Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for January 24, 2024

NASA’s IXPE Team Awarded Prestigious Rossi Prize By Rick Smith NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) team has been awarded a top prize in high-energy astronomy.

Posted January 24, 2024

Artemis

Humans in Space

I Am Artemis

Marshall Space Flight Center

Michoud Assembly Facility

Space Launch System (SLS)

I Am Artemis: Erick Holsonback

Whether he’s advising student robotic competitions or managing production of a powerful, new Moon rocket stage, Erick Holsonback meets technical challenges with enthusiasm.

Posted January 23, 2024

Stennis Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Continues Artemis Moon Rocket Engine Tests with 1st Hot Fire of 2024

NASA continued a critical test series for future flights of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in support of the Artemis campaign on Jan. 17 with a full-duration hot fire of the RS-25 engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Data collected from the test […]

Posted January 18, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for January 17, 2024

‘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

NASA’s IXPE Helps Researchers Maximize ‘Microquasar’ Findings

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

Brr, It’s Cold in Here! NASA’s Cryo Efforts Beyond the Atmosphere

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

Astronomers Find Spark of Star Birth Across Billions of Years

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 Shares Progress Toward Early Artemis Moon Missions with Crew

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

NASA Telescopes Chase Down “Green Monster” in Star’s Debris

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 Administrator, Leaders to Discuss Artemis Moon Mission Plans

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