Space News
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Evolved Adapter for Future NASA SLS Flights Readied for Testing
NASA/Sam Lott A test version of the universal stage adapter for NASA’s more powerful version of its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket arrived to Building 4619 at NASA’s Marshall Space…
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8 Must-Have NASA Resources for Science Teachers in 2024
3 min read 8 Must-Have NASA Resources for Science Teachers in 2024 No one can bring the excitement of Earth and space science to the classroom like NASA! Launch your…
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NASA-Supported Team Discovers Aurora-Like Radio Bursts Above Sunspot
3 min read NASA-Supported Team Discovers Aurora-Like Radio Bursts Above Sunspot A NASA-funded team of scientists has discovered long-lasting radio signals emanating from the Sun that are similar to those…
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Cheers! NASA’s Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds
5 Min Read Cheers! NASA’s Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds Webb MIRI image of a region near the protostar known as IRAS 23385. IRAS 23385 and IRAS…
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NASA Glenn Prepares Media for Solar Eclipse Event
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Glenn Research Center’s Public Affairs Specialist Nikki Welch discusses use and safety factors of NASA-branded safety glasses for…
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NASA Expanding Lunar Exploration with Upgraded SLS Mega Rocket Design
A final round of certification testing for production of new RS-25 engines to power the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, beginning with Artemis V, is underway at NASA’s Stennis Space…
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Tech Today: Suspended Solar Panels See the Light
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is an example of a concentrated solar power plant, which works by having…
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NASA Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara Read “First Woman”
NASA/Loral O’Hara In this image from Jan. 12, 2024, NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli (left) and Loral O’Hara pose with a copy of “First Woman”, NASA’s first graphic novel, inside the…
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NASA’s Europa Clipper Solar Arrays Successfully Deploy at Kennedy Space Center
Technicians working inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida unfolded and fully extended the first of two five-panel solar arrays built for NASA’s…
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Zero-Boil-Off Tank Experiments to Enable Long-Duration Space Exploration
10 Min Read Zero-Boil-Off Tank Experiments to Enable Long-Duration Space Exploration Figure 1. The Gateway space station—humanity’s first space station around the Moon—will be capable of being refueled in space.…