Dancing With Aliens

More than two months after delivering several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the SS

NASA to Pay Tribute to Fallen Heroes with Day of Remembrance

NASA will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo

NASA Highlights Science on Next Northrop Grumman Mission to Space Station

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to discuss science investigations and technology demonstrations launching on Northrop Grumman’s 13th

PIA23655: Naktong Vallis

Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates

Setting the Stage for Artemis Testing

All eyes are on south Mississippi with this month’s delivery and installation of NASA’s Space Launch System. Source:: updates 3

How Earth Climate Models Help Scientists Picture Life on Unimaginable Worlds

January 24, 2020 Kourosh Maheri Earth

Thousands of computers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center are tasked with running sophisticated climate models to predict Earth’s future climate. Collectively known as NASA’s

Media Invited to Renaming Ceremony for International Ocean Science Satellite

NASA and its partners on an upcoming mission to extend long-term observations of global sea level change will announce the renaming of the mission, currently

NASA Forest Structure Mission Releases First Data

The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation mission (GEDI) made their firstdata available to the public in January 2020, providing access to morecomprehensive forest data than ever

NASA’s Kepler Witnesses Vampire Star System Undergoing Super-Outburst

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was designed to find exoplanets by looking for stars that dim as a planet crosses the star’s face. Fortuitously, the same design

NASA Administrator Names Director for Ohio Center

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has named Marla Pérez-Davis director of the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, effective immediately. Pérez-Davis has been serving as the

Hubble Sees Dusty Galaxy With Supermassive Center

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri Updates

This peculiar galaxy, known as NGC 1022 and beautifully streaked with tendrils of reddish dust, is captured here in wonderful detail by Hubble. Hubble observed

NASA Administrator Names Director for Center in Maryland

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has named Dennis Andrucyk director of its Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, effective immediately. Andrucyk has been serving as

‘The Invisible Network’ Podcast – Bonus Content: Dr. Jim Garvin

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri GODDARD

There is perhaps no one better than Jim Garvin to outline the unique opportunities for research that the Artemis missions to the Moon could provide

NASA Announces Two Media Briefings on Latest Solar Mission

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri GODDARD

NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) scientists will discuss Solar Orbiter, the agencies’ collaboration set to launch next month on its journey to the Sun,

L3Harris Technologies to Fund Space Foundation STEM Programs at Six Prince George’s County Maryland Schools in January

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri Space Foundation

By Space Foundation Editorial Team COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 23, 2020) – Thanks to funding by L3Harris Technologies, the Space Foundation will present its Space

Space Policy Review — 2019

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri Space Foundation

By Hanh Le As we launch into the new year, here’s a recap of some of the key space policy activities, legislation, and funding that

PIA23654: Tractus Catena

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri Updates

Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates

Quantum Technologies are Changing the Face of Unmanned Aircraft Communications

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri Glenn Research Center

New technology will improve the security and speed of UA communication. Source:: Glenn Center

NASA Launches In-Depth Snow Study — First in 30 Years

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri GODDARD

The last time NASA carried out an in-depth study of winter storms in the heavily populated Northeast, the Berlin Wall had just come down and

NASA Artemis Program and Stennis Space Center Set the Stage for Testing in 2020

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri Updates

All eyes are on south Mississippi with this month’s delivery and installation of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s first core stage to Stennis Space

Space Station 20th: Historical Origins of ISS

January 23, 2020 Kourosh Maheri On The Station

Space Station 20th: Historical Origins of ISS Source:: space station 2

NASA Awards Contract for Intelligent Systems Research

January 22, 2020 Kourosh Maheri Stennis

NASA has selected Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, LLC, a KBRwyle business unit, of Greenbelt, Maryland, for a contract for intelligent systems research and development support services

Stennis 2020 ASTRO CAMP® Announces Community Collaboration Opportunities

The NASA Stennis Space Center Office of STEM Engagement has announced community collaboration opportunities for 2020 ASTRO CAMP® sessions. Source:: steniss

Status Report: OSIRIS-REx Completes Closest Flyover of Sample Site Nightingale

January 22, 2020 Kourosh Maheri GODDARD

OSIRIS-REx successfully executed a 620-m flyover of Bennu’s site Nightingale yesterday. Source:: Goddard

Study finds space station microbes are no more harmful than those found in similar ground environments

January 22, 2020 Kourosh Maheri On The Station

Rest assured, microbes do not, it turns out, become “super bugs” in space. Source:: space station 2

PIA23644: Spitzer Space Telescope Ready for Launch

Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope Instrument: Spitzer Space Telescope Image Credit: NASA Source:: updates

PIA23643: Spitzer Space Telescope (Illustration)

Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope Instrument: Spitzer Space Telescope Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates

PIA23653: Cerberus Fossae

Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates

This Week in NASA History: IML-1 Launches – Jan. 22, 1992

January 22, 2020 Kourosh Maheri GODDARD

This week in 1992, the first International Microgravity Laboratory launched aboard space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-42 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Source:: updates 2

NASA Engineer Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators

Kenneth Harris II, a senior engineer at Goddard, has been named one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 Class of 2020. Source:: Goddard

Martin Luther King Day of Service at NASA Headquarters