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La NASA calibra una segunda sonda de detección de impactos para las pruebas del X-59

By |2025-05-13T17:39:00-04:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) El piloto de pruebas de la NASA Nils Larson inspecciona el avión de investigación F-15D de la agencia en el Centro de Investigación de Vuelo Armstrong de la NASA en Edwards, California, antes de un vuelo de calibración para una sonda de detección de [...]

NASA’s Artemis III Core Stage Receives Thermal Protection Coating

By |2025-05-13T16:06:00-04:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans move a liquid hydrogen tank for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket into the factory’s final assembly area on April 22, 2025. The propellant tank is one of five major elements that make up the 212-foot-tall rocket stage. NASA/Steven Seipel NASA completed another step to [...]

NASA Hosts Industry, Government, Academia to Explore Partnerships

By |2025-05-13T15:40:00-04:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Sasha Weston, project support, Small Spacecraft and Distributed Systems program, with the Project and Engineering Support Services II contract with NASA, discusses the program with a participant, right, during Ames Partnership Days on April 29, 2025, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Through partnerships, the program advances technologies that enable small spacecraft [...]

Take a Tour of the Cosmos with New Interactives from NASA’s Universe of Learning

By |2025-05-13T15:07:00-04:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This SectionScienceScience ActivationTake a Tour of the Cosmos with…OverviewLearning ResourcesScience Activation TeamsSME MapOpportunitiesMoreScience Activation StoriesCitizen Science  4 min read Take a Tour of the Cosmos with New Interactives from NASA’s Universe of Learning Ready for a tour of the cosmos? NASA’s Universe of Learning has released a new, dynamic way for lifelong learners to [...]

Lightning in Southeast Asia

By |2025-05-13T12:13:00-04:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Don Pettit A flash of lightning shines brighter than the lights of nearby cities in this Oct. 29, 2024, image taken by astronaut Don Pettit while aboard the International Space Station. At the time of this photograph, little to no moonlight illuminated the scene. This allows astronauts to see and photograph a variety of light [...]

What is a Black Hole? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 59

By |2025-05-13T11:52:00-04:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) What is a black hole? Well, the name is actually a little misleading because black holes aren’t actually holes. They’re regions in space that have a gravitational pull that is so strong that nothing can escape, not even light. Scientists know about two different [...]

NASA Enables Construction Technology for Moon and Mars Exploration

By |2025-05-13T11:48:00-04:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ICON’s next generation Vulcan construction system 3D printing a simulated Mars habitat for NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) missions.ICON One of the keys to a sustainable human presence on distant worlds is using local, or in-situ, resources which includes building materials [...]

Aubrie Henspeter: Leading Commercial Lunar Missions 

By |2025-05-13T06:00:00-04:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

As NASA partners with American industry to deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon, a dedicated team behind the scenes ensures every mission is grounded in strategy, compliance, and innovation. Leading that effort is Aubrie Henspeter, who advises all aspects of procurement for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative—one of the cornerstone projects [...]

Las carreras en la NASA despegan con las pasantías

By |2025-05-12T17:29:00-04:00May 12th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) La clase de pasantía 2025 del Centro de Investigación de Vuelo Armstrong de la NASA en Edwards, California, frente al histórico avión X-1E expuesto en el centro. De izquierda a derecha, los estudiantes: Tyler Requa, Gokul Nookula, Madeleine Phillips, Oscar Keiloht Chavez Ramirez y [...]

NASA Careers Take Off with Internships

By |2025-05-12T17:29:00-04:00May 12th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The 2025 internship class at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, stand in front of the historic X-1E aircraft on display at the center. From left are interns: Tyler Requa, Gokul Nookula, Madeleine Phillips, Oscar Keiloht Chavez Ramirez, and Nicolas Marzocchetti.NASA/Steve Freeman [...]

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