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NASA Stennis Tool Enables Unified Collection of Test Data

Editor’s Note: The following is one of three related articles about the NASA Data Acquisition System and related efforts. Please visit Stennis News – NASA to access accompanying articles. Just as a steady heartbeat is critical to staying alive, propulsion test data is vital to ensure engines and systems perform flawlessly. The accuracy of the […]

Posted May 8, 2025

Leadership

NASA Statement on Nomination of Matt Anderson for Deputy Administrator

Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro issued the following statement regarding the nomination by President Donald Trump of Matt Anderson Wednesday to serve as the agency’s deputy administrator: “As a retired United States Air Force colonel and executive of the Space Force Association, Matt Anderson brings extensive knowledge of space operations, ae

Posted May 7, 2025

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Goddard Space Flight Center

Technology

Key Portion of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Clears Thermal Vacuum Test

One half of NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just passed a lengthy test to ensure it will function properly in the space environment. “This milestone tees us up to attach the flight solar array sun shield to the outer barrel assembly, and deployable aperture cover, which we’ll begin this month,” said Jack […]

Posted May 7, 2025

Glenn Research Center

A Glimpse of a Meatball

The NASA “meatball” logo, mounted on the Flight Research Building at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, peeks through tree leaves in this June 10, 2016, photo. Built in the 1940s, the Flight Research Building, also known as the NASA Glenn Hangar, is a facility large enough to hold numerous aircraft of various sizes. It […]

Posted May 7, 2025

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Nebulae

Science & Research

Star-forming Nebulae

Stars

The Universe

New Visualization From NASA’s Webb Telescope Explores Cosmic Cliffs

In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made its public debut with a series of breathtaking images. Among them was an ethereal landscape nicknamed the Cosmic Cliffs. This glittering realm of star birth is the subject of a new 3D visualization derived from the Webb data. The visualization, created by NASA’s Universe of Learning […]

Posted May 7, 2025

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Statement on Appointment of New JPL Director

The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro on the appointment of David Gallagher as director of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. NASA JPL announced Wednesday Laurie Leshin would step down effective Sunday, June 1.

Posted May 7, 2025

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Dave Gallagher Named 11th Director of JPL as Laurie Leshin Steps Down

Laurie Leshin has decided to step down as director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sunday, June 1. David Gallagher, who has been serving as the Lab’s associate director for Strategic Integration, has been selected by Caltech to lead the federally funded research and development center. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

Posted May 7, 2025

Johnson Space Center

General

NASA Expands Youth Engagement With New Scouting America Agreement

NASA and the Sam Houston Area Council (SHAC) of Scouting America signed a collaborative Space Act Agreement on December 17, 2024, expanding youth access to programs and opportunities with the Johnson Space Center’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) in Houston.

Posted May 7, 2025

Get Involved

Glenn Research Center

Opportunities For Students to Get Involved

Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)

Technology

Technology for Space Travel

NASA Selects Winners of the 2024-2025 Power to Explore Challenge

NASA has chosen three winners out of nine finalists in the fourth annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the enabling power of radioisotopes for space exploration.

Posted May 7, 2025

For Kids and Students

Explore

Grades 5 - 8

What Is a Black Hole? (Grades 5-8)

This article is for students grades 5-8 A black hole is a region in space where the pulling force of gravity is so strong that light is not able to escape. The strong gravity occurs because matter has been pressed into a tiny space. This compression can take place at the end of a star’s […]

Posted May 7, 2025