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Kennedy Space Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Orion Program
Before the Orion spacecraft is stacked atop NASA’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket ahead of the Artemis II mission, engineers will put it through a series of rigorous tests to ensure it is ready for lunar flight. In preparation for testing, teams at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida have made significant upgrades […]
Posted April 11, 2024
Europa Clipper
Europa
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Solar System
Excitement is mounting as the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission gets readied for an October launch.
Posted April 11, 2024
Earth
Aerosols
Clouds
Goddard Space Flight Center
Oceanography
Oceans
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
NASA is now publicly distributing science-quality data from its newest Earth-observing satellite, providing first-of-their-kind measurements of ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite was launched on Feb.
Posted April 11, 2024
Artemis
Artemis Accords
Opportunities For International Participants to Get Involved
NASA will welcome Switzerland as the 37th country to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 15 at the agency’s headquarters in Washington.
Posted April 11, 2024
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The staff changes tap into a deep well of talent and experience across JPL as the laboratory looks to the future.
Posted April 11, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Glenn History
NASA History
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
“A genuine space success story,” is how Experiments Manager William Kerslake described NASA’s second Space Electric Rocket Test (SERT II), the first long-duration operation of ion thrusters in space.
Posted April 11, 2024
People of Goddard
Goddard Space Flight Center
People of NASA
When it comes to transforming obstacles into opportunities, it’s all about a “grow where you’re planted” mentality, says Shawnta M. Ball, a program support specialist in Goddard’s education office. Name: Shawnta M.
Posted April 11, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA, Marshall Help Viewers Celebrate Total Solar Eclipse in Arkansas A group of Marshall and agency team members traveled to Russellville, Arkansas, to help viewers experience the April 8 total solar eclipse through the eyes of NASA.
Posted April 10, 2024
Missions
Artemis
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Masahito Moriyama have signed an agreement to advance sustainable human exploration of the Moon. Japan will design, develop, and operate a pressurized rover for crewed and uncrewed exploration on the Moon.
Posted April 10, 2024
2024 Solar Eclipse
Citizen Science
Eclipses
Heliophysics
Skywatching
Solar Eclipses
Thank you for helping us out! Over 36,000 people helped do NASA Science during Monday’s total solar eclipse. Together, these volunteers submitted more than 60,000 vital pieces of eclipse data to NASA science projects.
Posted April 10, 2024
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