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Aeronautics
General
In May 2023, Dr. Natasha Schatzman received the Vertical Flight Society Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Award for her vertical flight research at NASA Ames Research Center.  This annual award is given to a VFS member who is thirty-five years old or younger for outstanding contributions to vertical flight technology.  The award announcement notes that Dr.
Posted October 23, 2023
Dragonfly
Langley Research Center
Missions
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Saturn
Saturn Moons
Science Mission Directorate
Dragonfly Team Utilizes Unique NASA Facilities to Shape Its Innovative Titan-bound Rotorcraft  With its dense atmosphere and low gravity, Saturn’s moon Titan is a great place to fly.  But well before NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander soars through Titan’s skies, researchers on Earth – led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in La
Posted October 23, 2023
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Johnson Space Center
Langley Research Center
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Flights
Quesst: The Mission
Quesst: The Science
Quesst: The Team
Quesst: The Vehicle
Supersonic Flight
Nils Larson, aerospace engineer and test pilot for NASA’s X-59 aircraft, met up with his former student, Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover, on Saturday, Oct. 21 during an open house held at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The pilots originally met more than two decades ago when Larson was an instructor at the […]
Posted October 23, 2023
Humans in Space
In-flight Education Downlinks
International Space Station (ISS)
Learning Resources
Missions
Students from Baldwin Union Free School District in Baldwin, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 27, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
Posted October 23, 2023
ISS Research
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
The 29th SpaceX commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for NASA carries scientific experiments and technology demonstrations, including studies of enhanced optical communications and measurement of atmospheric waves.
Posted October 23, 2023
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
International Space Station Division
Editor’s note: This advisory was updated Oct. 23, 2023, to reflect a change in the scheduled time for the spacewalk. NASA will provide live coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday, Oct. 25, to install communications hardware and inspect a portion of the orbital complex.
Posted October 23, 2023
Langley Research Center
Aeronautics
About the NASA Academy at Langley  Langley’s NASA Academy’s rigorous and diverse summer research program prioritizes collaboration, teamwork, leadership, innovation, and creativity.  Academy participants experience the challenges aerospace professionals face while conducting their research.
Posted October 21, 2023
Humans in Space
Solicitation Number: NNH16ZCQ001K-CIS-Appendix_L Solicitation Overview NASA has released a solicitation notice under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (Next STEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)  to seek industry-led capabilities studies to inform future communication and navigation activities.
Posted October 20, 2023
Bill Nelson
Candidate Astronauts
Pamela A. Melroy
Robert D. Cabana
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from right, NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana, far right, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (back to camera) speak with the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Posted October 20, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Kennedy Space Center
Laser Communications Relay
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on Oct. 23 to update the list of participants for the teleconference. NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 26, to discuss a laser communications system and new research to understand the interactions between weather on Earth and in space. The investigations are two of […]
Posted October 20, 2023
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