As team lead of the Instrument Design Laboratory, Kan Yang turns science concepts into engineering reality. Name: Kan Yang Title: Team Lead of the Instrument Design Laboratory Formal Job Classification: Technical Manager Organization: Instrument Systems and Technology Division, Engineering and Technology Directorate (Code 550) “I have spent the bulk of my career working on thermal [...]

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Glenn’s Dennis Stocker explains microgravity research aboard the International Space Station. He was one of several experts who shared information on NASA science during COSI’s Big Science Celebration. Credit: NASA/John Oldham    NASA’s Glenn Research Center joined Center for Science and Industry, or [...]

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Encompassing an impressive 10,000 square feet, the exhibit’s focal point is a play-scape structure crafted from packing tape, mirroring the iconic design of the space station. Credit: Great Lakes Science Center Beginning May 24, Great Lakes Science Center, home of the NASA Glenn Visitor [...]

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Four of NASA Glenn Research Center’s digital specialists were selected as 2023 NASA Photographers and Videographers of the Year. The winning photos and videos showcased NASA’s people, places, and projects, as captured by NASA’s talented photographers and videographers. There were numerous submissions from all [...]

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) While on tour, Team NEO representatives stop to take a photo by the dedication plaque for NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Left to right: Nico Samaniego, Christine Nelson, Peter Zahirsky, Kathleen Meehan, Bryce Sylvester, David Ebersole, and Camille Billups.Credit: NASA/Erin Bukach  [...]

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Jimmy Kenyon speaks to a record crowd of public, private, and academic partners at the Ohio Space Forum in downtown Cleveland. Credit: NASA/Susan Valerian  NASA’s Glenn Research Center kicked off the Ohio Space Forum with a tour of [...]

4 min read Discovery Alert: Mini-Neptune in Double Star System is a Planetary Puzzle Artist’s concept of planet TOI 4633 c in its double-star system. Credit: Ed Bell for Simons Foundation The Discovery A planet that could resemble a smaller version of our own Neptune orbits one of two Sun-like stars that also orbit [...]

7 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) At JPL on May 17, members of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument team use a crane to lift the top portion of the shipping container that the instrument was stored in for its journey to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.NASA/JPL-Caltech Team members at JPL said [...]

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project identifies and addresses safety threats to improve the efficiency of flight and access to airspace. This map shows the locations of companies, academic institutions, and other government agencies that collaborate with SWS to conduct world-class research to assure [...]

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Crews prepare new pipeline liner sections for installation near the Fred Haise Test Stand on May 1 in the last phase of updating the original test complex industrial water system at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. NASA/Danny Nowlin Crews are using an innovative engineering approach [...]