60 Years of Marshall Space Flight Center
On July 1, 1960, the technical and administrative core of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency became NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Source:: …
Let's Dance with Aliens
On July 1, 1960, the technical and administrative core of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency became NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Source:: …
Kathy Lueders, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has named Joel Montalbano as manager of the International Space Station Program. The appointment was …
The flight computers and avionics of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage for the Artemis I mission were powered on and have completed …
By Bill Keeter Payloads Plant Habitat-02 Latch Evaluation: Following issues experienced with the Environmental Control System (ECS) installation a few weeks ago, the crew performed …
Joel Montalbano serves as the Manager, International Space Station (ISS) Program Office. Source:: space station 2
By Space Foundation Editorial Team DENVER, Colo. (June. 30, 2020) – Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera is partnering with the Space Foundation to provide 10 free …
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a virtual community town hall with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and other members of the Science leadership …
NASA’s Glenn Research Center and University Hospitals (UH) in Cleveland have collaborated to develop new methods and technologies for decontaminating personal protective equipment (PPE). Source:: …
KELT-9 b is one of the hottest planets known. New measurements from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have enabled astronomers to greatly improve their …
NASA mission helps scientists identify when the Moon is unprotected from charged particles in space. Source:: Goddard
June 30 is Asteroid Day. Source:: updates 3
By Bill Keeter Payloads MELFI 1/2/3 Nitrogen pressure check: The crew performed a routine pressure check on the 3 MELFI units on board ISS. These …
NASA has taken the next steps toward building Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters to support as many as six additional flights, for a …
Spacewalkers Bob Behnken (left) and Chris Cassidy (right) in the Quest Airlock on June 26, 2020, before beginning a spacewalk to replace batteries on one …
NASA has awarded the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Atmosphere Science Investigator-led Processing System (SIPS) contract to the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Source:: …
By Hanh Le This week, both the House and Senate were in session for committee markups and hearings. A text of the Senate’s $740 billion …
Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted research on liquid phase sintering in space, measuring neutron radiation aboard the station, and the properties of …
By Space Foundation Editorial Team In this episode: We meet Rachel Lyons, Executive Director of Space for Humanity, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission …
By Bill Keeter Systems USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #65/S6 Battery EVA #1: Chris Cassidy (EV1) and Bob Behnken (EV2) performed a 6 hour 7 minute …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: Mars
Dust storms from Africa’s Saharan Desert traveling across the Atlantic Ocean are nothing new, but the current dust storm has been quite expansive and NASA …
We don’t see the beautiful spiral arms of galaxy NGC 5907 in this Hubble image because we are viewing it edge-on, like looking at the …
On June 24, 2020, engineers completed the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s structural testing campaign for the Artemis lunar missions by testing the liquid oxygen …
By Space Foundation Editorial Team COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June. 25, 2020) – Space Foundation, a 501(c)(3) global space advocate for 37 years, today announced the …
On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has awarded a delivery order under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract …
By Andrew de Naray Images of the coronavirus commonly seen on the web have been magnified as many as 40,000 times. In fact, coronavirus microbes …
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will discuss her upcoming second mission to the International Space Station, along with cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the …
Take a behind-the-scenes look into careers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) in California. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center
By Bill Keeter Payloads Radiation Dosimetry Inside ISS-Neutrons (RADI-N2): The crew retrieved all the RADIN-N2 dosimeters from the Russian crew and installed them in the …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed a young star’s unseen, planet-forming disk casting a huge shadow across a more distant cloud in a star-forming region – …
NACA ushered in the supersonic age by building wind tunnels to study new engine technology. Source:: Glenn Center
This composite image, made from six frames, shows the International Space Station, with a crew of five onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun. …
Mission: NuSTAR Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
In response to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have joined forces to use the …
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female …
By Bill Keeter TangoLab-2 (Space Tango MultiLab Locker): The crew successfully performed troubleshooting steps to recover commanding capability for Tangolab-2 card 14. TangoLab-2 is a …
By Space Foundation Editorial Team HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 22, 2020 – Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered the 600th Boost Motor and the 600th Divert and Attitude …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Astronomers using data from NASA’s TESS and retired Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered a planet as large as Neptune circling the young star orbiting AU …