This full-disk image from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite shows the Americas at the start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere on June 21, 2012.NASA This full-disk image from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite was captured at 7:45 a.m. EDT (11:45 UTC) and shows the Americas on June 21, 2012, the start of astronomical summer – in the [...]

7 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History Office’s News & Notes newsletter, examples of leadership and critical decision-making in NASA’s history form the unifying theme. Among the topics discussed are NASA’s Shuttle-Centaur program, assessing donations to the NASA Archives, how the discovery [...]

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NASA astronauts (left to right) Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers pose for a portrait together aboard the International Space Station. Moments earlier, Ayers finished trimming McClain’s hair using an electric razor with a suction hose attached that collects the loose hair to protect the station’s atmosphere.NASA Students from New York and Utah will hear from [...]

NASA/Charles Beason Two students guide their rover through an obstacle course in this April 11, 2025, image from the 2025 Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The annual engineering competition – one of NASA’s longest standing student challenges – is in its 31st year. This year’s competition challenged teams to design, build, and test a lunar rover [...]

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Getty Images November 20, 2024 at 10:00 AM EST Digital Information Platform Virtual Workshop: A Virtual Workshop on Service Quality, Data Governance, Cybersecurity, and Interoperability June 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM EDT DIP Information Session: Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity (ACO) for Service Providers July [...]

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Library Scientific papers, industry forum presentations, and videos covering the concepts used in the digital information platform are available to the public. For those interested in a deeper understanding of the technical workings of DIP, please refer to these resources. Newsletters April 2025 December [...]

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Start April 14, 2021 at 11:00 AM EDTEnd April 14, 2021 at 1:00 PM EDT NASA’s Digital Information Platform (DIP) sub-project as part of Air Traffic Management -eXploration (ATM-X) project has recently released the Request for Information (RFI) to obtain information to define collaboration [...]

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Start August 18, 2021 at 10:00 AM ESTEnd August 18, 2021 at 12:00 PM EST DIP RFI Outbrief Session NASA’s Digital Information Platform (DIP) sub-project as part of Air Traffic Management -eXploration (ATM-X) project has received responses to the Request for Information (RFI) from aviation community. [...]

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / DIP Start November 17, 2021 at 10:00 AM ESTEnd November 17, 2021 at 12:00 PM EST Workshop Series: What It’s About The Digital Information Platform (DIP) workshop series is intended to provide a deeper dive and a closer look at some of [...]