Marshall Space Flight Center

‘Super’ Star Cluster Shines in New Look From NASA’s Chandra

Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, in combination with other NASA telescopes, is helping astronomers delve deeper into this galactic factory where stars are vigorously being produced.

Posted June 7, 2024

Centennial Challenges

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Invites Media to Watch Agency’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge Final Phase

NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its Break the Ice Lunar Challenge on Wednesday, June 12 at Alabama A&M University’s (AAMU) Agribition Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The challenge aims to develop new technologies that could support a sustained human presence on the Moon by the end of the decade. Media and […]

Posted June 7, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

General

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA, Global Astronomers Await Rare Nova Explosion

Around the world this summer, professional and amateur astronomers alike will be fixed on one small constellation deep in the night sky. But it’s not the seven stars of Corona Borealis, the “Northern Crown,” that have sparked such fascination. It’s a dark spot among them where an impending nova event – so bright it will […]

Posted June 6, 2024

Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)

Marshall Space Flight Center

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA Marshall Engineer Receives AIAA Honors Award

By Daniel Boyette Advanced space nuclear propulsion systems are critical to NASA’s Moon to Mars vision. On May 15, one of the individuals at the forefront of those future exploration efforts was honored for his contributions.

Posted June 6, 2024

Centennial Challenges

Centennial Challenges News

Marshall Space Flight Center

Meet the Simunauts: Ohio State Students to Test Space Food Solutions for NASA

By Savannah Bullard NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge kicks off its final eight-week demonstration this month, and a new crew is running the show. NASA’s partner for the Deep Space Food Challenge, the Methuselah Foundation, has teamed up with Ohio State University in Columbus to facilitate the challenge’s third and final phase.

Posted June 5, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for June 5, 2024

LIFTOFF! NASA Astronauts Pilot First Starliner Crewed Test to Station NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely in orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. As part of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, the astronauts lifted off at 9:52 a.m. CDT June 5 […]

Posted June 5, 2024

Human Landing System Program

Artemis

Artemis 3

Astronauts

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Humans in Space

Johnson Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Spacesuits

xEVA & Human Surface Mobility

NASA Astronauts Practice Next Giant Leap for Artemis

The physics remain the same, but the rockets, spacecraft, landers, and spacesuits are new as NASA and its industry partners prepare for Artemis astronauts to walk on the Moon for the first time since 1972. NASA astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson put on spacesuits, developed by Axiom Space, to interact […]

Posted June 4, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for May 29, 2024

More to Marshall: Center Leadership Provides Updates During Spring All-Hands Meeting By Wayne Smith NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will celebrate its 65th birthday next summer, and while there are plans to honor the center’s rich history, there is also More to Marshall ahead.

Posted May 29, 2024

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Astrophysics

Marshall Space Flight Center

Nebulae

Pulsars

Science & Research

Stars

Supernovae

The Universe

Travel Through Data From Space in New 3D Instagram Experiences

A new project provides special 3D “experiences” on Instagram using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes through augmented reality (AR), allowing users to travel virtually through objects in space.

Posted May 29, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Marshall Team Supports Safe Travels for Space Station Science

By Jessica Barnett During the International Space Station’s more than 25 years of operation, there have been more than 3,000 experiments conducted aboard the microgravity laboratory, and making sure scientific samples are kept safe through launch, spaceflight, experimentation, and the return trip to Earth takes a great deal of planning, testing, a

Posted May 24, 2024