3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This artist’s concept shows several advanced air mobility aircraft concepts staged for a medical transport. NASA’s recent aircraft noise study included sounds from multiple types of advanced air mobility concept aircraft.NASA/Lillian Gipson New kinds of aircraft taking to the skies could mean unfamiliar sounds [...]
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on July 3, 2024. This view is from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the port adjacent to the Starliner.Credit: NASA At a news [...]
Credit: NASA During a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday NASA will discuss the findings of investigations into the 2024 crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station. The news conference will stream live on NASA’s YouTube channel. An instant replay will be available online. NASA participants include: Administrator Jared [...]
4 Min Read Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible A shock wave interacting with a thin layer of fluid at Mach 10 in a wind tunnel, as captured by the Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren (SAFS) system invented in 2020 by researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Compared to conventional [...]
Redwire This June 5, 2024, image shows lysozyme crystals aboard the International Space Station. Lysozyme is a protein found in bodily fluids like tears, saliva, and milk, and is used as a control compound to demonstrate well-formed crystals. Lysozyme plays a vital role in innate immunity, protecting against bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The crystals were grown [...]
2 min read Map the Earth’s Magnetic Shield with the Space Umbrella Project A stream of charged particles known as the solar wind flows from the Sun toward Earth. Here, it meets the Earth’s magnetic fields, which shield our planet like a giant umbrella. The Space Umbrella project needs your help investigating this dynamic [...]
The International Space Station orbits above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. A small but mighty piece of lab equipment, about the size of a cellphone, has arrived at the International Space Station after launching with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission. NASA aims to use the off-the-shelf device, called a microplate reader, to [...]
The Moon is seen behind the SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on January 28, 2026. The rocket is currently at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as teams are preparing for a wet dress rehearsal to practice timelines and procedures for the launch of Artemis [...]
4 min read Digital Surface and Terrain Models from Vantor’s Precision3D Product Line Added to Satellite Data Explorer NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program announces the addition of three digital elevation and digital terrain products from Vantor’s Precision3D Product Line to its Satellite Data Explorer (SDX) data access and discovery tool. The products [...]
4 min read Vantor Archive Imagery Added to Satellite Data Explorer A high-resolution multispectral image of Washington, DC from Vantor. Visible are the Washington Monument (left), Tidal Basin (the body of water in the center-right), and the Jefferson Memorial (right). Credit: Vantor NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program announces the addition of imagery [...]
