NASA’s Space Tech Prize Bolsters Diversity, Inclusivity Champions
Credits: NASA NASA selected the first winners of the agency’s Space Tech Catalyst prize to expand engagement with underrepresented and diverse individuals in the space...
Month : March 2024
Apollo 9 Crew Comes Home
NASA Fifty-five years ago today, NASA astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart splashed down 4.5 nautical miles from the USS...
The Marshall Star for March 13, 2024
25 Min Read The Marshall Star for March 13, 2024 Marshall Celebrates Alabama Space Day in Montgomery By Jessica Barnett Team members from NASA’s Marshall...
Evolved Adapter for Future NASA SLS Flights Readied for Testing
NASA/Sam Lott A test version of the universal stage adapter for NASA’s more powerful version of its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket arrived to Building...
Cheers! NASA’s Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds
Astronomers identified icy compounds made of complex organic molecules like alcohol and likely acetic acid, using MIRI, which was managed through launch by JPL....
Communications Services Project
Overview NASA’s Communications Services Project, known as CSP, is pioneering a new era of space communications by partnering with industry to provide commercial space relay...
Tech Today: Suspended Solar Panels See the Light
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is an example of a concentrated solar power...
NASA Expanding Lunar Exploration with Upgraded SLS Mega Rocket Design
A final round of certification testing for production of new RS-25 engines to power the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, beginning with Artemis V, is...
Zero-Boil-Off Tank Experiments to Enable Long-Duration Space Exploration
10 Min Read Zero-Boil-Off Tank Experiments to Enable Long-Duration Space Exploration Figure 1. The Gateway space station—humanity’s first space station around the Moon—will be capable...
Understanding Risk, Artificial Intelligence, and Improving Software Quality
The software discipline has broad involvement across each of the NASA Mission Directorates. Some recent discipline focus and development areas are highlighted below, along with...
