Marshall Space Flight Center

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential to a black hole – specifically, the disk of material swirling around it, and the shifting plasma region called the corona.
Posted December 6, 2024
SERVIR (Regional Visualization and Monitoring System)
Marshall Earth Sciences
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
SERVIR, NASA’s flagship partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new regional center, or hub, in Central America on Dec. 3.
Posted December 6, 2024
Missions
Artemis
Artemis 2
Common Exploration Systems Development Division
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Directorates
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Orion Program
Space Launch System (SLS)
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will land the next American astronauts and first international astronaut on the South Pole region of the Moon. On Thursday, NASA announced the latest updates to its lunar exploration plans.
Posted December 5, 2024
Artemis
I Am Artemis
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
Mike Lauer, an engineer who works for the Aerojet Rocketdyne segment of L3Harris Technologies, found his career inspiration in science fiction, but for the perspective it takes to execute complex space programs, he draws on real-world experience.
Posted December 4, 2024
Missions
Artemis
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Headquarters
Space Launch System (SLS)
Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST, Thursday, Dec. 5, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington to provide a briefing about the agency’s Artemis campaign. Watch the media event on NASA+.
Posted December 4, 2024
SERVIR (Regional Visualization and Monitoring System)
Marshall Earth Sciences
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) invite media to the official launch celebration of the new SERVIR Central America regional hub, located in Costa Rica, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m. EST. The event will be hosted by NASA SERVIR Program Manager Daniel Irwin, U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador William H. […]
Posted November 26, 2024
Earth
Marshall Earth Sciences
Marshall Science Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
Natural Disasters
By Lauren Perkins When you think of NASA, disasters such as hurricanes may not be the first thing to come to mind, but several NASA programs are building tools and advancing science to help communities make more informed decisions for disaster planning.  Empowered by NASA’s commitment to open science, the NASA Disasters Program supports disaster […
Posted November 26, 2024
Human Landing System Program
Artemis
Artemis 3
Artemis 4
General
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) will transport the next astronauts that land on the Moon, including the first woman and first person of color, beginning with Artemis III. For safety and mission success, the landers and other equipment in development for NASA’s Artemis campaign must work reliably in the harshest of environments.
Posted November 22, 2024
Human Landing System Program
Artemis
Artemis 3
Artemis 4
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA is working with U.S. industry to develop the human landing systems that will safely carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon and back throughout the agency’s Artemis campaign. For Artemis III, the first crewed return to the lunar surface in over 50 years, NASA is working with SpaceX to develop […]
Posted November 20, 2024
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
General
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Space Flight Center
Nebulae
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
Stars
The Universe
X-ray Binaries
Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a “flame-throwing guitar” has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope.
Posted November 20, 2024
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