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Kennedy Space Center
A pair of roseate spoonbills add a pop of color to this image taken Sept. 13, 2005, in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, northwest of Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Spoonbills like this female (left) and male duo inhabit areas of mangrove such as on the coasts of southern Florida and Texas. These birds […]
Posted February 27, 2024
Quesst (X-59)
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
For Kids and Students
Learning Resources
NASA Headquarters
Quesst: The Mission
Quesst: The Science
Quesst: The Team
STEM Engagement at NASA
NASA has issued new grants to five universities to help develop education plans for the community overflight phase of the agency’s Quesst mission, which aims to demonstrate the possibility of supersonic flight without the typical loud sonic booms.
Posted February 27, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
Learning Resources
By Jessica Barnett Sometimes, all it takes is a few years and the right people to completely change a person’s career trajectory. One such example is Meredith Patterson, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, who went from knowing little to nothing about rockets to being part of the team […]
Posted February 27, 2024
Katherine Johnson IV and V Facility
FAIRMONT – Competitive Robotics in West Virginia has reached an all-time high with more teams across the state than ever before. The West Virginia Robotics Alliance, managed by the Education Resource Center (ERC) team at the NASA Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility, released new data for the 2023-24 Robotics Season that shows a peak in the […]
Posted February 27, 2024
Astrophysics
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
Of the approximately 5,500 exoplanets discovered to date, many have been found to orbit very close to their parent stars. These close-in planets provide a unique opportunity to observe in detail the phenomena critical to the development and evolution of our own solar system, including atmospheric mass loss and interactions with the host star.
Posted February 27, 2024
ISS Research
International Space Station (ISS)
Johnson Space Center
Lee esta historia en español aquí. The International Space Station is a microgravity research lab hosting groundbreaking technology demonstrations and scientific investigations. More than 3,700 investigations conducted to date have generated roughly 500 research articles published in scientific journals.
Posted February 27, 2024
ISS Research
International Space Station (ISS)
Johnson Space Center
NASA en español
Read the article in English here. La Estación Espacial Internacional (EEI) es un laboratorio de investigación en microgravedad que alberga innovadoras demostraciones de tecnología e investigaciones científicas.
Posted February 27, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Humans in Space
NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover is assisted by U.S. Navy personnel as he exits a mockup of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean during training Feb. 25, while his crewmates look on. The Artemis II crew and a team from NASA and the Department of Defense are spending several days at […]
Posted February 26, 2024
ISS Research
NASA and the agency’s international partners are sending scientific investigations to the International Space Station on the 30th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission, including tests of technologies to monitor sea ice, automate 3D mapping, and create nanoparticle solar cells.
Posted February 26, 2024
Virtual Guest Program
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space Programs
International Space Station (ISS)
Kennedy Space Center
NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station.
Posted February 26, 2024
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