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NASA Johnson Director to Discuss Exploration Park Facility

March 4, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: J24-005 The director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center will discuss the objectives behind the center’s new Exploration Park initiative at the next meeting of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership’s (BAHEP) aerospace advisory committee at 12 p.m. CST Wednesday, March 6, at 1150 Gemini in Houston.

Posted March 4, 2024

Langley Research Center

Women at NASA

Women's History Month

Women of NASA Langley Research Center

In honor of Women’s History Month and those who paved the way for them, hundreds of female staff – from artists to administrative support, educators to engineers, and scientists to safety officers – gathered in front of the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Feb. 6, […]

Posted March 4, 2024

BepiColombo

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Mars Express

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)

Parker Solar Probe (PSP)

SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)

Solar Orbiter

Space Weather

STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory)

Multiple Spacecraft Tell the Story of One Giant Solar Storm

April 17, 2021, was a day like any other day on the Sun, until a brilliant flash erupted and an enormous cloud of solar material billowed away from our star. Such outbursts from the Sun are not unusual, but this one was unusually widespread, hurling high-speed protons and electrons at velocities nearing the speed of […]

Posted March 4, 2024

Juno

Europa

Jupiter

Jupiter Moons

NASA’s Juno Mission Measures Oxygen Production at Europa

The ice-covered Jovian moon generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours – enough to keep a million humans breathing for a day. Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have calculated the rate of oxygen being produced at the Jovian moon Europa to be substantially less than most previous studies. Published on March 4 […]

Posted March 4, 2024

Glenn History

Events

Glenn Research Center

People of NASA

Class of 2015

NASA Glenn Research Center Hall of Fame 2015 Induction Class The inaugural class of the NASA Glenn Research Center’s Hall of Fame was inducted to celebrate the 100th anniversary of NASA’s predecessor organization, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

Posted March 4, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Events

Glenn History

People of NASA

Class of 2016

NASA Glenn Research Center Hall of Fame 2016 Induction Class NASA Glenn Research Center inducted its second class into its Hall of Fame as part of a year-long celebration of the center’s 75th anniversary. Again, the honorees emerged from a variety of fields, from center directors, to groundbreaking researchers, computer analysts, and education.

Posted March 4, 2024

Glenn History

Events

Glenn Research Center

People of NASA

Class of 2021

NASA Glenn Research Center Hall of Fame 2021 Induction Class A third class of the NASA Glenn Hall of Fame was selected as part of the observance of the center’s 80th Anniversary. The 10 inductees represent Glenn’s broad competencies and mission support functions. This class is the first to emerge from Glenn’s recent history, and […]

Posted March 4, 2024

Stennis Space Center

Pending Launch Will Signal Start of Historic NASA Stennis Mission

For NASA’s Stennis Space Center, anticipation is high for the scheduled launch today, Monday, March 4, of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will mark the initial step in the Center’s first-ever in-space mission. The launch window is 5:05 to 5:59 p.m. EST, with liftoff currently targeted for 5:05 pm EST. The SpaceX Transporter 10 […]

Posted March 4, 2024

Astrophysics

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

The Universe

Webb Unlocks Secrets of One of the Most Distant Galaxies Ever Seen

Looking deeply into space and time, two teams using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy GN-z11, which existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old universe was only about 430 million years old.

Posted March 4, 2024

CoECI News

NASA Names Winners in Lunar Gateway Packing and Storing Challenge

By Brayden McBee Humans living in space have confronted the challenge of maximizing the physical space available to them. As NASA works to return astronauts to the Moon with its Artemis campaign and chart a new era of deep space exploration with Gateway, humanity’s first space station in lunar orbit, being organized and space-efficient is […]

Posted March 4, 2024