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NASA Invites Media to View Wildland Fire Technology Flight Test

By |2025-03-18T13:12:00-04:00March 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

As part of NASA’s Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations flight tests in November 2024, Overwatch Aero flies a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in Watsonville, California.Credit: NASA NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly developed airspace management system at 9 a.m. PDT on [...]

NASA Invites Media to 62nd Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium

By |2025-03-18T11:24:00-04:00March 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Media are invited to meet leaders in the space community during the 62nd annual Goddard Space Science Symposium, taking place from Wednesday, March 19, to Friday, March 21, at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Maryland. The symposium will also be streamed online. Hosted by the [...]

Observing Storms from Skylab

By |2025-03-18T10:15:00-04:00March 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Skylab 3 astronauts witnessed many spectacular sights during their 858 orbital trips around the Earth in the summer of 1973. One involved watching powerful Hurricane Ellen take shape off the West African coast. “There’s a nice storm down there. She looks pretty big. She’s [...]

Atomic Layer Processing Coating Techniques Enable Missions to See Further into the Ultraviolet

By |2025-03-18T09:47:00-04:00March 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Atomic Layer Processing Coating Techniques Enable Missions to See Further into the Ultraviolet Astrophysics observations at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths often probe the most dynamic aspects of the universe. However, the high energy of ultraviolet photons means that their interaction with the materials that make up an observing instrument are less efficient, [...]

Bringing the Heat: Abigail Howard Leads Thermal Systems for Artemis Rovers, Tools

By |2025-03-18T06:00:00-04:00March 18th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Depending on where you stand at the lunar South Pole, you may experience temperatures of 130°F (54°C) during sunlit periods, or as low as -334°F (-203°C) in a permanently shadowed region. Keeping crews comfortable and tools and vehicles operational in such extreme temperatures is a key challenge for engineers at Johnson Space Center working on [...]

Texas High School Aerospace Scholars: A Launchpad for Future Innovators 

By |2025-03-17T18:25:00-04:00March 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center offers Texas high school students a unique gateway to the world of space exploration through the High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program. This initiative gives juniors hands-on experience, working on projects that range from designing spacecraft to planning Mars missions.  Nearly 30 participants who have been [...]

NASA Space Day to Share Progress, Opportunities at Texas Capitol

By |2025-03-17T16:51:00-04:00March 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

LOCATION: Texas State Capitol – Austin, Texas SUBJECT: Space Day activities at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas PHOTOGRAPHER: Lauren HarnettNASA March 17, 2025 NASA is heading back to the state capitol in March for Space Day Texas, a recognition of achievements throughout Texas and a look ahead to the impact future human space [...]

Students Dive Into Robotics at Competition Supported by NASA JPL

By |2025-03-17T13:23:00-04:00March 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Students, mentors, and team supporters donning team colors watch robots clash on the playing field at the FIRST Robotics Los Angeles regional competition in El Segundo on March 16. NASA/JPL-Caltech Robots built by high schoolers vied for points in a fast-moving game inspired by complex ocean ecosystems at the FIRST Robotics Los Angeles regional competition. [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch

By |2025-03-17T11:44:00-04:00March 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov onboard, Friday, March 14, 2025, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in [...]

NASA, Firefly Invite Media to Discuss End of Blue Ghost Moon Mission

By |2025-03-17T11:28:00-04:00March 17th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This picture, captured from the surface of the Moon, shows Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, which performed operations on the Moon from March 2, to March 16, 2025, in the foreground, and Earth in the sky above it. Credit: Firefly Aerospace NASA and Firefly Aerospace will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, [...]

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