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NASA Lights ‘Beacon’ on Moon With Autonomous Navigation System Test

For 30 total minutes in February, NASA lit a beacon on the Moon – successfully testing a sophisticated positioning system that will make it safer for Artemis-era explorers to visit and establish a permanent human presence on the lunar surface. The Lunar Node 1 demonstrator, or LN-1, is an autonomous navigation system intended to provide […]

Posted March 14, 2024

Icing Cloud Characterization Engineer Emily Timko

“If I knew that I was going to get to where I’m at [today], I would have gone through it all over again. I would have went through changing my major. I would have gone through the divorce. I would have went through the heartbreak of thinking, ‘I’m not going to be what I wanted to be when I […]

Posted March 14, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Jupiter

Missions

Planetary Environments & Atmospheres

Planetary Science

Planets

The Solar System

Hubble Tracks Jupiter’s Stormy Weather

The giant planet Jupiter, in all its banded glory, is revisited by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in these latest images, taken on January 5-6, 2024, capturing both sides of the planet. Hubble monitors Jupiter and the other outer solar system planets every year under the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program (OPAL). This is because these large […]

Posted March 14, 2024

Biological & Physical Sciences

Flight Opportunities Program

Physical Sciences Program

Space Biology Program

Compact Robot Takes Flight to Support CERISS Initiative

NASA’s TechFlights 2023 Selections Advance Space Science in Collaboration with Industry A new robot will be taking flight soon to test its ability to support biological and physical science experiments in microgravity. As one of NASA’s 2023 TechFlights selections, this compact robot will have a chance to fly on a commercial suborbital flight to se

Posted March 14, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for March 13, 2024

Marshall Celebrates Alabama Space Day in Montgomery By Jessica Barnett Team members from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center joined Montgomery-area students, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, NASA’s aerospace partners, and elected officials in celebrating the aerospace industry’s impact in Alabama on March 5.

Posted March 13, 2024

Apollo 9

David R. Scott

Former Astronauts

James A. McDivitt

Russell L. Schweickart

Apollo 9 Crew Comes Home

Fifty-five years ago today, NASA astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart splashed down 4.5 nautical miles from the USS Guadalcanal, concluding a successful 10-day Earth-orbital mission in space.

Posted March 13, 2024

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)

Diversity at NASA

Get Involved

Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program

NASA’s Space Tech Prize Bolsters Diversity, Inclusivity Champions

NASA selected the first winners of the agency’s Space Tech Catalyst prize to expand engagement with underrepresented and diverse individuals in the space technology sector as part of the agency’s broader commitment to inclusivity and collaboration. The winners are receiving $25,000 each to create more inclusive space technology ecosystems.

Posted March 13, 2024

Earth's Moon

Planetary Science Division

Science Mission Directorate

Uncategorized

NASA Awards Grants for Lunar Instrumentation

NASA has awarded five scientists and engineers Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation (DALI) grants to support the development of instruments for potential use in future lunar missions, including the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services and Artemis campaign. The awardees were recognized during NASA’s Technology Development Plan

Posted March 13, 2024

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Center Innovation Fund

Flight Innovation

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Armstrong Updates 1960s Concept to Study Giant Planets

NASA researchers are looking at the possibility of using a wingless, unpowered aircraft design from the 1960s to gather atmospheric data on other planets – doing the same work as small satellites but potentially better and more economically.

Posted March 13, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 4

Humans in Space

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

Evolved Adapter for Future NASA SLS Flights Readied for Testing

A test version of the universal stage adapter for NASA’s more powerful version of its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket arrived to Building 4619 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Feb. 22 from Leidos in Decatur, Alabama.

Posted March 13, 2024