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 [...]

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Start January 12, 2022 at 10:00 AM ESTEnd January 12, 2022 at 12:00 PM EST Workshop Series: What It’s About The Digital Information Platform (DIP) workshop series intends to provide a deeper dive and a closer look at some of the core features being [...]

4 Min Read NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry During the September 2023 daytime reentry of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule, the SCIFLI team captured visual data similar to what they're aiming to capture during Mission Possible. Credits: NASA/SCIFLI A NASA team specializing in collecting imagery-based engineering datasets from spacecraft [...]

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / ATM-X Challenges Current day air traffic management systems are segmented by domain, operator groups, and solution provider groups, which creates a challenge for those seeking a system wide solution. Future airspace operations will be increasingly more complex as new types of aircraft [...]

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA/Jacob Shaw A NASA system designed to measure temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles is set to make its first flights at hypersonic speeds – greater than Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound – when mounted to two research rockets launching [...]

Othmane Benafan is a NASA engineer whose work is literally reshaping how we use aerospace materials — he creates metals that can shape shift. Benafan, a materials research engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, creates metals called shape memory alloys that are custom-made to solve some of the most pressing challenges of space [...]

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center invites the community to help celebrate the center’s 65th anniversary during a free public event noon to 5 p.m. CDT Saturday, July 19, at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA Marshall, along with its partners and collaborators, will [...]

Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Home Air Quality Climate Change Freshwater Life on Earth Severe Storms Snow and Ice The Global Ocean Science at Work Earth Science at Work Technology and Innovation Powering Business Multimedia Image Collections Videos Data For Researchers About Us 1 min read From Space to Soil: How NASA Sees [...]

3 Min Read NASA Engineers Simulate Lunar Lighting for Artemis III Moon Landing Better understanding the lunar lighting environment will help NASA prepare astronauts for the harsh environment Artemis III Moonwalkers will experience on their mission. NASA’s Artemis III mission will build on earlier test flights and add new capabilities with the human landing [...]

NASA/Josh Valcarcel A curious cow watches as NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Kate Rubins perform a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024, in preparation for NASA’s historic Artemis III Moon landing mission. Flight controllers and scientists guided activities during the week-long simulation from mission control at [...]