NASA Centers & Facilities

International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Preventing biofilm formation in space Two anti-microbial coatings reduced formation of biofilms in microgravity and have potential for use in space. Controlling biofilms could help protect human health and prevent corrosion and degradation of equipment on future long-duration space missions.
Posted March 3, 2025
Ames Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Venus
Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, Bohdan Wesely, right, and Eli Hiss, left, complete a fit check of the two halves of a space capsule that will study the clouds of Venus for signs of life. Led by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California, and their partners at the Massachusetts Institute […]
Posted February 27, 2025
Johnson Space Center
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Improving space-based pharmaceutical research Researchers found differences in the stability and degradation of the anti-Covid drug Remdesivir in space and on Earth on its first research flight, but not on a second. This highlights the need for more standardized procedures for pharmaceutical research in space.
Posted February 24, 2025
Johnson Space Center
Artemis
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Orion Program
People of Johnson
Jorge Chong is helping shape the future of human spaceflight, one calculation at a time. As a project manager for TRON (Tracking and Ranging via Optical Navigation) and a guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) test engineer in the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division, he is leading efforts to ensure the Orion spacecraft can navigate deep […]
Posted February 20, 2025
Johnson Space Center
General
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of Johnson
For more than a decade, Tristan McKnight has been a driving force behind some of NASA’s most iconic events, orchestrating the behind-the-scenes magic that brings each historic moment to life while sharing the agency’s advancements with the public.  As a multimedia producer on the audiovisual team at Johnson Space Center in Houston, McKnight produce
Posted February 13, 2025
NASA Centers & Facilities
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Goddard Space Flight Center
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Langley Research Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Headquarters
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Spinoffs
Stennis Space Center
Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication, which highlights the successful transfer of agency technology to the commercial sector, is now available online. For nearly 25 years, NASA has supported crew working in low Earth orbit to learn about the space environment and perform research to advance deep space exploration.
Posted February 12, 2025
Johnson Space Center
Artemis
General
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
You would not expect to see NASA at a car show—but that’s exactly where Johnson Space Center employees were from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, 2025, driving the future of space exploration forward.  At the Houston AutoBoative Show, a fusion of the auto and boat show, NASA rolled out its Artemis exhibit at NRG Center […]
Posted February 11, 2025
International Space Station (ISS)
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
Seeds survive space Researchers found that plant seeds exposed to space germinated at the same rate as those kept on the ground. This finding shows that plant seeds can remain viable during long-term space travel and plants could be used for food and other uses on future missions. Materials International Space Station Experiment-14 exposed a […]
Posted February 3, 2025
Johnson Space Center
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of Johnson
For astronauts aboard the International Space Station, staying connected to loved ones and maintaining a sense of normalcy is critical. That is where Tandra Gill Spain, a computer resources senior project manager in NASA’s Avionics and Software Office, comes in.
Posted February 3, 2025
Coronal Mass Ejections
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Services Office
Launch Services Program
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)
Science & Research
Solar Wind
Space Weather
SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)
Technicians supporting NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission deployed and tested the spacecraft’s solar arrays at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of its launch next month.
Posted January 28, 2025
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