Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA to Continue Testing for New Artemis Moon Rocket Engines

NASA will conduct an RS-25 hot fire Friday, Feb. 23, moving one step closer to production of new engines that will help power the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, are set to begin the […]

Posted February 22, 2024

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The Marshall Star for February 21, 2024

Marshall Center Director Holds First Media Event By Jessica Barnett NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s newest center director, Joseph Pelfrey, took to the podium Feb. 15 in the lobby of Building 4221 to host his first media event since his appointment to the position. Pelfrey, who had been serving as acting center director since August […]

Posted February 22, 2024

Astrophysics

Black Holes

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Galaxy clusters

Hubble Space Telescope

Marshall Space Flight Center

Supermassive Black Holes

The Universe

Stellar Beads on a String

Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded in the system known as SDSS J1531+3414 (SDSS J1531 for short).

Posted February 21, 2024

Space Launch System (SLS)

Artemis

Artemis 3

Humans in Space

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

Rocket Propellant Tanks for NASA’s Artemis III Mission Take Shape

As NASA works to develop all the systems needed to return astronauts to the Moon under its Artemis campaign for the benefit of all, the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket will be responsible for launching astronauts on their journey. With the liquid oxygen tank now fully welded, all of the major structures that will form […]

Posted February 16, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

Artemis

Artemis 2

Humans in Space

Marshall Space Flight Center

Marshall Test Facility and Support Infrastructure

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

Teams Add Iconic NASA ‘Worm’ Logo to Artemis II Rocket, Spacecraft

Art and science merge as teams add the NASA “worm” logo on the SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters and the Orion spacecraft’s crew module adapter at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the agency’s Artemis II mission. The iconic logo was introduced in 1975 by the firm of Danne & Blackburn as […]

Posted February 16, 2024

Missions

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Artemis Science, First Intuitive Machines Flight Head to Moon

A suite of NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations is on the way to our nearest celestial neighbor for the benefit of humanity. Through this flight to the Moon, they will provide insights into the lunar surface environment and test technologies for future landers and Artemis astronauts. At 1:05 a.m.

Posted February 15, 2024

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The Marshall Star for February 14, 2024

Marshall Chief Scientist Provides Valuable Insight into NASA Moonquake Study By Jonathan Deal The Moon holds clues to the evolution of Earth, the planets, and the Sun, and a new NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand some of the mysteries beneath the surface of our nearest cosmic neighbor. The co-author of that study is […]

Posted February 15, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology Demonstration

NASA Solar Sail Technology Passes Crucial Deployment Test

By Wayne Smith In his youth, NASA technologist Les Johnson was riveted by the 1974 novel “The Mote in God’s Eye,” by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven, in which an alien spacecraft propelled by solar sails visits humanity. Today, Johnson and a NASA team are preparing to test a similar technology. NASA continues to unfurl […]

Posted February 12, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Marshall Invites Media to Meet New Center Director

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will host a media day at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, in the first-floor lobby of Building 4221 on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, to introduce new Center Director Joseph Pelfrey. Media are invited to meet and speak with Pelfrey about his role. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson named Pelfrey […]

Posted February 12, 2024

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Rahul Ramachandran Essay Published on NASA’s EarthData

January 29, 2024 / Earth Science Rahul Ramachandran (ST11) wrote his American Geophysical Union (AGU) Leptoukh lecture as an essay titled “From petabytes to Insights: Tackling Earth Science’s Scaling Problem ”.

Posted February 9, 2024