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NASA Lab Completes Engine Checks on New Aircraft

NASA/Christopher LC Clark Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary engine tests on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at NASA’s Armstong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Hall, chief pilot at the center’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory, and Link, a pilot for small uncrewed [...]

By |2025-12-18T14:26:00-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA, Boeing Test How to Improve Performance of Longer, Narrower Aircraft Wings 

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Integrated Adaptive Wing Technology Maturation wind-tunnel model installed in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.NASA / Mark Knopp The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today’s, with longer, thinner wings that [...]

By |2025-12-18T14:00:00-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Hubble Sees Asteroids Colliding at Nearby Star for First Time

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]

By |2025-12-18T14:00:00-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Welcomes 15th Administrator Jared Isaacman

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, left, swears in Jared Isaacman, right, as the 15th administrator of NASA, as Isaacman’s parents, Donald and Sandra Marie, join on Dec. 18, 2025, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Jared Isaacman was sworn in Thursday as NASA’s 15th administrator by District Judge Timothy J. Kelly. [...]

By |2025-12-18T12:56:00-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Completes First Cosmic Map Like No Other

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This panoramic view of SPHEREx’s first all-sky map shows how the sky looks to the telescope. It transitions between observations of colors emitted by hot hydrogen gas (blue) and cosmic dust (red), and those primarily emitted by stars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Launched in March, NASA’s [...]

By |2025-12-18T12:56:00-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A Look Back at NASA Stennis in 2025

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) In 2025, NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, marked a year of progress by supporting NASA’s Artemis campaign, celebrating historic milestones, and continuing its role as a trusted propulsion test partner at America’s largest rocket propulsion test site. “For more than [...]

By |2025-12-18T12:01:00-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2025 Science Activation Opportunity

2 min read 2025 Science Activation Opportunity NASA Science encourages all people to actively participate in science through activities and resources developed by a collaborative network of project teams drawing on NASA SMD assets (science content, experts, data, etc.). Your team can apply to be part of this program. Opportunity NASA SMD seeks a portfolio of [...]

By |2025-12-18T11:40:00-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Payroll

1 Min Read Payroll The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) Payroll Office (NPO) reviews, validates, and delivers time and attendance data to the Department of the Interior (DOI) Interior Business Center (IBC) for NASA Centers.  NPO acts as liaison between Centers, employees and IBC for other payroll related activities such as supplemental payments, prior [...]

By |2025-12-18T11:36:00-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2025 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley 

NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley continued to make strides in research, technology, engineering, science, and innovation this past year. Join us as we take a look back at some of the highlights from 2025. From Supercomputers to Wind Tunnels: NASA’s Road to Artemis II This video shows two simulations of the SLS [...]

By |2025-12-18T11:20:00-05:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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