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More Than 400 Lives Saved with NASA’s Search and Rescue Tech in 2024

By |2025-02-06T08:38:00-05:00February 6th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 Min Read More Than 400 Lives Saved with NASA’s Search and Rescue Tech in 2024 NASA Artemis II crew members are assisted by U.S. Navy personnel as they exit a mockup of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean during Underway Recovery Test 11 (URT-11) on Feb. 25, 2024. Credits: NASA/Kenny Allen NASA’s [...]

Station Nation: Meet Tandra Gill Spain, Computer Resources Senior Project Manager in the Avionics and Software Office 

By |2025-02-03T07:00:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

For astronauts aboard the International Space Station, staying connected to loved ones and maintaining a sense of normalcy is critical. That is where Tandra Gill Spain, a computer resources senior project manager in NASA’s Avionics and Software Office, comes in. Spain leads the integration of applications on Apple devices and the hardware integration on the [...]

2024 Annual Report Highlights Langley’s Wonder at Work

By |2025-01-28T09:00:00-05:00January 28th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA At NASA’s Langley Research Center, we are proud of our world-renowned role in innovating and improving the way we fly, explore, and understand our universe.” said NASA Langley leadership in an introductory message to Langley’s 2024 Annual Report. “The passion, dedication, and expertise of our workforce is bringing solutions to the nation’s toughest [...]

40 Years Ago: STS-51C, the First Dedicated Department of Defense Shuttle Mission

By |2025-01-24T09:07:00-05:00January 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space shuttle mission entirely dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD). As such, many of the details of the flight remain classified. Discovery’s crew of Commander Thomas “T.K.” Mattingly, Pilot Loren Shriver, Mission Specialists [...]

Advanced Modeling Enhances Gateway’s Lunar Dust Defense

By |2025-01-22T09:15:00-05:00January 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 Min Read Advanced Modeling Enhances Gateway’s Lunar Dust Defense A sample holder in a vacuum chamber spins during a lunar dust adhesion test at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Credits: NASA/Josh Litofsky NASA’s Artemis campaign aims to return humans to the Moon, develop a sustainable presence there, and lay the groundwork for the first [...]

NASA Faces of Technology: Meet Lauren Best Ameen

By |2025-01-22T08:03:00-05:00January 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) If you tell Lauren Best Ameen something is hard and cannot be done, she will likely reply, “Watch me.”   As deputy manager for the Cryogenic Fluid Management Portfolio Project Office at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ameen and her team look for innovative [...]

NASA Glenn Trains Instructors for After-School STEM Program 

By |2025-01-22T08:03:00-05:00January 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) During the 21st Century Community Learning Centers workshop, after-school educators learn to build the “Move It” student activity from NASA’s Build, Launch and Recover Student Activity Guide.Credit: Kristen Marlatt NASA and the U.S. Department of Education are teaming up to engage students in science, [...]

NASA Glenn Helps Bring Joy to Children in Need

By |2025-01-22T08:02:00-05:00January 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Glenn employees donated 11 boxes of new, unwrapped gifts to the Toys for Tots program. Credit: NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna  NASA’s Glenn Research Center continued a decades-long tradition of participating in the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program during the 2024 holiday season. On Dec. [...]

NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech

By |2025-01-21T08:23:00-05:00January 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A test rover with shape memory alloy spring tires traverses rocky, Martian-simulated terrain.Credit: NASA The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the Sun is reminiscent of a rich, red desert and features a rugged surface challenging to traverse. [...]

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