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NASA History
Media are invited to hear a discussion on the design and cultural significance of the worm logotype with NASA and its creator Richard Danne at 11:30 a.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 6, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. The logotype, a simple, red unique type style of the word NASA, replaced the agency’s official logo […]
Posted October 27, 2023
Astrophysics
Heliophysics Division
Sounding Rockets
Sounding Rockets Program
A new sounding rocket mission is headed to space to understand how explosive stellar deaths lay the groundwork for new star systems. The Integral Field Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Experiment, or INFUSE, sounding rocket mission, will launch from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on Oct. 29, 2023, at 9:35 p.m. MDT. For a few months […]
Posted October 27, 2023
Kennedy Space Center
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
NASA and Boeing are working to complete the agency’s verification and validation activities ahead of Starliner’s first flight with astronauts to the International Space Station.
Posted October 27, 2023
Humans in Space
Commercial Crew
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
International Space Station (ISS)
Kennedy Space Center
NASA and its industry partners Boeing and SpaceX are planning for the next set of missions to the International Space Station for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-8 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the orbiting laboratory is targeted to launch no earlier than mid-February.
Posted October 27, 2023
Glenn History
Glenn Research Center
NASA History
The Flight Research Building, or hangar, at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has not only housed the center’s aircraft and Flight Operations team for decades, but has also served as a visual representation of the center for the public. NASA has taken advantage of the hangar’s size and shape — along with its location […]
Posted October 27, 2023
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
This striking image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the interacting galaxy pair known as Arp-Madore 2339-661.
Posted October 27, 2023
Drones & You
Aeronáutica
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
NASA en español
Lee esta historia en inglés aquí. Hoy en día, los pasajeros de avión esperan un viaje tranquilo con pocas turbulencias. Aunque las turbulencias no siempre pueden evitarse, las consideraciones y diseños de los aviones limitan lo que siente el pasajero.
Posted October 26, 2023
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Kennedy Space Center
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems conducts a water flow test with the mobile launcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s in Florida on Oct. 24, 2023. It is the third in a series of tests to verify the overpressure protection and sound suppression system is ready for launch of the Artemis II mission. During liftoff, 400,000 gallons […]
Posted October 26, 2023
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Solar System
The map could help the agency decide where the first astronauts to the Red Planet should land. The more available water, the less missions will need to bring. Buried ice will be a vital resource for the first people to set foot on Mars, serving as drinking water and a key ingredient for rocket fuel. […]
Posted October 26, 2023
Earth
Natural Disasters
Communities worldwide now have access to a powerful tool to increase their awareness of landslide hazards, thanks to NASA and the Pacific Disaster Center.
Posted October 26, 2023
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