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Nose-up and bathed in soft blue lights, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane and its Shooting Star cargo module cast dramatic shadows onto the walls of NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, as members of the media got their first glimpse of the towering 55-foot-tall stack on Feb. 1. The spaceplane and its cargo […]

Posted February 7, 2024

Solar Eclipses

NASA, Great Lakes Science Center to Host Eclipse Media Preview Day

Media are invited to attend an open house from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Great Lakes Science Center, home of the NASA Glenn Visitor Center. During the open house, news outlets will get a preview of the Science Center’s Total Eclipse Fest, which is scheduled to take place April 6-8, and […]

Posted February 7, 2024

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Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM)

Technology Demonstration

NASA Tests New Spacecraft Propellant Gauge on Lunar Lander

Editor’s note, Feb. 6, 2024: This article has been updated to clarify that the Radio Frequency Mass Gauge estimates how much propellant is available in a tank. It does not make an exact measurement. It’s easy to measure fuel in tanks on Earth, where gravity pulls the liquid to the bottom. But in space, the game […]

Posted February 6, 2024

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Fission Surface Power (FSP)

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA’s Fission Surface Power Project Energizes Lunar Exploration

NASA is wrapping up the initial phase of its Fission Surface Power Project, which focused on developing concept designs for a small, electricity-generating nuclear fission reactor that could be used during a future demonstration on the Moon and to inform future designs for Mars.

Posted January 31, 2024

Commercial Space

Commercial Resupply

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International Space Station (ISS)

NASA, Sierra Space Invite Media to See Spaceplane for Cargo Missions

As part of NASA’s efforts to expand commercial resupply in low Earth orbit, media are invited to view Sierra Space’s uncrewed commercial spaceplane ahead of its first demonstration flight for the agency to the International Space Station in 2024. The Dream Chaser event is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 1, at […]

Posted January 24, 2024

General

Glenn History

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NASA History

NASA Glenn Established in Cleveland in 1941

On January 23, 1941, local authorities, military representatives, and agency officials assembled in Cleveland to initiate construction of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) new research laboratory.

Posted January 23, 2024

Glenn History

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Langley Research Center

NASA History

NASA Glenn’s Langley Legacy

“[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

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International Space Station (ISS)

Glenn Supports World Radiocommunication Conference

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

Employees Spread Joy With Toys for Tots Drive

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 NASA Glenn Senior Leaders Retire

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