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NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth Saturday, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. The trio departed the space station at 5:57 p.m.
Posted April 20, 2025
Nebulae
This newly reprocessed image released on April 18, 2025, provides a new view of an enormous, 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust. Despite its size, it’s just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also called Messier 16. The Eagle Nebula is one of many nebulae in the Milky Way that are known […]
Posted April 18, 2025
International Space Station (ISS)
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on April 21, 2025, to reflect updated start times for the spacewalk and associated NASA+ broadcast on Thursday, May 1. Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 93 on Thursday, May 1, to complete station upgrades.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Yang.pdf Shuolong Yang University of Chicago This effort will leverage the latest developments in superconductors to build a power transmission cable that can operate in the extreme cold temperatures found on the Moon with very low electrical losses.
Posted April 18, 2025
Space Technology Research Grants
Back to ECF Home Transformational Advanced Energetic Propulsion Power Systems to Enable Small System Operations in Permanently Shadowed Lunar Regions
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart McGuirk.pdf Christopher McGuirk Colorado School of Mines This project will investigate and develop improved storage methods for the fuels needed to generate electrical power in places where sunlight is not available.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Boles.pdf Jessica Boles University of California, Berkeley This project will develop piezoelectric-based power conversion for small power systems on the lunar surface. These piezoelectric systems can potentially offer high power density to significantly reduce size, weight, and cost.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Arya.pdf Manan Arya Stanford University This grant will design and develop lightweight, low-cost modular solar reflectors that can be stowed for transport in a compact volume.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Oguri.pdf Kenshiro Oguri Purdue University This project will investigate one of the key fundamental challenges associated with directed-energy light-sailing technology, similar to solar sails but powered by a laser beam pointed at the sail instead of by the sun.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Underwood.pdf Thomas Underwood University of Texas, Austin This project will demonstrate a fusion propulsion system based on z-pinch which is a method of compressing plasma by running electrical current though it.
Posted April 18, 2025
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