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Ingenuity (Helicopter)
Astrobiology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
Perseverance (Rover)
The review takes a close look the final flight of the agency’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first aircraft to fly on another world. Engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and AeroVironment are completing a detailed assessment of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s final flight on Jan.
Posted December 11, 2024
Podcasts
Astronauts
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
NASA Headquarters
Social Media
NASA’s audio storytelling reached new frontiers in 2024, with Spotify Wrapped revealing the agency’s podcasts as a favorite among listeners worldwide. In celebration of the milestone, NASA astronaut Nick Hague spoke with Spotify about what space sounded like this year.
Posted December 10, 2024
Jasmin Moghbeli
Loral O'Hara
NASA Headquarters
On Dec. 4, 2024, NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara, left, and Jasmin Moghbeli spent a moment in part of the Earth Information Center, an immersive experience combining live NASA data sets with innovative data visualization and storytelling at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Posted December 10, 2024
Blogs
At Pico Turquino, a bedrock mesa on the Jezero crater rim, the science and engineering teams planned proximity science on Percy’s 30th abrasion patch, Rio Chiquito. SCAM and ZCAM characterized the rock near the abrasion, while SHERLOC and PIXL instruments were deployed for proximity science.
Posted December 10, 2024
Digital Transformation (DT)
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
If Digital Transformation were a ship, the vessel for delivering on our missions and ensuring smooth passage into the future, our final Digital Transformer of 2024 would be the captain.
Posted December 10, 2024
People of Goddard
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of NASA
Knowing whether or not a planet elsewhere in the galaxy could potentially be habitable requires knowing a lot about that planet’s sun. Sarah Peacock relies on computer models to assess stars’ radiation, which can have a major influence on whether or not one of these exoplanets has breathable atmosphere.
Posted December 10, 2024
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
Science & Research
The Universe
Even matter ejected by black holes can run into objects in the dark. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found an unusual mark from a giant black hole’s powerful jet striking an unidentified object in its path. The discovery was made in a galaxy called Centaurus A (Cen A), located about 12 million light-years […]
Posted December 10, 2024
Helios 1
Missions
NASA History
On Dec. 10, 1974, NASA launched Helios 1, the first of two spacecraft to make close observations of the Sun. In one of the largest international efforts at the time, the Federal Republic of Germany, also known as West Germany, provided the spacecraft, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, had overall responsibility for […]
Posted December 10, 2024
Drones & You
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
UAS Traffic Management
Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication or pizza deliveries take to the skies, they will be safe. In July, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first time authorized multiple U.S. companies to fly commercial drones in the same airspace without […]
Posted December 10, 2024
Scientific Balloons
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Wallops Flight Facility
NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Antarctica’s icy expanse to kick off the annual Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon Campaign, where two balloon flights will carry a total of nine missions to near space. Launch operations will begin mid-December from the agency’s Long Duration Balloon camp located near the U.S.
Posted December 10, 2024
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