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2023 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Associate Administrator (AA) Awards Unmanned Aerial Systems Pilot (UASP) Kit Development Team * Denotes Team Lead NASA Ames Research CenterJoey Mercer*Lynne Martin*Lauren RobertsYasmin Arbab NASA Glenn Research CenterCharles SheeheDavid Fuller ASRC Federal Data Solutions, LLCCharles WalterCharles Whatle
Posted March 6, 2024
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2023 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Associate Administrator (AA) Awards Remote Pilot Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Training Team * Denotes Team Lead NASA Ames Research CenterMelissa A. HillBrian K. HutchinsonBryan J. PettyBill K. BuckBrent P. Pickering Metis Flight Research Associates, LLCBenjamin P. JenkinsJoshua K.
Posted March 6, 2024
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2023 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Awards Pushing the Envelope Honoree X-57 Maxwell Team * Denotes Team Lead NASA Armstrong Flight Research CenterBony J. BacaJeffrey E. BakerKaleiokalani J. BarelaEthan A. BaumannPaul S. BeanMatthew J. BerryKeerti K. BhamidipatiAndrew D. BluaJohn K. BodylskiKirsten M.
Posted March 6, 2024
Candidate Astronauts
Johnson Space Center
The most recent astronaut candidates wave to the crowd in this image from their March 5, 2024, graduation ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Nicknamed “The Flies,” this cohort is now eligible for spaceflight assignments to the International Space Station, future orbiting destinations, the Moon, and beyond.
Posted March 6, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Artemis
General
The Orion spacecraft that traveled around the Moon and back during 2022’s Artemis I mission completed a different round trip when it recently returned to Ohio for testing. Now known as the Orion Environmental Test Article, the spacecraft is undergoing ground testing at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.
Posted March 6, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
It’s not hard to find out what NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have observed in the past. Barely a week goes by without news of a cosmic discovery made possible using images, spectra, and other data captured by NASA’s prolific astronomical observatories.  But what are Hubble and Webb looking at right this minute? A shadowy […]
Posted March 6, 2024
NASA History
Exoplanets
Kepler / K2
The Kepler mission enabled the discovery of thousands of exoplanets, revealing a deep truth about our place in the cosmos: there are more planets than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The road to this fundamental change in our understanding of the universe, however, required almost 20 years of persistence before the mission became a […]
Posted March 6, 2024
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Earth
Extreme Weather Events
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oceans
Water on Earth
Operated by NASA and the French space agency, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission provides a new view of water on land, at the coast, and in the ocean. A series of atmospheric rivers drenched California in February, with record amounts of rainfall and hurricane-force winds sweeping across parts of the state. At one […]
Posted March 5, 2024
Astronauts
Candidate Astronauts
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
NASA Headquarters
Read this release in English here. La NASA dio la bienvenida a su nueva cohorte de astronautas de la generación Artemis durante una ceremonia celebrada el martes en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston. Los 10 astronautas graduados ya son elegibles para misiones de vuelo. La agencia también anunció la apertura de la […]
Posted March 5, 2024
NASA Headquarters
Astronauts
Becoming an Astronaut
Candidate Astronauts
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA welcomed its newest class of next generation Artemis astronauts in a Tuesday ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The 10 astronaut graduates now are eligible for flight assignments. The agency also announced the opening for the next round of NASA astronaut applications.
Posted March 5, 2024
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