Science Mission Directorate

Artemis

Scientists and engineers tested NASA’s LEMS (Lunar Environment Monitoring Station) instrument suite in a “sandbox” of simulated Moon “soil.”

Posted September 26, 2024

Science Mission Directorate

Joint Agency Satellite Division

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Directorates

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

NASA Selects Launch Provider for New NOAA Environmental Satellite

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide launch services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) QuickSounder mission. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract.

Posted September 23, 2024

Science Mission Directorate

Centennial Challenges

Centennial Challenges News

Marshall Space Flight Center

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

NASA Awards $1.5 Million at Watts on the Moon Challenge Finale

NASA has awarded a total of $1.5 million to two U.S. teams for their novel technology solutions addressing energy distribution, management, and storage as part of the agency’s Watts on the Moon Challenge. The innovations from this challenge aim to support NASA’s Artemis missions, which will establish long-term human presence on the Moon.

Posted September 20, 2024

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Humans in Space

Missions

NASA Directorates

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

9 Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole

Out-of-this-world phenomena NASA astronauts will experience at the Moon’s south polar region.

Posted September 11, 2024

SmallSats Program

Earth

Earth Observatory

NASA Headquarters

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Selects Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award

NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency.

Posted September 6, 2024

Europa Clipper

Jupiter

Launch Services Program

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Invites Media to Discuss Europa Clipper Mission

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to provide an update on Europa Clipper, a mission that will study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could be hospitable to life. The teleconference will occur after a key decision point meeting earlier that day regarding next steps for the mission. Audio of […]

Posted September 6, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Mars

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)

Missions

Planetary Science

Planets

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN Help Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Escaping Water

Mars was once a very wet planet as is evident in its surface geological features. Scientists know that over the last 3 billion years, at least some water went deep underground, but what happened to the rest? Now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) missions are helping unlock that mystery. […]

Posted September 5, 2024

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Heliophysics Division

Parker Solar Probe (PSP)

Science & Research

Science Mission Directorate

Solar Flares

Solar Orbiter

Solar Wind

Space Weather

The Sun

NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind Gets Energy

Since the 1960s, astronomers have wondered how the Sun’s supersonic “solar wind,” a stream of energetic particles that flows out into the solar system, continues to receive energy once it leaves the Sun. Now, thanks to a lucky lineup of a NASA and an ESA (European Space Agency)/NASA spacecraft both currently studying the Sun, they […]

Posted August 30, 2024

Armstrong Flight Research Center

NASA Aircraft

Science in the Air

Science Mission Directorate

NASA G-IV Plane Will Carry Next-Generation Science Instrument

In June 2024, a new tail number swept the sky above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Pilots conducted flights of a Gulfstream IV (G-IV) to evaluate its handling characteristics and to familiarize pilots with it before it begins structural modifications.

Posted August 29, 2024

General

Ames Research Center

Ames Research Center's Science Directorate

Climate Change

Earth

Earth Science Division

Opportunities For Students to Get Involved

Science Activation

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Project in Puerto Rico Trains Students in Marine Biology

Tainaliz Marie Rodríguez Lugo took a deep breath, adjusted her snorkel mask, and plunged into the ocean, fins first. Three weeks earlier, Rodríguez Lugo couldn’t swim. Now the college student was gathering data on water quality and coral reefs for a NASA-led marine biology project in Puerto Rico, where she lives. “There is so much […]

Posted August 28, 2024