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Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Spiral Galaxies
Stars
Supernovae
The Universe
Measuring the distance to truly remote objects like galaxies, quasars, and galaxy clusters is a crucial task in astrophysics, particularly when it comes to studying the early universe, but it’s a difficult one to complete. We can only measure the distances to a few nearby objects like the Sun, planets, and some nearby stars directly. […]
Posted July 12, 2024
Astronauts
Aeronautics
Former Astronauts
Retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Engle died July 10, surrounded by his family at home in Houston. Among his many honors, he is the only astronaut to pilot both the X-15 and space shuttle. He was 91. Engle became an astronaut at age 32 while flying the X-15 for the […]
Posted July 12, 2024
NASA History
Skylab
A few days before they left Skylab on Feb. 8, 1974, the final crew to occupy the station raised its altitude, hoping to keep it in orbit until a future space shuttle could revisit it. But higher than predicted solar activity caused the Earth’s atmosphere to expand, increasing drag on the large vehicle, causing its […]
Posted July 11, 2024
“We have a group photo of my first project here, ASTRO-H, and that one means a lot to me because I came [to that NASA project] fresh off the street. I was super scared and intimidated. It was me and three other [technicians], who were also all new, and a handful of very seasoned scientists […]
Posted July 11, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 2
Humans in Space
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Launch System (SLS)
Team members are installing pedestals aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge to hold and secure the massive core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, indicating NASA barge crews are nearly ready for its first delivery to support the Artemis II test flight around the Moon. The barge will ferry the core stage on a 900-mile […]
Posted July 11, 2024
Astrophysics
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Galaxy clusters
Marshall Space Flight Center
Nebulae
The Universe
It’s time to take a cosmic road trip using light as the highway and visit four stunning destinations across space. The vehicles for this space get-away are NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope. The first stop on this tour is the closest, Rho Ophiuchi, at a distance of about 390 light-years from […]
Posted July 11, 2024
“I did not know that NASA Langley was right here in my own backyard. I was born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia, and NASA Langley is in Hampton, about 45 minutes away. All throughout elementary school, I didn’t know that NASA was here. I always thought NASA was in Florida or Texas or somewhere. “I […]
Posted July 11, 2024
Missions
Analog Field Testing
Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA)
Johnson Space Center
Kjell N. Lindgren
NASA Centers & Facilities
When the first humans travel to the Red Planet, they will need to know how to repair and maintain equipment, grow their own food, and stay healthy, all while contending with Earth-to-Mars communication delays.
Posted July 11, 2024
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Dark Matter
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
The Universe
The qualities and behavior of dark matter, the invisible “glue” of the universe, continue to be shrouded in mystery. Though galaxies are mostly made of dark matter, understanding how it is distributed within a galaxy offers clues to what this substance is, and how it’s relevant to a galaxy’s evolution. While computer simulations suggest dark […]
Posted July 11, 2024
Glenn Research Center
General
NASA’s Glenn Research Center civil servant retirees are invited to attend the 2024 Summerfest!  Wednesday, Aug. 7, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.   Along Taylor Road at Lewis Field  For more information or to RSVP, contact Kathy Clark at 216–433–8354 or kathy.m.clark@nasa.gov  Registration closes: July 26 
Posted July 11, 2024
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