Marshall Space Flight Center

Marshall Space Flight Center
‘Be King’: Team Redstone Invites All to Honor Civil Rights Icon’s Legacy By Jessica Barnett Several accomplished speakers took to the stage Jan. 11 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to share how Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy helped shape their lives. The event was hosted by Marshall’s ODEO (Office of Diversity and […]
Posted January 17, 2024
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
General
Marshall Space Flight Center
The powerful gravity fields of black holes can devour whole planets’ worth of matter – often so violently that they expel streams of particles traveling near the speed of light in  formations known as jets.
Posted January 16, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM)
Marshall Space Flight Center
Moons
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Tech Demo Missions
Technology Demonstration
Establishing sustained operations at the Moon and Mars presents a multitude of opportunities and challenges NASA has yet to encounter. Many of these activities require new technologies and processes to ensure the agency is prepared for its ambitious Artemis missions and those beyond.
Posted January 11, 2024
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Marshall Space Flight Center
The Universe
These four images represent a sample of galaxy clusters that are part of the largest and most complete study to learn what triggers stars to form in the universe’s biggest galaxies, as described in our latest press release.
Posted January 11, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 2
Human Landing System Program
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
Missions
Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA announced Tuesday updates to its Artemis campaign that will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars for the benefit of all. To safely carry out these missions, agency leaders are adjusting […]
Posted January 9, 2024
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Marshall Space Flight Center
Supernovae
The Universe
For the first time astronomers have combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope to study the well-known supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A).
Posted January 8, 2024
Missions
Artemis
Human Landing System Program
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 9, to provide an update on the agency’s lunar exploration plans for the benefit of all under Artemis. Audio of the briefing will stream live on NASA’s website.
Posted January 6, 2024
Astrophysics
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Space Flight Center
Pulsars
Spitzer Space Telescope
Supernovae
The Universe
A colorful, festive image shows different types of light containing the remains of not one, but at least two, exploded stars. This supernova remnant is known as 30 Doradus B (30 Dor B for short) and is part of a larger region of space where stars have been continuously forming for the past 8 to […]
Posted January 3, 2024
Human Landing System Program
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Doug “Wheels” Wheelock participated in a recent test of a sub-scale mockup elevator for SpaceX’s Starship human landing system that will be used for NASA’s Artemis III and IV missions to the Moon. The Starship human landing system will carry two astronauts from the Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit to […]
Posted December 21, 2023
Marshall Space Flight Center
Crew-6 Connects with Marshall Team Members During Visit By Celine Smith One week after the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 visited the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center to share their experience during Expedition 69. The event was held Dec. 14 in Building 4316.
Posted December 21, 2023
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