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Johnson Space Center
General
NASA has selected Norman Knight as acting deputy director of Johnson Space Center. Knight currently serves as Director of Johnson’s Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), responsible for astronaut training and for overall planning, directing, managing, and implementing overall mission operations for NASA human spaceflight programs.
Posted March 3, 2025
Astrophysics
Brown Dwarfs
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
The Universe
An international team of researchers has discovered that previously observed variations in brightness of a free-floating planetary-mass object known as SIMP 0136 must be the result of a complex combination of atmospheric factors, and cannot be explained by clouds alone.
Posted March 3, 2025
NASA History
Aeronautics
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the organization that ultimately became NASA, the agency released a new collection of videos to highlight the history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the ways it transformed flight over four decades.
Posted March 3, 2025
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Artemis
Blue Ghost (lander)
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the northeast quadrant of the Moon’s near side. The Blue Ghost lander is in an upright […]
Posted March 2, 2025
Blogs
Written by Henry Manelski, Ph.D. student at Purdue University The Perseverance team is always looking for creative ways to use the tools we have on Mars to maximize the science we do. On the arm of the rover sits the SHERLOC instrument, which specializes in detecting organic compounds and is crucial in our search for […]
Posted March 1, 2025
Earth Science
Airborne Science
Armstrong Flight Research Center
B200
Earth Science Technology Office
Earth's Atmosphere
General
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The January wildfires in California devastated local habitats and communities. In an effort to better understand wildfire behavior, NASA scientists and engineers tried to learn from the events by testing new technology.
Posted March 1, 2025
Skywatching
Skywatching Tips
The Solar System
A Fast-Moving Planet and a Crimson Moon! Catch Mercury if you can, then stay up late for a total lunar eclipse, and learn the truth about the dark side of the Moon. Skywatching Highlights All Month – Planets Visibility: Daily Highlights: March 7-9 – Catch Mercury: Look for Mercury beginning about 30 minutes after sunset […]
Posted March 1, 2025
Langley Research Center
An apprentice at Langley Laboratory (now NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia) inspects wind tunnel components in this image from May 15, 1943.
Posted February 28, 2025
People of Goddard
Goddard Space Flight Center
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
People of NASA
Project Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Growing up near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Jamie Dunn — now a project manager for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — naturally became interested in planes. While he initially wanted to be a pilot, he chose aerospace engineering as a college major. “I originally had […]
Posted February 28, 2025
Earth Science
NASA Science at Commodity Classic Hyperwall Schedule, March 2-4, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #839) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. MONDAY, MARCH 3 11:30 – 12:00 PMNASA Earth Science at Work for American AgricultureDr. Karen St.
Posted February 27, 2025
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