Glenn Research Center

NASA Glenn Trains Instructors for After-School STEM Program

NASA and the U.S. Department of Education are teaming up to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education during after-school hours.

Posted January 22, 2025

Glenn Research Center

General

NASA Glenn Helps Bring Joy to Children in Need

NASA’s Glenn Research Center continued a decades-long tradition of participating in the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program during the 2024 holiday season. On Dec.

Posted January 22, 2025

Glenn Research Center

Planetary Environments & Atmospheres

Technology

Technology for Space Travel

NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech

The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the Sun is reminiscent of a rich, red desert and features a rugged surface challenging to traverse. While several robotic missions have landed on Mars, NASA has only explored 1% of its surface. Ahead of future human and robotic missions to the […]

Posted January 21, 2025

Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research

Ames Research Center

Astrobiology

Astrophysics

Exoplanets

Glenn Research Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Materials Science

Science & Research

Technology

NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards

President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Posted January 17, 2025

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Advanced Air Mobility

Ames Research Center

Drones & You

Flight Innovation

Glenn Research Center

Langley Research Center

SBIR STTR

NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone

A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company.

Posted January 13, 2025

Glenn Research Center

Advanced Air Transport Technology

Aeronautics

Flight Innovation

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA, Notre Dame Connect Students to Inspire STEM Careers

High school students in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s groundbreaking research to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft engines. Their learning experience is a collaboration between aircraft noise researchers from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and educators from the University of Notre Dame’s Turbomachinery Laboratory.

Posted December 20, 2024

General

AeroSpace Frontiers

Glenn Research Center

An Evening With the Stars: 10 Years and Counting

NASA Glenn Research Center’s “An Evening With the Stars” showcased research and technology innovations that addressed this year’s theme, NASA Glenn’s Spotlight on the Stars: 10 Years and Counting.

Posted December 19, 2024

Glenn Research Center

AeroSpace Frontiers

NASA Glenn’s Office of Communications Earns Top Honors

NASA Glenn Research Center’s Office of Communications earned top honors — including Best in Show — during the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)’s Cleveland Rocks Awards on Nov. 19.

Posted December 19, 2024

General

AeroSpace Frontiers

Glenn Research Center

Program Manager at NASA Glenn Earns AIAA Sustained Service Award

Christopher Pestak, program manager of the Glenn Engineering and Research Support (GEARS) contract at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, has received the 2025 Sustained Service Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). This award recognizes AIAA members who have given their time, dedication, and efforts in se

Posted December 19, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Artemis

Humans in Space

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Orion Program

Orion Spacecraft Tested in Ohio After Artemis I Mission

Making the voyage 1.4 million miles around the Moon and back — the farthest a spacecraft built for humans has ever gone — the Orion spacecraft has faced a battery of tests over the years. Though Orion successfully proved its capabilities in the harsh environment of space during the Artemis I mission, Orion’s evaluation did […]

Posted December 17, 2024