Tech Today: NASA’s Ion Thruster Knowhow Keeps Satellites Flying
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This Hall-effect thruster, shown being tested at Glenn Research Center, turns electricity and inert...
Month : May 2024
A Different Perspective – Remembering James Dean, Founder of the NASA Art Program
Artist James Dean prepares sketches of the space shuttle Columbia as it sits on Pad 39 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 9, 1981,...
Astronaut Suni Williams Prepares for Crew Flight Test
NASA/Frank Micheaux NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams gives a thumbs up during a mission dress rehearsal on Friday, April 26, 2024, at...
New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink
5 min read New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now,...
Sols 4173-4174: Reflections
3 min read Sols 4173-4174: Reflections This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4171 (2024-04-30 19:41:16 UTC)....
Hi-C Rocket Experiment Achieves Never-Before-Seen Look at Solar Flares
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The High-Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, launches aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket...
Researchers Develop ‘Founding Document’ on Synthetic Cell Development
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Synthetic cell development could lead researchers to new developments in food and medical sciences...
Former NASA Center Director, Scientist to Receive Presidential Medals
Medals of Freedom are displayed Thursday, July 7, 2022, before a ceremony at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith) President Joe...
A Moonlit Trio
NASA/Bill Ingalls The Moon (left), Saturn, and Jupiter (lower right; Saturn is above and to the left of Jupiter) were seen in the sky above...
Hubble Hunts Visible Light Sources of X-Rays
2 min read Hubble Hunts Visible Light Sources of X-Rays This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf galaxy IC 776. ESA/Hubble & NASA,...
