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Ames Research Center
CubeSats
General
Small Satellite Missions
Space Technology Mission Directorate
A new NASA mission is testing a new way to navigate our solar system by hoisting its sail into space – not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is led by the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
Posted April 23, 2024
STEM Engagement at NASA
Artemis
For Colleges & Universities
Get Involved
Learning Resources
Marshall Space Flight Center
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing
NASA announced the winners of the 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) April 22, with Parish Episcopal School, from Dallas, winning first place in the high school division, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville, capturing the college/university title.
Posted April 22, 2024
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business
Space Technology Mission Directorate
New space technology ideas emerge every day from innovators across the country, and NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on Monday selected more than 100 projects for funding.
Posted April 22, 2024
Earth
Earth Day
Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
This Jan. 30, 2012 image of Earth was created from photographs taken by the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satellite. Many features of North America and the Western Hemisphere are particularly visible.
Posted April 22, 2024
Ames Research Center
Climate Change
Climate Science
Earth
Earth Science
High-Tech Computing
Oceanography
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Technology
“Every time I help with visualizing [ocean] simulation data, I learn about an entirely new area of ocean or climate research, and I’m reminded of how vast and rich this area of research is. And…the real magic happens at the intersection and interaction of simulated and observed data. It is a great honor – and […]
Posted April 22, 2024
Curiosity (Rover)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Mars
Mars Exploration Program
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Missions
NASA Directorates
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their heads. Living creatures produce most of the methane on Earth. But scientists haven’t found convincing signs of current or ancient life on Mars, and thus didn’t expect to find methane […]
Posted April 22, 2024
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
NASA will provide live coverage, beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, April 25, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk is expected to begin at 10:55 a.m. and could last up to seven hours. NASA will stream the spacewalk on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and […]
Posted April 22, 2024
Human Landing System Program
Artemis
Artemis 3
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
Under NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency and its partners will send large pieces of equipment to the lunar surface to enable long-term scientific exploration of the Moon for the benefit of all.
Posted April 19, 2024
Artemis
Artemis Accords
Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)
Opportunities For International Participants to Get Involved
NASA and Slovenia affirmed their cooperation in future space endeavors on Friday as Slovenia became the 39th country to sign the Artemis Accords.
Posted April 19, 2024
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
Climate Change
Earth
Goddard Space Flight Center
Spinoffs
Technology Transfer
Humans aren’t the only mammals working to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Western United States. People there are also enlisting the aid of nature’s most prolific engineers – beavers.
Posted April 19, 2024
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