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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.science.nasa.gov
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-supportedLoura Hall (NASA)
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-supportedLoura Hall (NASA)
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-supportedLoura Hall (NASA)
Station Science Top News: August 16, 2024 - 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)
Station Science Top News: August 16, 2024 - 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)
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.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s SERT II: 'A Genuine Space Success Story’
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’s SERT II: 'A Genuine Space Success Story’
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 Announces Semifinalists of Power to Explore Challenge - 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)
NASA Improves GIANT Optical Navigation Technology for Future Missions - 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)
Goddard Engineers Improve NASA Lidar Tech for Exploration - 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)