Glenn Research Center

Local Creators Learn About NASA’s Iconic Logo

NASA’s Glenn Research Center has made contributions to nearly every NASA mission since the agency’s inception. These contributions go beyond science and engineering to include designing NASA’s iconic logo.

Posted August 13, 2024

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AeroSpace Frontiers

General

NASA Lands at National Cherry Festival

NASA’s Glenn Research Center staff traveled across the Midwest to share the NASA mission with visitors at the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Michigan, June 26–29.

Posted August 13, 2024

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AeroSpace Frontiers

General

Back to the Future Cast Learns About NASA’s Future Missions

Cast and crew members from Back to the Future: The Musical learned how NASA is tackling challenges and preparing for future missions during a tour at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on July 1. The tour included stops at the Icing Research Tunnel (IRT), where technicians test the effects of icing conditions on aircraft, […]

Posted August 13, 2024

AeroSpace Frontiers

Glenn Research Center

Center Director, Eva the Astronaut Join Guardians Game

NASA Glenn Research Center’s Director Dr. Jimmy Kenyon threw out the first pitch that started the game between the Cleveland Guardians and San Francisco Giants on July 7. He was joined by Glenn’s Eva the Astronaut mascot, who had a ball hanging out with the Guardians’ Slider mascot during NASA Day at Progressive Field in […]

Posted August 13, 2024

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AeroSpace Frontiers

Community Celebrates NASA’s Logo at Science Center

Over 4,300 visitors joined in the fun to commemorate the 65th birthday of NASA’s iconic logo on July 15 at Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) in downtown Cleveland. The birthday celebration featured a cake-cutting ceremony and special NASA activities throughout the day, including presentations from NASA’s Glenn Research Center photographers and vid

Posted August 13, 2024

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Planetary Science

Science-enabling Technology

Technology Highlights

Quantum Scale Sensors used to Measure Planetary Scale Magnetic Fields

Magnetic fields are everywhere in our solar system. They originate from the Sun, planets, and moons, and are carried throughout interplanetary space by solar wind.

Posted August 6, 2024

Biological & Physical Sciences

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ISS Research

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Materials Science

Physical Sciences

Plant Biology

Space Biology

NASA Sends More Science to Space, More Strides for Future Exploration

Biological and physical investigations aboard the Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply mission NG-21 included experiments studying the impacts of zero gravity on grass, how packed bed reactors could improve water purification both in space and on Earth, and observations on new rounds of samples that will allow scientists to learn more about the cha

Posted August 5, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

Game Changing Development Program

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Langley Research Center

Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Additive Manufacturing Project Shapes Future for Agency, Industry Rocket Makers

The widespread commercial adoption of additive manufacturing technologies, commonly known as 3D printing, is no surprise to design engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama whose research created stronger, lighter weight materials and new manufacturing processes to make rocket parts.

Posted August 1, 2024

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Media Invited to Watch NASA Stream 4K Video to Space

NASA invites media to attend a real-time laser communications experiment at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Researchers are testing a laser communications networking system that could enable the public to watch the first woman and first person of color walk on the Moon in HD during the Artemis missions.

Posted July 24, 2024

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Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research

Human Space Travel Research

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Technology Demonstration

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

White Sands Test Facility

NASA Streams First 4K Video from Aircraft to Space Station, Back

A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using optical, or laser, communications. The feat was part of a series of tests on new technology that could provide live video coverage of astronauts on the Moon […]

Posted July 24, 2024