NASA Conducts Test of SLS Rocket Core Stage for Artemis I Moon Mission
by NASA conducted a hot fire Saturday of the core stage for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch the Artemis I mission …
Volunteer Spotlight: Gordon Beacon
By Space Foundation Editorial Team These Volunteer Spotlight articles profile some of the interesting and dedicated people who make Space Foundation programs possible. We could …
Biweekly Washington, D.C., Update for the Week Ending January 15, 2021
By Hanh Le Welcome to the New Year, Space Foundation friends! We are looking forward to working with our partners and friends (new and established) …
NASA to Host Virtual Briefing on February Perseverance Mars Rover Landing
NASA is hosting a media briefing on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 4:30 p.m. EST to discuss the upcoming landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of January 11, 2021
The week of Jan. 11, scientific investigations conducted aboard the International Space Station included studies of perception of motion in microgravity, capturing footage for a …
22 Teams Crack Code, Qualify for Final Stage of NASA Space Robotics
NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston – the official visitor center of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston – has selected 22 qualifying teams …
Small Treatment with Big Effect: Using the Space Station to Understand How Nanoparticles Could Combat Bone Loss
In 2015, a team led by three Italian scientists sent an experiment to the International Space Station to be performed by ESA (European Space Agency) …
NASA Science to Host Community Town Hall
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Thomas Zurbuchen, the agency’s associate administrator for science, at 2 p.m. EST Monday, …
Space4U Podcast: Lori Garver & Courtney Stadd — Former Presidential Transition Staff Members
By Space Foundation Editorial Team In this episode: Space4U welcomes two veterans of Presidential transitions to discuss the process and how it relates to the …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/14/2021
By Bill Keeter SpaceX-21 Splashdown: Following Tuesday’s successful undock, Dragon splashed down off the coast of Tampa, Florida at 7:27PM CT last night. This completes …
Galaxies Hit Single, Doubles, and a Triple (Growing Black Holes)
When three galaxies collide, what happens to the huge black holes at the centers of each? A new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and …
Researchers Rewind the Clock to Calculate Age and Site of Supernova Blast
By using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, they retraced the speedy shrapnel from the blast to calculate a more accurate estimate of the location and time …
2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Source:: Earth
Fulfilling the Dream
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964, as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, look on. Source:: …
Glenn’s Power Systems Facility has Supported Station Research for Decades
Glenn’s power system facility has supported space power research for over 30 years. Source:: Glenn Center
Bright, Blue Stars
Inside star cluster NGC 602, a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, bright, blue, newly formed stars are blowing a cavity in this nebula. …
NASA, Poland Sign Agreement to Build Instrument to Study Interplanetary Space
NASA and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland have agreed to cooperate on a NASA heliophysics mission, the Interstellar …
NASA Advancing Global Navigation Satellite System Capabilities
NASA is developing capabilities that will allow missions at high altitudes to take advantage of signals from Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) constellations — like …
NASA Missions Unmask Magnetar Eruptions in Nearby Galaxies
On April 15, 2020, a brief burst of high-energy light swept through the solar system, triggering instruments on many NASA spacecraft. Scientists think the blast …
NASA’s SDO Spots First Lunar Transit of 2021
On Jan. 13, 2021, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory experienced its first lunar transit of the year when the Moon crossed its view of the Sun. …
NASA TV to Air Hot Fire Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions
NASA is targeting a two-hour test window that opens at 5 p.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 16, for the hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch …
This Week in NASA History: 1st RS-25 Engine Test of 2015 – Jan. 9, 2015
This week in 2015, NASA engineers successfully conducted the first hot fire test of the RS-25 engine and engine controller unit on the A-1 test …
Finding a Missing Black Hole
Astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh between 3 billion and 100 billion times the mass of the Sun is …
NASA, Government of Japan Formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis Program
NASA and the Government of Japan have finalized an agreement for the lunar Gateway, an orbiting outpost that commercial and international partners will build together. …
Ozmens’ SNC Dream Chaser® Spaceplane Reflected in New Novel by International Bestselling Author Patricia Cornwell
By Space Foundation Editorial Team “Spin” is the Second Book in the Captain Calli Chase Series SPARKS, Nev. (January 12, 2021) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), …
NASA Missions Help Investigate an ‘Old Faithful’ Active Galaxy
Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful geyser regularly blasts a jet of boiling water high in the air. Now, an international team of astronomers has discovered …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/12/2021
By Bill Keeter SpaceX -21 Undock and Return: SpaceX-21 undocked from the ISS today after a 1 day delay due to bad weather and is …
NASA, NOAA to Announce 2020 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions
Climate researchers from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their annual assessment of global temperatures and discuss the major climate …
Roman Space Telescope Could Image 100 Hubble Ultra Deep Fields at Once
Some of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic images are the deep fields, which unveil myriad galaxies across the universe, stretching back to within a …
NASA Accelerates SLS Rocket Hot Fire Test, Invites Media to Pretest Briefing
Following a test readiness review on Monday, NASA is now targeting Saturday, Jan. 16, for the final test in the Green Run testing series for …
NASA Accelerates SLS Rocket Hot Fire Test, Invites Media to Pretest Briefing
Following a test readiness review on Monday, NASA is now targeting Saturday, Jan. 16, for the final test in the Green Run testing series for …
New NASA Challenge Offers Prizes for Sprouting Astronaut Food Systems
Astronauts need hearty nutrients to maintain a healthy diet in space, but like any of us, they want their food to taste good, too! As …
New Solar Arrays to Power NASA’s International Space Station Research
As the International Space Station orbits Earth, its four pairs of solar arrays soak up the sun’s energy to provide electrical power every day. Source:: …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/11/2020
By Bill Keeter Correction to the Friday, January 8 Daily Summary: The Collapsible Contingency Urinal (CCU) In-Cabin Demonstration was reported as completed which was an …
Georgia HUNCH Students 3D Print Parts for Space Station
The HUNCH – High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware – Program has expanded its partnership opportunities to the Dade County, Georgia, school …
NASA Highlights Astrophysics Missions at ‘Super Bowl of Astronomy’
Experts from across NASA will discuss topics ranging from black holes to exploding stars to planets beyond our solar system at the 237th meeting of …
Marshall has ‘HUNCH’ about Students in Georgia County
The HUNCH – High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware – Program has expanded its partnership opportunities to the Dade County, Georgia, school …
SpaceX Demo 2 Mission Launches into History
In this black and white infrared image, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. …
SpaceX Dragon Capsule to Make First of Its Kind Science Splashdown
By capsule, helicopter, boat, plane, and car, space station science experiments are about to make a first of a kind journey back to researchers on …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of January 4, 2021
Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted dozens of scientific investigations during the week of Jan. 4, including microgravity studies of biofilms, cultivating plants, …