Low Earth orbit, the focus of volume one of NASA’s Space Sustainability Strategy, is the most concentrated area for orbital debris. This computer-generated image showcases objects that are currently being tracked. Credits: NASA ODPO To address a rapidly changing space operating environment and ensure its preservation for generations to come, NASA released the first part of [...]
NASA/Keegan Barber On April 8, 2024, a NASA photographer captured the total solar eclipse in Dallas. A small part of North America, from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, saw the total solar eclipse, while all North America and parts of Central America and Europe saw a partial solar eclipse. The [...]
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Astronaut Raja Chari explores Gateway in virtual reality at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Astronauts living aboard the Gateway lunar space station will be the first humans to make their home in deep space. To fine-tune the design of the next-generation science lab, solar-powered [...]
3 Min Read Making Ultra-fast Electron Measurements in Multiple Directions to Reveal the Secrets of the Aurora Photo of the aurora (taken in Greenland) that shows tall rays extending to high altitudes. These rays are caused by particles, mainly electrons and protons, precipitating into the upper atmosphere from space. Credits: NASA-GSFC The energetic electrons [...]
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Three Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia April 8, 2024, during the solar eclipse. The rockets launched for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission to study the disturbances in the electrified region of Earth’s atmosphere [...]
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) During a research trip to Fiji, Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo poses in a cluster of coastal mangroves, just one of the aspects of forested and coastal ecosystems that she studies.Courtesy of Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo, a research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight [...]
NASA experts from the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program and Human Health and Performance Directorate with the agency’s commercial space station partners at the medical operations meeting series at Johnson Space Center in Houston (from top to bottom, left to right: Ben Easter, Dan Buckland, Tom Marshburn, Brian Musselman, Ted Duchesne, Darren Locke, Stephen [...]
On April 8, 1964, Gemini 1 successfully completed the first uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft and its Titan II booster. The three-orbit mission proved the structural integrity of the spacecraft and the launch vehicle, paving the way for a second uncrewed test flight and ultimately missions with astronauts. The primary goals of Project [...]
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The original Mercury astronauts at the McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in May 1959. The astronauts are left to right: M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Walter M. “Wally” Schirra, Alan B. Shepard Jr., and Donald K. [...]
3 Min Read NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge A word cloud generated from student essay entries. Credits: NASA/Dave Lam NASA has selected the nine finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. NASA selected nine finalists out of the [...]
