Category: Glenn Research Center

Scientists are testing a new, durable, recyclable and efficient material that could soon power habitats on the Moon. Source:: Glenn Center       

In the 1970s, a wind turbine at NASA’s Plum Brook Station ushered in an era of wind energy research. Source:: Glenn Center       

NASA is exploring electrified aircraft propulsion as an alternative to jet-engine powered flight. Source:: Glenn Center       

Outstanding invention was major technical advance in rocket propulsion. Source:: Glenn Center       

Pioneering SCaN Testbed Decommissioned Source:: Glenn Center       

NEAT tests megawatt-scale electric aircraft power systems Source:: Glenn Center       

A Mini Version of GEER Extends Extreme Environments Science Source:: Glenn Center       

NASA has selected eight U.S. companies to conduct five-month studies and explore conceptual space communication system designs for future NASA near-Earth missions. Source:: Glenn Center

Engineers from NASA and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration won a Gears of Government President’s Award for their work developing Kilopower, a

A young Janet Kavandi gazed with fascination at the night sky and dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Nearly three decades later, she achieved that dream

NASA is preparing to explore electric-powered flight with the X-57 Maxwell, a unique all-electric aircraft which features 14 propellers along its wing. Source:: Glenn Center

Researchers at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, recently completed a development test on a proposed design of acoustic panels for the Space Launch

Completely designed and led by a team of 12 early career scientists and engineers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, the Advanced Electrical Bus, or ALBus,

NASA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Name Earth and Space Air Prize Winner Source:: Glenn Center       

Investigating the properties of plasma plumes help researchers determine the efficiency of Hall Effect Thrusters. Source:: Glenn Center       

NASA Glenn researchers are going back to basics to probe deeper into the physics of high-altitude ice crystal icing. Source:: Glenn Center       

NACA became NASA in 1958 Source:: Glenn Center       

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine got a close-up view of the research being conducted at NASA Glenn during a visit September 18-19. Source:: Glenn Center       

NASA Home & City | New Interactive Website Traces Space Back to You Source:: Glenn Center       

Engineers from NASA’s Glenn Research Center, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center and Boeing have successfully used shape memory alloys (SMA) to move a full-sized wing

Students at NASA have the opportunity to make real contributions to space exploration and flight. This summer NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio welcomed

Teams of scientists have partnered with industry to produce these five recent innovations. Source:: Glenn Center       

To address the expected noise levels of future aircraft, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project is already developing technologies focused on reducing the noise produced by

In an effort to increase the rate of data collection from those spacecraft, researchers at NASA Glenn are developing ultra-sensitive receivers that can pick up

There are no gas stations or mechanics in deep space. So, if you want the power to perform science in the deep, dark frontiers of

Daniel Herman, an electric propulsion expert at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, leads NASA’s Solar Electric Propulsion project, which pursues innovative solutions for future missions to

Standard flat imagery of space science is a thing of the past for researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G).

NASA’s aeronautical innovators are ready to take things supersonic, but with a quiet twist. Source:: Glenn Center       

It is vital for scientists to know exactly how long a material will last in outer space; which is why Kim de Groh, a senior

In January, NASA’s Glenn Research Center began testing an aircraft engine in a high-altitude ice crystal environment, to explore a relatively new phenomenon called ice

With the arrival of the Orion crew module to be used in the Ascent Abort-2 test at Johnson Space Center in Houston, the team is

Kilopower: What’s Next? Source:: Glenn Center       

NASA Glenn employees joined FEMA to provide relief efforts to natural disaster survivors. Source:: Glenn Center       

As collection of space data increases, NASA looks to cognitive radio, the infusion of artificial intelligence into space communications networks, to meet demand and increase

Powering Up NASA’s Human Reach for the Red Planet Source:: Glenn Center       

Do you have what it takes to think like a scientist? Well, put on your lab coats and thinking caps, because NASA is challenging U.S.

When ice builds up on aircraft bodies or engines, it can create a serious situation in flight. The shape of the wing can change, affecting

NASA Glenn is investigating the feasibility of using a revolutionary material called shape memory alloy to bend sections of an aircraft’s wings in-flight, potentially increasing

NASA Glenn tests thruster bound for a metal world that could hold information about the beginnings of our solar system. Source:: Glenn Center       

Cassini is a story that begins long before it first beamed back images of Saturn’s rings or when the Huygens probe touched down on Titan