The Heat is On! NASA’s “Flawless” Heat Shield Demo Passes the Test - NASA

The Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) launched on Nov. 10, 2022, aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket and

Hubble Images Galaxy with an Explosive Past - NASA Science

This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 941, which lies about 55 million light-years from Earth. Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) collected the data that created this image.

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data - NASA

DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for

55 Years Ago: Eight Months Before the Moon Landing - NASA

November 1968 proved pivotal to achieving the goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. The highly successful Apollo 7 mission that

50 Years Ago: Launch of Skylab 4, The Final Mission to Skylab - NASA

The third and final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, Skylab 4, got underway on Nov. 16, 1973, with a thunderous launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space

Gateway Utilization Town Hall for the International Science Community - NASA

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and Gateway Program will hold a Utilization Town Hall for the international science community at 3 p.m., Jan. 31, 2024.

Partnership Events and Opportunities - NASA

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Cube Quest Concludes: Wins, Lessons Learned from Centennial Challenge - NASA

The Cube Quest Challenge, a NASA-led prize competition that was created in 2015, has concluded one year after the launch of one of the finalists aboard the SLS rocket for the Artemis I mission.

Cube Quest Concludes: Wins, Lessons Learned from Centennial Challenge - NASA

The Cube Quest Challenge, a NASA-led prize competition that was created in 2015, has concluded one year after the launch of one of the finalists aboard the SLS rocket for the Artemis I mission.

One Year Ago: Artemis I Lifts Off - NASA

In this photo, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), carrying the Orion spacecraft, lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center

Backyard Worlds Volunteers Complete Ten Million Classifications in an Epic Search for New Objects Among the Nearest Stars - NASA Science

The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 and Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors projects invite members of the public to search images from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission to find new objects among the nearest stars.

NASA and UC Berkeley Host Discussion on the Future of AI at Work  - NASA

Leaders from government, academia, and commercial industries gathered earlier this fall to learn, discuss, and collaborate at the inaugural “The Future of

From childhood stargazing to building a lunar space station   - NASA

Even growing up in the heart of Washington, D.C., stargazer Oliver Ortiz felt a connection to space from a young age and always wondered what was beyond the

NASA Selects Awardees for New Aviation Maintenance Challenge

Temperatures Across Our Solar System - NASA Science

Let’s look at the mean temperature of the Sun, and the planets in our solar system.

NSSC Small Business Program - NASA

The Vision of the NSSC Small Business Office is to promote and integrate all small businesses into the competitive base of contactors that pioneer

Satellite Data Can Help Limit the Dangers of Windblown Dust - NASA Science

Interstate 10, an artery that cuts through the rural drylands of southern New Mexico, is one of the country’s deadliest roadways.

NASA Names New Highest-Ranking Civil Servant, Head of Exploration   - NASA

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday Jim Free’s promotion to associate administrator for the agency at NASA Headquarters in Washington,

The Marshall Star for November 15, 2023 - NASA

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NASA Receives Best Possible Audit Opinion in 2023 Financial Report - NASA

For the 13th consecutive year, NASA received an unmodified, or “clean,” opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2023 financial statements.

Pale Blue Dot: Visualization Challenge - NASA

Our world is facing many urgent challenges, such as climate change, water insecurity, and food insecurity. Maintaining and improving quality of life around

NASA Engineer Earns Goddard Innovation Award for Sun-studying Photon Sieves - NASA

Goddard Engineer Kevin Denis receives innovation award for photon sieves.

NASA Telescope Data Becomes Music You Can Play - NASA

For millennia, musicians have looked to the heavens for inspiration. Now a new collaboration is enabling actual data from NASA telescopes to be used

NASA Engineer Earns Goddard Innovation Award for Sun-studying Photon Sieves - NASA

Goddard Engineer Kevin Denis receives innovation award for photon sieves.

A View Through Skylab - NASA

Astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, recorded this wide scene of his crewmates, astronauts Edward G. Gibson (left), science pilot, and Jerry P. Carr

Pale Blue Dot: Visualization Challenge - NASA

Our world is facing many urgent challenges, such as climate change, water insecurity, and food insecurity. Maintaining and improving quality of life around

Modeling Turbofan Engines to Understand Aircraft Noise - NASA

Airplane engines are loud – just ask anyone who lives near an airport. Increased air traffic from next-generation aircraft has the potential for even more

NASA’s Cold Atom Lab Sets Stage for Quantum Chemistry in Space - NASA

The remotely operated facility aboard the International Space Station has created another tool that researchers can use to probe the fundamental nature of the

Satellite Data Can Help Limit the Dangers of Windblown Dust - NASA Science

Interstate 10, an artery that cuts through the rural drylands of southern New Mexico, is one of the country’s deadliest roadways.

NASA Data Reveals Possible Reason Some Exoplanets Are Shrinking - NASA

A new study could explain the ‘missing’ exoplanets between super-Earths and sub-Neptunes.

Webb Follows Neon Signs Toward New Thinking on Planet Formation - NASA

Scientists are following neon signs in a search for clues to one planetary system’s future and the past of another – our own solar system. Following up on a

NASA's X-59 Goes from Green to Red, White, and Blue

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft continues to make progress, most recently moving to the paint barn at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ facility in Palmdale,

Volunteers Worldwide Successfully Tracked NASA’s Artemis I Mission - NASA

In the year since NASA’s historic Artemis I mission successfully launched, the agency has been analyzing data from its approximately 25-day journey around the

Rocket Exhaust on the Moon: NASA Supercomputers Reveal Surface Effects - NASA

Through Artemis, NASA plans to explore more of the Moon than ever before with human and robotic missions on the lunar surface. Because

Going for the GUSTO in Antarctica - NASA

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft, shown in this image from Oct. 28, 2023, delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic

Joshua Abel: Delivering Roman's Optical Telescope Assembly On Time, On Target - NASA

Joshua Abel's job as lead systems engineer for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Optical Telescope Assembly is "to deliver the assembly to the Roman observatory on time, within budget, and meeting all the technical requirements."

Trailblazing New Earth Satellite Put to Test in Preparation for Launch - NASA

During three weeks in a thermal vacuum chamber in Bengaluru, India, the joint NASA-ISRO satellite demonstrated its hardiness in a harsh, space-like environment.

Attention Podcast Listeners: NASA Now Available on Spotify - NASA

NASA released its collection of original podcasts on Spotify Tuesday, giving more people access to in-depth conversations, stories, and Spanish-language

Atención, oyentes de pódcasts: La NASA ya está disponible en Spotify - NASA

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