NASA Ocean World Explorers Have to Swim Before They Can Fly - NASA

In a competition swimming pool, engineers tested prototypes for a futuristic mission concept: a swarm of underwater robots that could look for signs of life

Making Mars' Moons: Supercomputers Offer ‘Disruptive’ New Explanation - NASA

A NASA study using a series of supercomputer simulations reveals a potential new solution to a longstanding Martian mystery: How did Mars get its

NASA Goddard Lidar Team Receives Center Innovation Award for Advancements - NASA

NASA researchers Guan Yang, Jeff Chen, and their team received the 2024 Innovator of The Year Award at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,

Precision Pointing Goes the Distance on NASA Experiment

One year ago today, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA spacecraft nearly 10 million miles away. That’s 40

From Campus to Cosmos: NASA Grants Boost Student, University Innovation %seFrom Campus to Cosmosp% NASA

Human exploration on the lunar surface is no small feat. It requires technologists and innovators from all walks of life to tackle many challenges, including

After 60 Years, Nuclear Power for Spaceflight is Still Tried and True - NASA Science

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.

Station Science Top News: Oct. 18, 2024 - NASA

Microgravity had no immediate effect on a person’s ability to perceive the height of an object, indicating that astronauts can safely perform tasks that rely

NASA Astronaut Health Technology Thwarts Heart Failure

NASA research created for astronaut health monitoring provides early detection for patients battling heart failure through a commercial product.

NASA Terminal Transmits First Laser Communications Uplink to Space  - NASA

NASA’s LCOT (Low-Cost Optical Terminal), a ground station made of modified commercial hardware, transmitted its first laser communications uplink to the TBIRD

NASA, Collaborators Announce New Lunar Autonomy Challenge

This challenge invites U.S. college and university students to develop algorithms to drive an autonomous robot in a realistic lunar environment

NASA, Collaborators Announce New Lunar Autonomy Challenge

This challenge invites U.S. college and university students to develop algorithms to drive an autonomous robot in a realistic lunar environment

NASA, Collaborators Announce New Lunar Autonomy Challenge

This challenge invites U.S. college and university students to develop algorithms to drive an autonomous robot in a realistic lunar environment

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Exoskeleton’ Whirls Through Major Test - NASA

A major component of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just took a spin on the centrifuge at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Meghan Daley: Shaping the Future of NASA’s Robotic Simulations  - NASA

During National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we celebrate the thousands of employees living with disabilities who contribute to NASA’s mission. By

Reinventing the Clock: NASA’s New Tech for Space Timekeeping - NASA

Here on Earth, it might not matter if your wristwatch runs a few seconds slow. But crucial spacecraft functions need accuracy down to one billionth of a second or less.

NASA Completes Spacecraft to Transport, Support Roman Space Telescope - NASA

The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once there is now complete after years of

NASA Completes Spacecraft to Transport, Support Roman Space Telescope - NASA

The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once there is now complete after years of

OSAM-1 Partnership Opportunity

NASA is exploring potential partnerships for alternate use cases for the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) flight hardware, test

DARPA Robotic Satellite Servicing

NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have signed an interagency agreement to collaborate on a satellite servicing demonstration in

First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket

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-supported

First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket

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-supported

First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket

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-supported

Perseverance Pays Off for Student Challenge Winners - NASA Science

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.

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NASA Optical Navigation Tech Could Streamline Planetary Exploration - NASA

In a dim, barren landscape like the surface of the Moon, it can be easy to get lost. With few discernable landmarks to navigate with the naked eye, astronauts

NASA Trains Machine Learning Algorithm for Mars Sample Analysis - NASA

When a robotic rover lands on another world, scientists have a limited amount of time to collect data from the troves of explorable material, because of short

NASA Ames to Host Supercomputing Resources for UC Berkeley Researchers - NASA

Under a new agreement, NASA will host supercomputing resources for the University of California, Berkeley, at the agency’s Ames Research Center in

NASA Releases First Integrated Ranking of Civil Space Challenges - NASA

For Good Reason, Apache Foundation Says ‘Goodbye’ to Iconic Feather Logo

https://fossforce.com/2024/07/apache-foundation-says-goodbye-to-iconic-feather-logo/ [Christine Hall at FOSS Force] "The Apache Software Foundation is making changes in an attempt to right a wrong it unintentionally created when it adopted

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Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks

The use of the floppy disk, which was still used in some government agencies in Japan, has now been scrapped.

Bente Eegholm: Ensuring Space Telescopes Have Stellar Vision - NASA

Bente Eegholm is an optical engineer working to ensure missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have stellar vision. When it launches by May 2027,

Augmented Reality Speeds Spacecraft Construction at NASA Goddard - NASA

Technicians armed with advanced measuring equipment, augmented reality headsets, and QR codes virtually checked the fit of some Roman Space Telescope

NASA Selects Technology Transfer Services Contractor - NASA

NASA has awarded the Consolidated Agency Technology Transfer Services contract to Summit Technologies & Solutions, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia, to