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NASA Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars

The Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms and radiation could affect future astronauts on the Red Planet. In the months ahead, two of NASA’s Mars spacecraft will have an unprecedented opportunity to study how solar flares — giant explosions on the Sun’s surface — […]

Posted April 29, 2024

Stennis Space Center

NASA Administrator Names New Stennis Space Center Director

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named John Bailey as director of the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, effective immediately. Bailey had been serving as acting director since January. “John will build on his nearly 35 years of federal service to lead our talented workforce at Stennis,” said Nelson.

Posted April 29, 2024

Citizen Science

Mars

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)

Planetary Science

The Solar System

Major Martian Milestones

There’s good news from NASA’s Cloudspotting on Mars project! That’s the project that invites you to help identify exotic clouds high in the Martian atmosphere. Congratulations to the Cloudspotting on Mars team and all the volunteers who have helped spot Martian clouds!

Posted April 29, 2024

General

NASA Engineering and Safety Center

Innovation that Impacts All NASA Missions: Improving How We Engineer Our Systems

Download PDF: Innovation that Impacts All NASA Missions: Improving How We Engineer Our Systems John F. Kennedy set the tone for NASA’s culture in 1961 during his famous speech on going to the Moon, “We choose to go to the Moon not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard; because that goal will serve to […]

Posted April 29, 2024

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Glenn Research Center

Green Aviation Tech

NASA Uses Small Engine to Enhance Sustainable Jet Research

Located inside a high-tech NASA laboratory in Cleveland is something you could almost miss at first glance: a small-scale, fully operational jet engine to test new technology that could make aviation more sustainable. The engine’s smaller size and modestly equipped test stand means researchers and engineers can try out newly designed engine compon

Posted April 29, 2024

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Missions

NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science

Editor’s note: This advisory was updated April 28, 2024 to correct the launch location. NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Sunday, April 28 weather permitting.

Posted April 26, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

Site-Wide Environmental Assessment for Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes the environmental impacts of implementing continuing and future mission support activities at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama.

Posted April 26, 2024

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

Earth

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Water on Earth

NASA-Led Study Provides New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers

The novel approach to estimating river water storage and discharge also identifies regions marked by ‘fingerprints’ of intense water use. A study led by NASA researchers provides new estimates of how much water courses through Earth’s rivers, the rates at which it’s flowing into the ocean, and how much both of those figures have fluctuated […]

Posted April 26, 2024

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

Hubble Space Telescope

Spiral Galaxies

Hubble Spots a Magnificent Barred Galaxy

The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog), in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Roughly 65 million light-years from Earth, this barred spiral galaxy is a similar size to our Milky Way at 100,000 light-years across.

Posted April 26, 2024

NASA Engineering and Safety Center

Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems

Download PDF: Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems Every part of a launch vehicle, launch pad, and ground operation equipment is subjected to the high acoustic load generated during lift-off [1].

Posted April 26, 2024