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NASA’s Roman Mission Gets Cosmic ‘Sneak Peek’ From Supercomputers

Researchers are diving into a synthetic universe to help us better understand the real one. Using supercomputers at the U.S. DOE’s (Department of Energy’s) Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, scientists have created nearly 4 million simulated images depicting the cosmos as NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Vera C.

Posted June 12, 2024

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STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Supports California Students Aiming to Advance Technology

Students from a minority-serving university in California are helping solve challenges of autonomous systems for future drone operations on Earth and other planets. These students are making the most of opportunities with NASA, the U.S.

Posted June 12, 2024

General

NASA Ames Hosts National Wildfire Coordinating Group

On May 21-23, 2024, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) visited NASA Ames Research Center, with participants representing 13 agencies and organizations. NWCG is a cooperative group focused on providing national leadership to enable interoperable wildland fire operations among federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial partners.

Posted June 12, 2024

Space Technology Mission Directorate

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SBIR STTR

NASA Selects 2024 Small Business, Research Teams for Tech Development

NASA will award funding to nearly 250 small business teams to develop new technologies to address agency priorities, such as carbon neutrality and energy storage for various applications in space and on Earth.

Posted June 12, 2024

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Flight Opportunities Program

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Program Sends University Payloads to Space

NASA’s Flight Opportunities program sent two university payloads on suborbital flight tests onboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity on June 8 when it launched from Spaceport America in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Posted June 11, 2024

Space Weather

Earth's Atmosphere

Heliophysics

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Funds Study of Proposals to Investigate Space Weather Systems

NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions to investigate the complex system of space weather that surrounds our planet and how it’s connected to Earth’s atmosphere.

Posted June 11, 2024

Voyager Program

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Heliosphere

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Neptune

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Ed Stone, Former Director of JPL, Voyager Project Scientist, Dies

Known for his steady leadership, consensus building, and enthusiasm for engaging the public in science, Stone left a deep impact on the space community. Edward C. Stone, former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, and longtime project scientist of the agency’s Voyager mission, died on June 9, 2024. He was 88. He […]

Posted June 11, 2024

Natural Disasters

Earth Observatory

Earth Science

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Invites Media for Launch of New Disaster Response System

NASA invites media to an event at the agency’s headquarters at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 13, to learn about a new Disaster Response Coordination System that will provide communities and organizations around the world with access to science and data to aid disaster response. The event will be held in NASA’s James E. […]

Posted June 11, 2024

Ames Research Center

LGBTQ Pride

Celebrating Pride at NASA’s Ames Research Center

The Intersex Progress Pride flag (beneath the American flag) flies in front of the Administration Building at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley on June 5, 2024, to commemorate LGBTQI+ Pride Month. This is the first time the flag has flown at any NASA center. We celebrate and honor the LGBTQI+ members of […]

Posted June 11, 2024

AeroSpace Frontiers

Glenn Research Center

NASA Glenn Visits Duluth for Air and Aviation Expo, STEAM Festival

NASA’s Glenn Research Center public engagement staff arrived in Minnesota for the Duluth Air and Aviation Expo, May 17-18, with several exhibits and two hometown stars who joined as part of a larger NASA presence. Duluthian Heather McDonald met with local students to talk about living and working in space and how she became the […]

Posted June 11, 2024