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A Langley Intern Traveled 1,340 Miles to View a Total Solar Eclipse. Here’s What She Saw.

Emma Friedman, an Office of Communications intern at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, understood that the total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024, was an out-of-this-world opportunity she couldn’t miss.

Posted April 10, 2024

Langley Research Center

Media Invited to Learn About NASA’s New Solar Sail Technology

Media are invited to learn about NASA’s next-generation solar sail technology – known as the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System – that could enable ambitious lower-cost missions to expand our understanding of the Sun and solar system.  The event will occur from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, […]

Posted April 10, 2024

Sounding Rockets

Sounding Rockets Program

Wallops Flight Facility

Sometimes Getting the Perfect Picture Really Is Rocket Science

NASA Engineer Cindy Fuentes Rosal waves goodbye to a Black Brant IX sounding rocket launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. The rocket was part of a series of three launches for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission to study the disturbances in […]

Posted April 10, 2024

MAF Employee Assistance Program

MAF EAP – Upcoming NASA-Wide EAP Programs (April 2024)

Raising Awareness of Substance Use Disorder April 11, 2024 Join us for an enlightening webinar on raising awareness of Substance Use Disorder (SUD). In this informative session, we’ll delve into the complexities of SUD, exploring its prevalence, impact, and the importance of early detection and intervention.

Posted April 10, 2024

Opportunities For Students to Get Involved

Artemis

Learning Resources

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA STEM Projects

Media Invited to NASA’s Student Launch Challenge in Alabama

NASA’s 2024 Student Launch challenge will bring students from colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, and informal education groups to launch amateur rockets and payloads Saturday, April 13, starting at 8:30 a.m. CDT at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.

Posted April 10, 2024

General

Ames Research Center

Langley Research Center

Small Spacecraft Technology Program

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Next-Generation Solar Sail Boom Technology Ready for Launch

Sailing through space might sound like something out of science fiction, but the concept is no longer limited to books or the big screen. In April, a next-generation solar sail technology – known as the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System – will launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in […]

Posted April 10, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

General

NASA Technology Helps Guard Against Lunar Dust

Defeating dust may be a small concern for most people on Earth, but for astronauts and spacecraft destined for the Moon or Mars, it is a significant hazard that must be mitigated. That’s why researchers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are seeking innovative ways to use Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) technology. Using transparent […]

Posted April 10, 2024

Aeronautics

Airborne Science

Armstrong Flight Research Center

DC-8

Earth Science

Langley Research Center

Science in the Air

NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire

After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1.

Posted April 10, 2024

Humans in Space

Astronauts

CIPHER (Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research)

ISS Research

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara to Discuss Space Station Mission

After spending six-and-a-half-months aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will participate in a news conference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Monday, April 15, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will air live on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.

Posted April 9, 2024

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Earth

Science & Research

New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations

To address a rapidly changing space operating environment and ensure its preservation for generations to come, NASA released the first part of its integrated Space Sustainability Strategy, on Tuesday advancing the agency’s role as a global leader on this crucial issue.

Posted April 9, 2024