of Aeronautics, retired with 38 1/2 years of NASA service.
Posted January 18, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Glenn Research Center
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Langley Research Center
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
NASA Aircraft
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Vehicle
Supersonic Flight
NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercial aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound.
Posted January 12, 2024
Glenn Research Center
2024 Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipses
At NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, we pride ourselves on making the seemingly impossible, possible. From creating more fuel-efficient jet engines and exploring advances in air mobility, to enhancing radio frequency and optical communications technology, Glenn plays an important role in many of NASA’s most prestigious missions.
Posted January 12, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM)
Marshall Space Flight Center
Moons
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Tech Demo Missions
Technology Demonstration
Establishing sustained operations at the Moon and Mars presents a multitude of opportunities and challenges NASA has yet to encounter. Many of these activities require new technologies and processes to ensure the agency is prepared for its ambitious Artemis missions and those beyond.
Posted January 11, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Artemis 2
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Doing Business with NASA
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Communications Technology
NASA is working with private industry partners and small businesses under Artemis to produce scalable, affordable, and advanced laser communications systems that could enable greater exploration and discovery beyond Earth for the benefit of all.
Posted January 10, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Vehicle
Supersonic Flight
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s X-59 aircraft is heading out of the hangar – preparing to embark on the first phase of its mission to fly faster than the speed of sound without generating a loud sonic boom. Leadership from NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin will officially unveil the fully completed and […]
Posted January 9, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Ames Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
NASA selected the 2024 Phase I awardees for its program to fund ideas that could  innovate for the benefit of all and transform future agency missions. From proposals to explore low Earth orbit to the stars, the 13 concepts chosen stem from companies and institutions across the United States. The NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) […]
Posted January 4, 2024
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