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Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
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Science & Research
Stars
The Universe
Jan. 24, 2025 NASA’s NICER Continues Science Operations Post Repair NASA crew aboard the International Space Station installed patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) mission during a spacewalk on Jan. 16.
Posted January 24, 2025
Johnson Space Center
NASA History
STS-51C
On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space shuttle mission entirely dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD). As such, many of the details of the flight remain classified.
Posted January 24, 2025
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Missions will study everything from water on the Moon to the transformation of our universe after the big bang and ongoing changes to Earth’s surface. With 2024 receding into the distance, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is already deep into a busy 2025. Early in the new year, the Eaton Fire came close to JPL, destroying […]
Posted January 23, 2025
NASA Art Program
General
Museum of Modern Art Opens Exhibition Featuring NASA Worm The iconic NASA logotype, commonly known as the worm and designed by Bruce Blackburn and Richard Danne in 1976, made its premiere Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2025 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York as part of the museum’s new exhibition “Pirouette: Turning Points […]
Posted January 23, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Air Mobility Pathfinders project
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
As air taxis, drones, and other innovative aircraft enter U.S. airspace, systems that communicate an aircraft’s location will be critical to ensure air traffic safety.
Posted January 23, 2025
Artemis
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Humans in Space
NASA Headquarters
NASA awarded new study contracts Thursday to help support life and work on the lunar surface. As part of the agency’s blueprint for deep space exploration to support the Artemis campaign, nine American companies in seven states are receiving awards.
Posted January 23, 2025
Gemini
Two astronauts are seated inside the Gemini spacecraft in this artist’s concept made in January 1965. The Gemini program was an early NASA human spaceflight program designed to bridge the Mercury and Apollo programs. Its main goal was to test equipment and mission procedures in Earth orbit and to train astronauts and ground crew for […]
Posted January 23, 2025
Glenn Research Center
NASA has awarded a small business set-aside contract to Apache Innovations JV of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide logistics, and related support services to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The Glenn Logistics and Metrology (GLAM) contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a maximum potential value of approximately $72.3 million.
Posted January 22, 2025
I Am Artemis
Space Launch System (SLS)
Jon Carabello did not begin his career journey with an eye on space, but when NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign came calling, he was all in.
Posted January 22, 2025
Asteroids
Earth's Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Planetary Science
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science.
Posted January 22, 2025
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