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NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian Crater Rim

By |2024-08-14T10:01:00-04:00August 14th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This panorama shows the area NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will climb in coming months to crest Jezero Crater’s rim. It is made up of 59 images taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z on Aug. 4.NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS After 2½ years exploring Jezero Crater’s floor and river delta, [...]

Xiaoyi Li Engineers Instruments and the Teams that Get Them Done

By |2024-08-14T08:39:00-04:00August 14th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Name: Xiaoyi Li Title: Instrument Systems Engineer (ISE) of Venus Atmospheric Structure Investigation (VASI) for the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) and Deputy ISE of Comprehensive Auroral Precipitation Experiment (CAPE) instrument for the Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission Formal Job Classification: Instrument Systems Engineer Organization: Instrument/Payload Systems Engineering Branch, [...]

NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Status Update

By |2024-08-13T16:07:00-04:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is pictured docked to the International Space Station. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China. Credit: NASA NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight [...]

NASA Challenge Seeks ‘Cooler’ Solutions for Deep Space Exploration

By |2024-08-13T15:45:00-04:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Human Lander Challenge, or HuLC, is now open and accepting submissions for its second year. As NASA aims to return astronauts to the Moon through its Artemis campaign in preparation for future missions to Mars, the agency is seeking ideas from college and university students for evolved supercold, or cryogenic, propellant applications for [...]

Earth’s Crest Over the Lunar Horizon

By |2024-08-13T15:22:00-04:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken on July 29, 1971, during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle. Designed to explore the Moon over longer periods, greater ranges, [...]

Primary Instrument for Roman Space Telescope Arrives at NASA Goddard

By |2024-08-13T15:00:00-04:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This photo shows the Wide Field Instrument for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arriving at the big clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. About the size of a commercial refrigerator, this instrument will help astronomers explore the universe’s evolution and the characteristics of worlds outside our solar system. Unlocking these cosmic mysteries [...]

NASA’s X-59 Progresses Through Tests on the Path to Flight

By |2024-08-13T12:36:00-04:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Life Support Technician Mathew Sechler provides support as the X-59’s ejection seat is installed into the aircraft at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ facilities in Palmdale, California. Completion of the seat’s installation marks an integration milestone for the aircraft as it prepares for final [...]

Automated Technology Developed at Glenn Launches to Space 

By |2024-08-13T12:04:00-04:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Engineer Adam Gannon works on the development of Cognitive Engine-1 in the Cognitive Communications Lab at NASA’s Glenn Research Center.Credit: NASA  Automated technology developed in Cleveland has launched to space aboard the Technology Education Satellite 11 mission. The flight test aims to confirm the [...]

Cleveland High School Students Land STEM Career Exploration Experience 

By |2024-08-13T12:04:00-04:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Glenn Research Center’s Amber Krauss talks to students about how NASA uses ground integration units to prepare for flight science operations. Credit: NASA/Jef Janis  This summer, 10 Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) students landed the opportunity to participate in the NASA Glenn High [...]

NASA Lands at National Cherry Festival 

By |2024-08-13T12:04:00-04:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) National Cherry Festival visitors line up to explore NASA Glenn’s Journey to Tomorrow traveling exhibit.  Credit: NASA/Heather Brown   NASA’s Glenn Research Center staff traveled across the Midwest to share the NASA mission with visitors at the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Michigan, June 26–29. [...]

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