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NASA Glenn Earns Commercial Invention of the Year Award

NASA has demonstrated a breakthrough in 3D-printable high-temperature materials that could lead to stronger, more durable parts for airplanes and spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Jordan Salkin  NASA’s Inventions and Contributions Board (ICB) has awarded Commercial Invention of the Year to NASA Glenn Research Center’s GRX-810: A 3D Printable Alloy Designed for Extreme Environments.  NASA Alloy GRX–810, an oxide [...]

By |2025-08-14T07:56:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Tests Research Aircraft to Improve Air Taxi Flight Controls

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Research Aircraft for electric Vertical takeoff and landing Enabling techNologies Subscale Wind Tunnel and Flight Test undergoes a free flight test on the City Environment Range Testing for Autonomous Integrated Navigation range at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on April 22, [...]

By |2025-08-14T06:00:00-04:00August 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

U.S. Transportation Secretary & Acting NASA Administrator Sean P. Duffy Joins President Trump Executive Order Signing to Boost U.S. Space Competitiveness

Credit: NASA U.S. Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy joined President Donald J. Trump at the White House Wednesday for the historic signing of the Executive Order (EO), “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry.” “People think the Department of Transportation (DOT) is just planes, trains, and automobiles – but we have a [...]

By |2025-08-13T19:07:00-04:00August 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The NASA RASC-AL 2026 Competition

National Institute of Aerospace NASA is calling on the next generation of collegiate innovators to imagine bold new concepts pushing the boundaries of human exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond through the 2026 NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition. The RASC-AL challenge fuels innovation for aerospace systems concepts, analogs, and [...]

By |2025-08-13T16:01:00-04:00August 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Seeks Moon and Mars Innovations Through University Challenge

National Institute of Aerospace NASA is calling on the next generation of collegiate innovators to imagine bold new concepts l pushing the boundaries of human exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond through the agency’s 2026 NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition.   The RASC-AL challenge fuels innovation for aerospace systems [...]

By |2025-08-13T16:00:00-04:00August 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Compton J. Tucker Retires from NASA and is Named NAS Fellow

Dr. Compton J. Tucker – a senior researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) – joins 149 newly elected members to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) – see Photo. NAS is one of the highest honors in American science. Compton gave a virtual presentation at GSFC on July 21, 2025, in which he [...]

By |2025-08-13T15:19:00-04:00August 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Crew Tackles Cardiac Research, Cargo Ops, and Spacesuit Checks

A vivid red and green aurora crowns Earth’s horizon over the southern Indian Ocean in this photo from the International Space Station as it orbited 270 miles above.NASA Heart and blood pressure studies led the research schedule for the Expedition 73 crew on Wednesday informing scientists how the cardiovascular system adapts to weightlessness. The International [...]

By |2025-08-13T14:05:00-04:00August 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

Trapezium: In the Heart of Orion

Photo of the Day What lies in the heart of Orion? Trapezium: four bright stars, that can be found near the center of this sharp cosmic portrait. Gathered within a region about 1.5 light-years in radius, these stars dominate the core of the dense Orion Nebula Star Cluster. Ultraviolet ionizing radiation from the Trapezium [...]

By |2025-08-13T13:44:29-04:00August 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Alligator Goes for a Swim

NASA/Bill White An alligator moves through a brackish waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this May 8, 2017, photo. The center shares space with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. More than 330 native and migratory bird species, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles call NASA Kennedy and the [...]

By |2025-08-13T11:24:00-04:00August 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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