Glenn Research Center

Glenn Research Center
Planetary Environments & Atmospheres
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Drones & You
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
UAS Traffic Management
Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication or pizza deliveries take to the skies, they will be safe. In July, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first time authorized multiple U.S. companies to fly commercial drones in the same airspace without […]
Posted December 10, 2024
General
Glenn History
Glenn Research Center
NASA History
A bell rings and a strobe light flashes as a pilot pulls the nose of the DC-9 aircraft up sharply. The blood quickly drains from researchers’ heads as they are pulled to the cabin floor by a force twice that of normal gravity. Once the acceleration slows to the desired level, and the NASA aircraft […]
Posted November 27, 2024
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