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Johnson Space Center
General
People of Johnson
For every NASA astronaut who serves as a public face of human spaceflight, there are thousands of people working behind the scenes to make the agency’s missions a success. Even the smallest tasks impact NASA’s ability to explore and innovate for the benefit of humanity. The team of administrative assistants and secretaries who work at […]
Posted August 27, 2024
Robotics
Ames Research Center
Astronauts
For Colleges & Universities
General
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Learning Resources
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA is seeking input from American companies for the operation and use of a system of free-flying robots aboard the International Space Station as the agency continues to foster scientific, educational, and technological developments in low Earth orbit for the benefit of all.
Posted August 27, 2024
NASA en español
Read this release in English here. La NASA traerá la nave espacial Starliner de Boeing de vuelta a la Tierra sin los astronautas Butch Wilmore y Suni Williams a bordo, según anunció la agencia el sábado. Este retorno sin tripulación permite a la NASA y a Boeing seguir recopilando datos de pruebas sobre Starliner durante su […]
Posted August 26, 2024
Johnson Space Center
General
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Researchers successfully produced cellulose from bacteria cultured on the International Space Station for four weeks. The bacteria used in the experiment, K.
Posted August 26, 2024
Diversity at NASA
Kennedy Space Center
People of NASA
Women at NASA
Dr. Irene Duhart Long was the first female and the first minority to hold the position of chief medical officer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as well as the first African American female to serve in the Senior Executive Service at the center. These distinctions were only two of many firsts in her […]
Posted August 26, 2024
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Crab Nebula
Galaxies
Marshall Space Flight Center
Nebulae
By Rick Smith On Aug. 26, 1999, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory opened its powerful telescopic eye in orbit and captured its awe-inspiring “first light” images of Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant roughly 11,000 light-years from Earth.
Posted August 26, 2024
EscaPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)
Commercial Space
Goddard Space Flight Center
Kennedy Space Center
Science Mission Directorate
NASA and Blue Origin are preparing for the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission, which begins on the inaugural launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket. The mission will study the solar wind’s interaction with the magnetosphere on Mars. Blue Origin is targeting no earlier than Sunday, Oct.
Posted August 26, 2024
Low Earth Orbit Economy
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
As NASA and its partners continue to conduct groundbreaking research aboard the International Space Station, the agency announced Monday it is seeking U.S.
Posted August 26, 2024
Blogs
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 One of the many challenges of operating a rover on another planet is that we don’t always know where we’re going to be located before planning starts each day. Although we do plan our drives in advance, Curiosity doesn’t blindly follow the orders that we deliver. If an […]
Posted August 26, 2024
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