Science-enabling Technology

A new instrument is using advanced detection techniques and leveraging an orbit with specific characteristics to increase our understanding of the Van Allen belts—regions surrounding Earth that contain energetic particles that can endanger both robotic and human space missions.

Posted September 17, 2024

Astrophysics

Science-enabling Technology

Technology Highlights

Carbon Nanotubes and the Search for Life on Other Planets

A NASA-developed material made of carbon nanotubes will enable our search for exoplanets—some of which might be capable of supporting life.

Posted September 3, 2024

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Science-enabling Technology

Space Communications Technology

Solar Panels for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Key Tests

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Solar Array Sun Shield has successfully completed recent tests, signaling that the assembly is on track to be completed on schedule. The panels are designed to power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool. The Roman team has two sets of […]

Posted August 26, 2024

Earth Science

Science-enabling Technology

Technology Highlights

Uncategorized

Entrepreneurs Challenge Prize Winner Uses Artificial Intelligence to Identify Methane Emissions

The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) instituted the Entrepreneurs Challenge to identify innovative ideas and technologies from small business start-ups with the potential to advance the agency’s science goals.

Posted August 20, 2024

Get Involved

Glenn Research Center

Planetary Science

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)

Science-enabling Technology

STEM Engagement at NASA

Technology

Technology for Space Travel

Perseverance Pays Off for Student Challenge Winners

As radioisotopes power the Perseverance rover to explore Mars, perseverance “powered” three winners to write essays each year till they achieved their mission goal of winning NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge. These students explored behind the scenes at NASA’s Glenn Research Center.

Posted August 14, 2024

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Dark Energy

Dark Matter

Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

Science-enabling Technology

The Universe

Primary Instrument for Roman Space Telescope Arrives at NASA Goddard

The primary instrument for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a sophisticated camera that will survey the cosmos from the outskirts of our solar system all the way out to the edge of the observable universe. Called the Wide Field Instrument, it was recently delivered to the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, […]

Posted August 13, 2024

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Science-enabling Technology

Space Communications Technology

NASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Visor’

The “visor” for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope recently completed several environmental tests simulating the conditions it will experience during launch and in space. Called the Deployable Aperture Cover, this large sunshade is designed to keep unwanted light out of the telescope.

Posted August 9, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Planetary Science

Science-enabling Technology

Technology Highlights

Quantum Scale Sensors used to Measure Planetary Scale Magnetic Fields

Magnetic fields are everywhere in our solar system. They originate from the Sun, planets, and moons, and are carried throughout interplanetary space by solar wind.

Posted August 6, 2024

Perseverance (Rover)

Astrobiology

High-Tech Computing

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mars

Mars 2020

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)

Robotics

Science-enabling Technology

Here’s How AI Is Changing NASA’s Mars Rover Science

Artificial intelligence is helping scientists to identify minerals within rocks studied by the Perseverance rover. Some scientists dream of exploring planets with “smart” spacecraft that know exactly what data to look for, where to find it, and how to analyze it.

Posted July 16, 2024

Astrophysics

Biological & Physical Sciences

Earth Science

Heliophysics

Planetary Science

Science Activation

Science-enabling Technology

NASA Science Activation Teams Present at National Rural STEM Summit

NASA Science Activation (SciAct) teams participated in the National Rural STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) Summit held June 4-7, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona.

Posted July 5, 2024