NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech
Researchers test shape memory alloy spring tire technology created at NASA’s Glenn Research Center on Martian-simulated terrain to prepare for future missions.Kelly M. Matter (NASA)
Researchers test shape memory alloy spring tire technology created at NASA’s Glenn Research Center on Martian-simulated terrain to prepare for future missions.Kelly M. Matter (NASA)
Six decades after the launch of the first nuclear-powered space mission, NASA is embarking on a bold future of human exploration and scientific discovery.science.nasa.gov
For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two NASA-supportedLoura Hall (NASA)
For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two NASA-supportedLoura Hall (NASA)
For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two NASA-supportedLoura Hall (NASA)
Locations designed as a maintenance work area and an exercise area on the International Space Station are commonly used by crew members for stowage and bodySumer Loggins (NASA)
Locations designed as a maintenance work area and an exercise area on the International Space Station are commonly used by crew members for stowage and bodySumer Loggins (NASA)
As radioisotopes power the Perseverance rover to explore Mars, perseverance “powered” three winners to write essays each year till they achieved their mission goal of winning NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge.science.nasa.gov
The SERT II mission was the first long-duration operation of ion thrusters in space and was handled entirely by NASA’s Lewis Research Center (today, NASA Glenn).Robert S. Arrighi (NASA)
The SERT II mission was the first long-duration operation of ion thrusters in space and was handled entirely by NASA’s Lewis Research Center (today, NASA Glenn).Robert S. Arrighi (NASA)
NASA selected 45 student essays as semifinalists of its 2024 Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.Phil Davis (NASA)
Goddard's GIANT optical navigation software helped guide the OSIRIS-REx mission to the Asteroid Bennu. Today its developers continue to add functionality and streamline useability for future missions.Karl B. Hille (NASA)
Lidar technology improvements will help NASA scientists and explorers with remote sensing and surveying, mapping, 3D-image scanning, hazard detection and avoidance, and navigation.Karl B. Hille (NASA)