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NASA Glenn’s Office of Communications Earns Top Honors 

By |2024-12-19T11:14:00-05:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Members of NASA Glenn Research Center’s Office of Communications gather for a photo after the Public Relations Society of America’s Cleveland Rocks Awards ceremony. Credit: Tim Phillis NASA Glenn Research Center’s Office of Communications earned top honors — including Best in Show — during the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)’s Cleveland Rocks Awards [...]

An Evening With the Stars: 10 Years and Counting 

By |2024-12-19T11:14:00-05:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Glenn Research Center leaders stand with Evening With the Stars presenters. Left to right: Tim Smith, Nikki Welch, Center Director Dr. Jimmy Kenyon, Acting Deputy Director Dr. Wanda Peters, and Carlos Garcia-Galan. Credit: NASA/Jef Janis  NASA Glenn Research Center’s “An Evening With the Stars” showcased research and technology innovations that addressed this year’s theme, [...]

NASA Partners with US Patent and Trademark Office to Advance Technology Transfer

By |2024-12-19T10:58:00-05:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) With a shared commitment to fostering U.S. economic growth that benefits the American public, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen collaboration in transferring federally-developed technology into the private [...]

55 Years Ago: Apollo 13, Preparations for the Third Moon Landing

By |2024-12-19T09:34:00-05:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

As 1969, an historic year that saw not just one but two successful human lunar landings, drew to a close, NASA continued preparations for its planned third Moon landing mission, Apollo 13, then scheduled for launch on March 12, 1970. The Apollo 13 prime crew of Commander James A. Lovell, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Thomas [...]

Artemis Launch Team Successfully Test Upgraded Launch Software

By |2024-12-19T08:55:00-05:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation in Firing Room 1 inside the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida successfully tested the launch control system, the software [...]

NASA, Axiom Space Change Assembly Order of Commercial Space Station

By |2024-12-19T07:00:00-05:00December 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A digital rendering of the completed Axiom Station, which includes the Payload, Power, and Thermal Module, Habitat 1, an airlock, Habitat 2, and the Research and Manufacturing Facility.Credits: Axiom Space In coordination with NASA, Axiom Space modified its planned assembly sequence to accelerate [...]

NASA Ames Stars of the Month: January 2025

By |2024-12-18T18:19:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Maurice Valdez, Niki Parenteau, Dori Myer, and Judy Alfter. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond. Space Science and Astrobiology Star: Maurice Valdez Maurice Valdez [...]

More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight

By |2024-12-18T16:35:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A rendering of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander and a rover developed for the company’s third mission to the Moon as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative.Credit: Firefly Aerospace NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six [...]

NASA Payload Aims to Probe Moon’s Depths to Study Heat Flow

By |2024-12-18T16:18:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) LISTER (Lunar Instrumentation for Subsurface Thermal Exploration with Rapidity) is one of 10 payloads flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. The instrument is equipped with a drilling system and thermal probe designed to dig into the lunar [...]

NASA Knows: How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades 5-8)

By |2024-12-18T16:17:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This article is for students grades 5-8. The Sun is the star of our solar system. Its gravity holds Earth and our planetary neighbors in its orbit. At 865,000 miles (1.4 million km) in diameter, it’s the largest object in our solar system. On Earth, its influence is felt in our weather, seasons, climate, and [...]

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