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NASA Glenn Research Highlighted in Tape Exhibit

By |2024-05-21T13:52:00-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Encompassing an impressive 10,000 square feet, the exhibit’s focal point is a play-scape structure crafted from packing tape, mirroring the iconic design of the space station. Credit: Great Lakes Science Center Beginning May 24, Great Lakes Science Center, home of the NASA Glenn Visitor [...]

Glenn Digital Specialists Earn NASA Awards

By |2024-05-21T13:52:00-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Four of NASA Glenn Research Center’s digital specialists were selected as 2023 NASA Photographers and Videographers of the Year. The winning photos and videos showcased NASA’s people, places, and projects, as captured by NASA’s talented photographers and videographers. There were numerous submissions from all [...]

Team NEO Views NASA Glenn Properties for Lease 

By |2024-05-21T13:52:00-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) While on tour, Team NEO representatives stop to take a photo by the dedication plaque for NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Left to right: Nico Samaniego, Christine Nelson, Peter Zahirsky, Kathleen Meehan, Bryce Sylvester, David Ebersole, and Camille Billups.Credit: NASA/Erin Bukach  [...]

NASA Glenn Kicks Off Ohio Space Forum

By |2024-05-21T13:52:00-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Jimmy Kenyon speaks to a record crowd of public, private, and academic partners at the Ohio Space Forum in downtown Cleveland. Credit: NASA/Susan Valerian  NASA’s Glenn Research Center kicked off the Ohio Space Forum with a tour of [...]

Discovery Alert: Mini-Neptune in Double Star System is a Planetary Puzzle

By |2024-05-21T13:38:00-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Discovery Alert: Mini-Neptune in Double Star System is a Planetary Puzzle Artist’s concept of planet TOI 4633 c in its double-star system. Credit: Ed Bell for Simons Foundation The Discovery A planet that could resemble a smaller version of our own Neptune orbits one of two Sun-like stars that also orbit [...]

NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets

By |2024-05-21T13:01:00-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

7 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) At JPL on May 17, members of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument team use a crane to lift the top portion of the shipping container that the instrument was stored in for its journey to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.NASA/JPL-Caltech Team members at JPL said [...]

System-Wide Safety Collaborations

By |2024-05-21T12:07:00-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project identifies and addresses safety threats to improve the efficiency of flight and access to airspace. This map shows the locations of companies, academic institutions, and other government agencies that collaborate with SWS to conduct world-class research to assure [...]

NASA Employs Innovative Approach for Key Test Infrastructure Upgrade

By |2024-05-21T12:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Crews prepare new pipeline liner sections for installation near the Fred Haise Test Stand on May 1 in the last phase of updating the original test complex industrial water system at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. NASA/Danny Nowlin Crews are using an innovative engineering approach [...]

Welcome Back to Planet Earth, Expedition 70 Crew! 

By |2024-05-21T11:19:00-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On May 16, 2024, a crowd of more than 500 people gathered at Space Center Houston’s IMAX theater for the Expedition 70 crew debrief and awards ceremony. Crew members from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 and Soyuz MS-24 missions shared reflections from their voyage aboard the International Space Station and bestowed well-deserved recognition upon Johnson Space Center employees and partners [...]

CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy

By |2024-05-21T09:09:14-04:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Can a gas cloud eat a galaxy? It's not even close. The "claw" of this odd looking "creature" in the featured photo is a gas cloud known as a cometary globule. This globule, however, has ruptured. Cometary globules are typically characterized by dusty heads and elongated tails. These features cause [...]

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