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NASA Fire Safety Test Took on Reduced Gravity

An experiment studying how solid materials catch fire and burn in the Moon’s gravity was launched on Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital flight this month. Developed by NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland together with Voyager Technologies, the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation (LUCI) will help researchers determine if conditions on the Moon

Posted February 12, 2025

Glenn Research Center

AeroSpace Frontiers

NASA Glenn Holds Day of Remembrance

NASA observed its annual Day of Remembrance on Jan. 23, honoring the members of the NASA family who lost their lives in the pursuit of exploration and discovery for the benefit of humanity. The annual event acknowledges the crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro and […]

Posted February 12, 2025

Blogs

Sols 4450-4451: Making the Most of a Monday

Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 Last Saturday around 20:00 Pacific Standard Time I saw a 22-degree halo encircling our mostly-full Moon and Mars; an entire planet hanging in the sky between our Moon and the atmospheric phenomenon. As I took in the view I wondered what our rover was doing at that moment… […]

Posted February 12, 2025

Artemis 2

Common Exploration Systems Development Division

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Kennedy Space Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Invites Media to Artemis II Moon Mission Activities at Kennedy

Media are invited to visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to capture imagery of the agency’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters for the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon. The event is targeted for Friday, March 7. Subject matter experts from NASA and industry partners […]

Posted February 12, 2025

Space Shuttle

STS-99

Space Shuttle Endeavour Takes Flight

Blue mach diamonds from the main engine nozzles and bright exhaust from the solid rocket boosters mark the successful launch of space shuttle Endeavour 25 years ago on Feb. 11, 2000. The STS-99 mission crew – including astronauts from NASA, the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), and the European Space Agency (ESA) – […]

Posted February 12, 2025

Humans in Space

Commercial Crew

Commercial Space

International Space Station (ISS)

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

Space Operations Mission Directorate

NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-10 Launch to Space Station

Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 10th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition.

Posted February 11, 2025

CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration)

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Earth's Moon

Game Changing Development Program

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

Technology Demonstration

NASA’s Mini Rover Team Is Packed for Lunar Journey

A trio of suitcase-size rovers and their base station have been carefully wrapped up and shipped off to join the lander that will deliver them to the Moon’s surface. Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in […]

Posted February 11, 2025

Aeronautics

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Quesst (X-59)

NASA’s X-59 Turns Up Power, Throttles Through Engine Tests

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. In preparation for the X-59’s planned first flight this year, NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the aircraft’s engine run tests in January.

Posted February 11, 2025

Events

Learning Resources

Building Blocks for Enhanced Mission Execution

BBEME Course Description: An interactive learning series designed to highlight critical interactions and various engagements across all GSFC locations, Facilities, and Institutes that lead to mission success. Themes include: strategic goals, current developments, mission success critical topics Instructional Strategy: •Facilitated panel discussions

Posted February 11, 2025

Curiosity (Rover)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars

While the Martian clouds may look like the kind seen in Earth’s skies, they include frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice. Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover using its Mastcam — its main set of “eyes.” Taken over 16 minutes on Jan. 17 […]

Posted February 11, 2025