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GVIS Virtual Systems Simulations

4 Min Read GVIS Virtual Systems Simulations High-Efficiency Megawatt Motor (HEMM) Visualization Credits: NASA GVIS The Graphics and Visualization Lab (GVIS) at NASA Glenn Research Center creates a variety of immersive visualizations and simulations in support of NASA’s missions, projects, and future innovations. These visual tools help scientists, engineers, and researchers develop new solutions [...]

By |2026-03-13T10:54:00-04:00March 13th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

GVIS Test Facilities Visualizations

3 Min Read GVIS Test Facilities Visualizations Visualization of the interior of the W-7 Facility. Credits: NASA GVIS The Graphics and Visualization Lab (GVIS) at NASA Glenn Research Center creates a variety of immersive visualizations and simulations in support for NASA’s missions, projects, and future innovations. These visual tools help scientists, engineers, and researchers [...]

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Astronauts’ Perspectives on NESC Contributions to Mission Safety and Success 

Mark Vande Hei outside of ISS (October 10, 2017).  This article is from the 2025 Technical Update. The exact date when the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia was lost is readily recalled by Patrick Forrester, as it likely would be for any NASA employee in service that Saturday morning when the Shuttle broke up during [...]

By |2026-03-13T10:48:00-04:00March 13th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

About Low Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD) Project

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft cruises above Palmdale and Edwards, California, during its first flight, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. The aircraft traveled to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.NASA/Lori Losey The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project (LBFD) is part of NASA’s [...]

By |2026-03-12T18:00:00-04:00March 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA to Cover Upcoming US Spacewalks 94, 95 Outside Space Station

NASA astronaut Anne McClain works near one of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays during a May 1, 2025, spacewalk to upgrade the station’s power system and relocate a communications antenna.Credit: NASA NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks beginning Wednesday, March 18, outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the [...]

By |2026-03-12T17:09:00-04:00March 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

About Integrated Aviation Systems Program (IASP)

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / Lillian Gipson The Integrated Aviation Systems Program (IASP) conducts research and integrated, systems-level demonstrations in a flight environment to prove, mature and transition them into future aircraft and systems. The program aims to determine feasibility and accelerate development of less mature technologies, [...]

By |2026-03-12T17:00:00-04:00March 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Artemis II Flight Readiness Polls Go to Proceed Toward April Launch

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.NASA NASA completed the agency’s Artemis II Flight Readiness Review on Thursday, March 12, and polled “go” to proceed toward launch. NASA is [...]

By |2026-03-12T16:36:00-04:00March 12th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

Why Women Engineers Need Business Skills, Not Just Technical Skills

Technical skills got SWE Global Ambassador Mili Dhingra in the room. Learning to combine them with business thinking allowed her to lead and eventually build something of her own. Source

By |2026-03-12T15:46:00-04:00March 12th, 2026|Categories: Uncategorized|
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