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ROAMX testing in the Planetary Aeolian Laboratory (PAL) at NASA Ames Research Center

During 2024-2025, helicopter blades optimized for Mars were tested in the Planetary Aeolian Laboratory (PAL) at NASA Ames Research Center as part of the Rotor Optimization for the Advancement of Mars eXploration (ROAMX) project. The experimental test-chamber of the PAL can be depressurized to create atmospheric air pressures of different planetary

Posted March 6, 2025

Blogs

Sols 4471-4472: Marching Through the Canyon

Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University Earth planning date: Monday, March 3, 2025 Curiosity continued steady progress through the upper sulfate unit and toward its next major science waypoint: the boxwork structures.

Posted March 5, 2025

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Spinoffs

Technology

Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer & Spinoffs

What is a NASA Spinoff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 53

What is a NASA Spinoff? Well, to answer that question, we’re going to have to go all the way back to 1958, back to the legislation that originally created the space agency, NASA. So in that legislation, there’s some forward-looking language that says, “Make sure that all the cool stuff you develop for space doesn’t […]

Posted March 5, 2025

Humans in Space

Astronauts

Commercial Crew

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

Johnson Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch, Docking

Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated March 5, 2025, to correct that media may ask questions by phone only during the mission overview teleconference. NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 7:48 p.m.

Posted March 5, 2025

Artemis

Astromaterials

Science & Research

Uncategorized

How NASA is Using Virtual Reality to Prepare for Science on Moon

When astronauts walk on the Moon, they’ll serve as the eyes, hands, and boots-on-the-ground interpreters supporting the broader teams of scientists on Earth.

Posted March 5, 2025

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Turns Off 2 Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission

The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these energy-conserving measures. Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California turned off the cosmic ray subsystem experiment aboard Voyager 1 on Feb.

Posted March 5, 2025

Organizations

Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

NASA’s Ethics Program

NASA’s Ethics Program provides training and counsel to NASA employees and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the agency-wide ethics program. Headquarters and Center Chief Counsels ethics officials support the ethics program in their respective localities.

Posted March 5, 2025

Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)

Novel Recuperator Design for Cryogenic Fluid Management System

Cryocoolers are essential systems in many space exploration missions to maintain propellants at cryogenic temperatures. Cryogenic recuperators are a key component of these cryocoolers and dictate the performance of the system.

Posted March 5, 2025

Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble Captures New View of Colorful Veil

In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun that exploded about 10,000 years ago, the Veil Nebula is situated about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation […]

Posted March 5, 2025

Humans in Space

Human Research Program

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 to Explore Deep Space Exercise, Health

During NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch in March, select members of the four-person crew will participate in exercise and medical research aimed at keeping astronauts fit on future long-duration missions.

Posted March 5, 2025