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Hubble Spots a Magnificent Barred Galaxy

The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog), in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Roughly 65 million light-years from Earth, this barred spiral galaxy is a similar size to our Milky Way at 100,000 light-years across.

Posted April 26, 2024

NASA Engineering and Safety Center

Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems

Download PDF: Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems Every part of a launch vehicle, launch pad, and ground operation equipment is subjected to the high acoustic load generated during lift-off [1].

Posted April 26, 2024

Astrobiology

Internships

NASA Grant Brings Students at Underserved Institutions to the Stars

At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, interns from Cal State LA are learning key skills studying the origins of life. What does wastewater management in Los Angeles have to do with the search for life on Mars? Eduardo Martinez certainly didn’t make the connection when he was pursuing a master’s in civil engineering. Not at […]

Posted April 26, 2024

NASA Engineering and Safety Center

Trajectory Reverse Engineering

Download PDF: Trajectory Reverse Engineering A strategy for transferring spacecraft trajectories between flight mechanics tools, called Trajectory Reverse Engineering (TRE), has been developed[1].

Posted April 26, 2024

ISS Research

Commercial Crew

Commercial Resupply

Commercial Space

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

Johnson Space Center

NASA’s Commercial Partners Deliver Cargo, Crew for Station Science

NASA partners with commercial companies to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation of cargo and crew members to and from the International Space Station.

Posted April 26, 2024

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

Earth

Earth Science Division

Earth Science Technology Office

Goddard Space Flight Center

Goddard Technology

Science Mission Directorate

Technology

NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space

It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February 2024. It took a network of scientists at NASA and research institutions around the world more than 20 years to carefully craft and test the novel instruments that allow PACE […]

Posted April 26, 2024

Artemis 1

Astronauts

Learning Resources

STEM Engagement at NASA

NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across US

After careful review of hundreds of applications, NASA has selected organizations from across the country to receive ‘Moon Tree’ seedlings that flew around the Moon on the agency’s Artemis I mission in 2022, to plant in their communities.

Posted April 25, 2024

Psyche Mission

Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Tech Demo Missions

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA’s Optical Comms Demo Transmits Data Over 140 Million Miles

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment also interfaced with the Psyche spacecraft’s communication system for the first time, transmitting engineering data to Earth. Riding aboard NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, the agency’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration continues to break records.

Posted April 25, 2024

Apollo

Earth's Moon

Navigating the Moon with Art

An artist uses an airbrush to recreate the lunar surface on one of the four models comprising the LOLA, or Lunar Orbit and Landing Approach, simulator in this November 12, 1964, photo. Project LOLA was a simulator built at Langley to study problems related to landing on the lunar surface. In “Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley […]

Posted April 25, 2024

Johnson Space Center