Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

Technology for Living in Space

Ice to Fuel: NASA Tests Technology for Refueling Landers

The farther the destination, the more fuel a rocket needs. The more fuel the rocket carries, the heavier the spacecraft.

Posted March 10, 2026

Astrophysics

Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

Gamma-Ray Bursts

Hubble Space Telescope

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Neutron Stars

The Universe

NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site

A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an environment like this before — and it may help solve two outstanding cosmic mysteries. A paper describing these results […]

Posted March 10, 2026

NASA Headquarters

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Johnson Space Center

Langley Research Center

People of NASA

Stennis Space Center

Wallops Flight Facility

NASA, OPM Launch NASA Force to Recruit Top Talent for US Space Program

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and NASA announced NASA Force on Wednesday, a dedicated talent track within the US Tech Force initiative designed to recruit and deploy the nation’s top engineers and technologists to support America’s space program.

Posted March 4, 2026

Astrophysics

Jupiter

Planets

Saturn

Science & Research

Sonifications

The Solar System

Uranus

Listen to This Month’s ‘Planetary Parade’ With NASA’s Chandra

In late February, people in the Northern Hemisphere can look up for a special sight: six planets will all be visible from clear and dark night skies. New sonifications from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released Feb. 25 will help commemorate this latest “planetary parade.” Because the planets in our solar system travel around the Sun […]

Posted February 25, 2026

Astrophysics

Hubble Space Telescope

Stars

The Universe

Young ‘Sun’ Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA’s Chandra

For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bubble – called an “astrosphere” – completely surrounds the juvenile star. Winds from the star’s surface are blowing up the bubble and filling it with hot gas […]

Posted February 23, 2026

I Am Artemis

Artemis

Artemis 2

People of Marshall

Space Launch System (SLS)

I Am Artemis: Doug Parkinson

Doug Parkinson’s face lights up as he starts telling his story, how someone from Wisconsin now plays a part in the team that will help land the first Artemis astronauts on to the Moon. Parkinson serves as NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lead for Launch Integration and Mission Operations, guiding engineers responsible for monitoring […]

Posted January 29, 2026

Astrophysics

Galaxies

Galaxy clusters

The Universe

NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe

A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster – among the largest structures in the universe – started to assemble only about a billion years after the big bang, one or two billion years earlier than previously thought. This result, made using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope, will […]

Posted January 28, 2026

Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has reached an important milestone advancing nuclear propulsion that could benefit future deep space missions by completing a cold-flow test campaign of the first flight reactor engineering development unit since the 1960s.

Posted January 28, 2026

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