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2024 Solar Eclipse

Meet the Creators, Part 4: Two New 2024 Total Eclipse Posters

Total solar eclipses reveal the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the corona – a white, wispy halo of solar material that flows out from around the Sun. This atmosphere is breathtaking as it glows in the sky for viewers on Earth, surrounding the dark disk of the Moon. In addition to revealing this normally hidden part of […]

Posted February 22, 2024

Missions

Artemis 2

Astronauts

Christina H. Koch

G. Reid Wiseman

Humans in Space

Victor J. Glover

NASA Invites Media to Speak with Artemis II Moon Crew, Recovery Team

Media are invited to speak with the four Artemis II astronauts on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Naval Base San Diego in California. The crew will fly around the Moon next year as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, marking the first astronauts to make the journey in more than 50 years. NASA and the U.S. Department […]

Posted February 22, 2024

Astrophysics

Goddard Space Flight Center

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Neutron Stars

Science & Research

Stars

Supernovae

The Universe

Webb Finds Evidence for Neutron Star at Heart of Young Supernova Remnant

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site of a recently observed supernova. The supernova, known as SN 1987A, was a core-collapse supernova, meaning the compacted remains at its core formed either a neutron star or a black hole. Evidence for such a […]

Posted February 22, 2024

Earth

International Space Station (ISS)

Shanghai from Space

While the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the East China Sea, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli snapped this photo of Shanghai’s city lights and the Huangpu River flowing through downtown. Shanghai is the most populous city in China with a population of about 24.9 million. The space station serves as a unique platform for […]

Posted February 22, 2024

Artemis

Artemis 1

Artemis 2

Humans in Space

I Am Artemis

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

I Am Artemis: Josh Whitehead

Launching a rocket to the Moon takes perseverance and diligence. Josh Whitehead – a world-class engineer, race-winning long-distance runner, and father – knows that it also takes a good attitude. “Positive energies are vital, particularly when working through challenges,” Whitehead says. “Challenges are opportunities to learn and grow.

Posted February 22, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA’s Planetary Protection Team Conducts Vital Research for Deep Space Missions

By Celine Smith As NASA continues its exploration of the solar system, including future crewed missions to Mars, experts in the agency’s Office of Planetary Protection are developing advanced tactics to prevent NASA expeditions from introducing biological contaminants to other worlds.

Posted February 22, 2024

Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)

Get Involved

Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved

Pose Bowl: Spacecraft Detection and Pose Estimation Challenge

In the Pose Bowl: Spacecraft Detection and Pose Estimation Challenge, solvers will help NASA develop algorithms that could be run on inspector (chaser) spacecraft. There are two tracks, with different associated prizes. In the Detection Track, solvers develop object detection solutions that identify the boundaries of spacecraft in an image.

Posted February 22, 2024

Stennis Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA to Continue Testing for New Artemis Moon Rocket Engines

NASA will conduct an RS-25 hot fire Friday, Feb. 23, moving one step closer to production of new engines that will help power the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, are set to begin the […]

Posted February 22, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Aeronautics

Armstrong Flight Research Center

NASA History

NASA Center Boosted YF-12 Supersonic Engine Research

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

The Marshall Star for February 21, 2024

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