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15 Years Ago: STS-127 Delivers Japanese External Platform to Space Station

On July 15, 2009, space shuttle Endeavour began its 23rd trip into space, on the 2JA mission to the International Space Station, the 29th shuttle flight to the orbiting lab. During the 16-day mission, the seven-member STS-127 crew, working with Expedition 20, the first six-person crew aboard the station, completed the primary objectives of the […]

Posted July 15, 2024

Technology Transfer & Spinoffs

Apollo

Johnson Space Center

Spinoffs

Technology Transfer

Tech Today: NASA’s Moonshot Launched Commercial Fuel Cell Industry

Agency’s technology development prepared fuel cells for tomorrow’s renewable energy grids

Posted July 15, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

NASA, Universities Take Learning Out of Classroom

There’s no “I” in team, and that holds true for NASA and its partners as the agency ramps up efforts to recruit tenured professors to research science for a semester at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tenured teachers work for up to a year in an area where the agency needs specific […]

Posted July 15, 2024

General

NASA Transmits Hip-Hop Song to Deep Space for First Time

The stars above and on Earth aligned as an inspirational message and lyrics from the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by hip-hop artist Missy Elliott were beamed to Venus via NASA’s DSN (Deep Space Network). The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sent the transmission at 10:05 a.m. PDT on Friday, July 12. […]

Posted July 15, 2024

“The Meatball’ Turns 65

NASA’s official logo, nicknamed the “meatball,” turned 65 on July 15, 2024.

Posted July 15, 2024

Astrophysics

Exoplanet Atmosphere

Exoplanet Science

Exoplanets

Gas Giant Exoplanets

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Science & Research

The Universe

NASA’s Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World

Near-infrared spectral analysis of terminator confirms differences in morning and evening atmosphere Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening atmosphere.

Posted July 15, 2024

Johnson Space Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

Sky High Sustainability: NASA Johnson’s Pocket Prairie Flourishes Atop Building 12

Buzzing with bees, baby birds, and wildflowers, the rooftop garden atop building 12 at Johnson Space Center in Houston reflects NASA’s commitment to environmental stewardship. Originally constructed in 1963, the facility was transformed in 2012, incorporating energy-efficient features that earned it LEED Gold certification.

Posted July 15, 2024

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Air Traffic Management - Exploration

Air Traffic Solutions

Airspace Operations and Safety Program

NASA Cloud-Based Platform Could Help Streamline, Improve Air Traffic

Just like your smartphone navigation app can instantly analyze information from many sources to suggest the best route to follow, a NASA-developed resource is now making data available to help the aviation industry do the same thing.

Posted July 13, 2024

Blogs

Sols 4241–4242: We Can’t Go Around It…We’ve Got To Go Through It!

Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Curiosity is currently trekking across Gediz Vallis channel because, as my nephew’s favorite book says, if we can’t go around it… we’ve got to go through it!

Posted July 13, 2024

Apollo 11

Artemis

NASA to Commemorate 55th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

As the agency explores more of the Moon than ever before under the Artemis campaign, NASA will celebrate the 55th anniversary of the first astronauts landing on the Moon through a variety of in-person, virtual, and engagement activities nationwide between Monday, July 15, and Thursday, July 25.

Posted July 13, 2024