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Glenn Research Center
Aeronautics
Armstrong Flight Research Center
NASA History
Supersonic flight became a reality in October 1947, when the Bell X-1 rocket plane broke the sound barrier.
Posted February 22, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
Marshall Center Director Holds First Media Event By Jessica Barnett NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s newest center director, Joseph Pelfrey, took to the podium Feb. 15 in the lobby of Building 4221 to host his first media event since his appointment to the position. Pelfrey, who had been serving as acting center director since August […]
Posted February 22, 2024
NASA Headquarters
Astronauts
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Editor’s note: This advisory was updated Feb. 22, 2024, to include a target launch date. As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the agency opened media accreditation for the launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. The mission will be the company’s first Starliner spacecraft mission with crew.
Posted February 21, 2024
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Crew
Humans in Space
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Socials Program
Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station. The mission will be the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Posted February 21, 2024
Climate Change
Ice & Glaciers
In this image from July 12, 2011, crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy retrieve a supply canister dropped by parachute during the Impacts of Climate on Ecosystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment, or ICESCAPE, mission. ICESCAPE was a multi-year project sponsored by NASA to determine the impact of climate change upon […]
Posted February 21, 2024
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxy clusters
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Space Flight Center
Supermassive Black Holes
The Universe
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded in the system known as SDSS J1531+3414 (SDSS J1531 for short).
Posted February 21, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
Diversity at NASA
Exoplanet Atmosphere
Exoplanets
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
People of NASA
Science is often portrayed as a solitary affair, where discoveries are made by lone geniuses toiling in isolation. But Dr. Natasha Batalha, an astronomer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, says solving problems with the people around her is one of the best parts of her job.  “Oh, man, working with people […]
Posted February 21, 2024
2024 Solar Eclipse
Eclipses
Skywatching
Solar Eclipses
Students and science enthusiasts are invited to catch a real-time look at radio astronomy as scientists explore magnetic hotspots on the Sun during a live, virtual solar eclipse event on April 8, 2024. A massive, 34-meter telescope once used by NASA’s Deep Space Network to communicate with spacecraft will point towards the Sun during the […]
Posted February 21, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Flight Innovation
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
University Innovation
University Leadership Initiative
University Student Research Challenge
NASA has selected another five university teams to participate in real-world aviation research challenges that could help transform flight in the skies above our communities.
Posted February 21, 2024
Citizen Science
Heliophysics
What shape Is the Sun? Hint: it’s not perfectly round! Knowing precisely how the Sun’s shape deviates from a sphere can teach us about its interior and test theories of gravity. You can help measure the Sun’s shape by joining the SunSketcher project! During the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, we need help from volunteers […]
Posted February 20, 2024
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