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A cutting-edge tool to view planets outside our solar system has passed two key tests ahead of its launch as part of the agency’s Roman Space Telescope by 2027. The Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will demonstrate new technologies that could vastly increase the number of planets outside our solar system […]

Posted January 31, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Fission Surface Power (FSP)

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA’s Fission Surface Power Project Energizes Lunar Exploration

NASA is wrapping up the initial phase of its Fission Surface Power Project, which focused on developing concept designs for a small, electricity-generating nuclear fission reactor that could be used during a future demonstration on the Moon and to inform future designs for Mars.

Posted January 31, 2024

Astrophysics Division

Galaxies

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

The Universe

Hubble Observes a Galactic Distortion

The galaxy NGC 5427 shines in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. It’s part of the galaxy pair Arp 271, and its companion NGC 5426 is located below this galaxy and outside of this image’s frame. However, the effects of the pair’s gravitational attraction is visible in the galactic distortion and cosmic bridge of […]

Posted January 31, 2024

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Learning Resources

NASA Releases STEM Toolkit for Advanced Air Mobility

NASA Aeronautics has released a new STEM toolkit focusing on Advanced Air Mobility for educators and students of all ages. The toolkit, comprised of numerous educational activities, is a free resource for anyone who is interested in learning more about the Advanced Air Mobility mission’s goal of enabling the use of drones and other new […]

Posted January 31, 2024

Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

NASA Extends Goddard Logistics, Technical Information Services Contract

NASA has awarded a contract extension to TRAX International Corporation of Las Vegas for the Goddard Logistics and Technical Information II (GLTI II) services contract. GLTI II is a cost-plus, fixed-fee contract extension including technical performance incentive fees with a six-month base beginning Jan. 31, 2024, and three one-month options.

Posted January 30, 2024

Commercial Space

Commercial Resupply

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

NASA Headquarters

Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply

NASA Science, Hardware on Northrop Grumman Mission En Route to Station

NASA science investigations and cargo aboard a Northrop Grumman resupply spacecraft are on the way to the International Space Station. Launch occurred at 12:07 p.m. EST Tuesday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Live coverage of the spacecraft’s arrival will begin at […]

Posted January 30, 2024

Asteroids

Planetary Defense

Planetary Defense Coordination Office

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Celebrates First Decade of International Asteroid Warning Network

On January 13-14, 2014, representatives from NASA and various global research organizations convened the first meeting of the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) steering committee. This group was charged with strengthening coordinated international response to a potentially hazardous near-Earth object (NEO).

Posted January 30, 2024

Biological & Physical Sciences

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Science & Research

Space Biology

Space Biology Program

International Space Station Welcomes Trio of Experiments Focused on Enhancing Life Beyond Earth

NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division is sending three physical sciences and space biology experiments and equipment to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply services mission.

Posted January 30, 2024

Earth’s Atmospheric Glow

This high exposure photograph revealed Earth’s atmospheric glow against the backdrop of a starry sky in this image taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 21, 2024. At the time, the orbital lab was 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Papua New Guinea. The Nauka science module and Prichal docking module are […]

Posted January 30, 2024

Space Communications Technology

Goddard Space Flight Center

Space Communications & Navigation Program

NASA Search and Rescue Technology Saves Explorers, Enables Exploration

In 2023, NASA-developed search and rescue technologies aided first responders in locating and saving 350 lives in the United States. Now, NASA is incorporating that same technology in astronaut missions. NASA provides technical expertise to the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort known as Cospas-Sarsat.

Posted January 30, 2024