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Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Orville Wright and National Aviation Day

Orville Wright wasn’t sure exactly how long his first flight lasted. He and his brother, Wilbur, think it was about 12 seconds, but according to what Orville wrote in his diary of that December day in 1903 at Kill Devil Hills, N.C., the time is “not known exactly as watch was not promptly stopped.” It’s […]

Posted August 17, 2024

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Ideas for Celebrating National Aviation Day

It was in 1939 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first presidential proclamation designating Aug. 19 – Orville Wright’s birthday – as a day in which citizens are encouraged to participate in activities that promote interest in aviation. So how will you be a good citizen and observe the day as indicated by the […]

Posted August 17, 2024

Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)

The Macroeconomics of Space Symposium

Join OTPS and NASA’s Agency Chief Economist at the Macroeconomics of Space Symposium on September 5, 2024

Posted August 16, 2024

Exploration Ground Systems

Artemis 2

Kennedy Space Center

Rescuers at the Ready at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

If there’s an emergency at the launch pad during a launch countdown, there’s a special team engineers at Kennedy Space Center teams can call on – the Pad Rescue team. Trained to quickly rescue personnel at the launch pad and take them to safety in the event of an unlikely emergency, NASA’s Pad Rescue team at […]

Posted August 16, 2024

Hubble Space Telescope

Rings and Things

The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is situated in the Perseus Cluster, also known as Abell 426, 320 million light-years from Earth. It’s a barred spiral galaxy known as MCG+07-07-072, seen here among a number of photobombing stars that are much closer to Earth than it is.

Posted August 16, 2024

Humans in Space

Human Research Program

NASA-Funded Research Institute Selects New Class of Space Health Fellows

The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) announced its selections for the institute’s 2024 postdoctoral fellowship, a space health program intended to launch the careers of a new generation of researchers tackling various challenges involved with human space exploration.

Posted August 16, 2024

Missions

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

STEM Engagement at NASA

Kansas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station

Students from Topeka, Kansas, will have the opportunity Wednesday, Aug. 21, to have NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson answer their prerecorded questions aboard the International Space Station. The 20-minute space-to-Earth call with students from Mose J.

Posted August 16, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

The Universe

Hubble Rings in a New Galactic View

Posted August 16, 2024

Armstrong Flight Research Center

People of Armstrong

Southern California Student Wins NASA Scholarship

Sabrina Redifer, a 2024 graduate of Quartz Hill High School in Lancaster, California, won a NASA College Scholarship Award. Redifer plans to major this fall in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Posted August 16, 2024

Geospatial AI Foundation Model Team Receives NASA Marshall Group Achievement Award

NASA’s science efforts aim to empower scientists with the tools to perform research into our planet and universe. To this end, a collaborative effort between NASA and IBM created an AI geospatial foundation model, which was released as an open-source application in 2024. Trained on vast amounts of NASA Earth science data, the foundation model […]

Posted August 16, 2024