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Posted November 12, 2024

Native American Seeds Flown Aboard Space Station

The Choctaw Heirloom Seeds investigation flew five varieties of heirloom seeds from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma aboard the International Space Station in early November 2023. The seeds are Isito (Choctaw Sweet Potato Squash), Tobi (Smith Peas), Tanchi Tohbi (Flour Corn), Tvnishi (Lambsquarter), and Chukfi Peas.

Posted November 12, 2024

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Advanced Air Transport Technology

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Aeronautics

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Langley Research Center

Sustainable Flight Demonstrator

Sustainable Flight National Partnership

NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft

Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with lower emissions than today’s aircraft – what kinds of designs or technology make that possible? NASA is working to answer those questions by commissioning five new design studies looking to push the boundaries of possibility […]

Posted November 12, 2024

Advanced Air Mobility

Aeronautics

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Drones & You

Glenn Research Center

Kennedy Space Center

Langley Research Center

NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight

The design and build of a unique NASA pod, produced to advance computer vision for autonomous aviation, was recently completed in-house at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, by using the center’s unique fabrication capabilities.

Posted November 12, 2024

Johnson Space Center

NASA Johnson Director to Speak at Space Institute Groundbreaking

Nov. 12, 2024 Director Vanessa Wyche of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will join Texas A&M University leaders and guests Friday, Nov. 15, to break ground for the new Texas A&M University Space Institute. U.S. media interested in participating in person must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. […]

Posted November 12, 2024

People of Goddard

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

People of NASA

SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor)

Inia Soto Ramos, From the Mountains of Puerto Rico to Mountains of NASA Earth Data

Dr. Inia Soto Ramos became fascinated by the mysteries of the ocean while growing up in Puerto Rico’s mountains. Today, she works at NASA as an oceanographer and data manager, where she can uncover these enigmas from space.

Posted November 12, 2024

People of Goddard

Dragonfly

Goddard Space Flight Center

People of NASA

Matthew Kowalewski: Aerospace Engineer and Curious About Everything

Matthew Kowalewski describes himself as “curious about too many things,” but that curiosity comes in handy when engineering instrumentation scheduled to soar through the atmosphere of a moon of Saturn.

Posted November 12, 2024

Blogs

Peculiar Pale Pebbles

During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white rocks which sparked the interest of the team scientists.

Posted November 12, 2024

Earth Science

NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign Supports Blue Carbon Management in South Florida

Introduction Along the southernmost rim of the Florida Peninsula, the arching prop roots or “knees” of red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) line the coast – see Photo 1. Where they dip below the water’s surface, fish lay their eggs, enjoying the protection from predators that the trees provide. Among their branches, wading birds, such as the great […]

Posted November 12, 2024

CYGNSS (Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System)

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Earth Science Technology Office

Oceans

Science-enabling Technology

Technology Highlights

NASA-developed Technology Supports Ocean Wind Speed Measurements from Commercial Satellite

A science antenna developed with support from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) is now in low-Earth orbit aboard MuSat2, a commercial remote-sensing satellite flown by the aerospace company Muon Space. The dual-frequency science antenna was originally developed as part of the Next Generation GNSS Bistatic Radar Instrument (NGRx).

Posted November 12, 2024