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Instrument Systems Engineer Xiaoyi Li leads technical teams united by a common vision to achieve mission success.

Posted August 14, 2024

International Space Station (ISS)

Commercial Crew

Humans in Space

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Space Operations Mission Directorate

NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Status Update

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Mission managers continue to evaluate the Starliner spacecraft’s readiness in advance of decisional meetings no earlier than next week regarding the return of NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

Posted August 13, 2024

Human Landing System Program

Artemis

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Challenge Seeks ‘Cooler’ Solutions for Deep Space Exploration

NASA’s Human Lander Challenge, or HuLC, is now open and accepting submissions for its second year.

Posted August 13, 2024

Apollo 15

Earth's Moon

Earth’s Crest Over the Lunar Horizon

This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken on July 29, 1971, during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle. Designed to explore the Moon over longer periods, greater ranges, and […]

Posted August 13, 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

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Langley Research Center

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator

Quesst (X-59)

Quesst: The Vehicle

Supersonic Flight

NASA’s X-59 Progresses Through Tests on the Path to Flight

The team preparing NASA’s X-59 continues through testing in preparation for the quiet supersonic aircraft to make its first flight. This includes a trio of important structural tests and critical inspections on the path to flight. The X-59 is an experimental plane that will fly faster than the speed of sound without a loud sonic […]

Posted August 13, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Automated Technology Developed at Glenn Launches to Space

Automated technology developed in Cleveland has launched to space aboard the Technology Education Satellite 11 mission.

Posted August 13, 2024

AeroSpace Frontiers

Glenn Research Center

Cleveland High School Students Land STEM Career Exploration Experience

This summer, 10 Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) students landed the opportunity to participate in the NASA Glenn High School Career Exploration and Research Experience program at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. High school students were paired with a mentor in their field of study who they shadowed for eight weeks during a

Posted August 13, 2024

Glenn Research Center

AeroSpace Frontiers

Local Creators Learn About NASA’s Iconic Logo

NASA’s Glenn Research Center has made contributions to nearly every NASA mission since the agency’s inception. These contributions go beyond science and engineering to include designing NASA’s iconic logo.

Posted August 13, 2024

Glenn Research Center

AeroSpace Frontiers

General

NASA Lands at National Cherry Festival

NASA’s Glenn Research Center staff traveled across the Midwest to share the NASA mission with visitors at the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Michigan, June 26–29.

Posted August 13, 2024