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Artemis 5
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Johnson Space Center
xEVA & Human Surface Mobility
Through NASA’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will land on the lunar surface and use a new generation of spacesuits and rovers as they live, work, and conduct science in the Moon’s South Pole region, exploring more of the lunar surface than ever before. Recently, the agency completed the first round of testing on three commercially owned […]
Posted December 18, 2024
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Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
Benchmarks for solidifying metal alloys Researchers report benchmark data for modeling the growth of specific types of microstructures that form during solidification of metal alloys under different conditions. These microstructures affect the properties of materials and products such as refrigeration devices and solar cells.
Posted December 16, 2024
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Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA Centers & Facilities
Stennis Space Center
White Sands Test Facility
NASA has selected FedSync-BFS, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia, to provide administrative services for multiple NASA centers. The Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract is a firm-fixed-price and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a value not to exceed $200 million during a five-year ordering period.
Posted December 13, 2024
Johnson Space Center
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Astronaut cognitive performance remains generally stable Researchers found that astronauts on six-month missions to the International Space Station demonstrated generally stable cognitive performance but mild changes in certain areas, including processing speed, working memory, attention, and willingness to take risks.
Posted December 9, 2024
Johnson Space Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA History
A new American human-rated spacecraft made its first foray into space on Dec. 5, 2014. Under contract to NASA, Lockheed Martin builds Orion as the vehicle to take American astronauts back to the Moon and eventually beyond. Orion’s overall shape harkens back to the Apollo Command and Service Modules, but using today’s technology is a […]
Posted December 6, 2024
Johnson Space Center
General
White Sands Test Facility
At the edge of Las Cruces, New Mexico, surrounded by miles of sunbaked earth, NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is quietly shaping the future. There is no flash, no fanfare — the self-contained facility operates as it has since 1962, humbly and in relative obscurity. Yet as New Mexico’s space industry skyrockets amid intensifying […]
Posted December 4, 2024
General
Johnson Space Center
People of Johnson
Many team members at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston may recognize Alicia Baker as the talented flutist in the Hispanic Employee Resource Group’s Mariachi Celestial band.
Posted December 2, 2024
Johnson Space Center
Dec. 2, 2024 RELEASE: J24-015 Expedition 71 Astronauts to Discuss Mission in NASA Welcome Home Event Four NASA astronauts will participate in a welcome home ceremony at Space Center Houston after recently returning from a mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Tracy C.
Posted December 2, 2024
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Resupply
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX Commercial Resupply
NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 5, for its return to Earth. NASA’s live coverage of undocking and departure begins at 10:50 a.m. EST on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a […]
Posted December 2, 2024
Johnson Space Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA History
The Thanksgiving holiday typically brings families and friends together in a celebration of common gratitude for all the good things that have happened during the previous year. People celebrate the holiday in various ways, with parades, football marathons, and attending services, but food remains the over-arching theme.
Posted November 28, 2024
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