Space News
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NASA’s Sandra Irish Wins 2023 Society of Women Engineers Award
3 min read NASA’s Sandra Irish Wins 2023 Society of Women Engineers Award Sandra Irish, mechanical systems lead structures engineer for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has been selected to…
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November’s Night Sky Notes: Spy the Seventh Planet, Uranus
3 min read November’s Night Sky Notes: Spy the Seventh Planet, Uranus Look out, Saturn! The competition for the best ringed planet is getting larger. This new image of Uranus…
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NASA Kennedy Awards Operational, Institutional Support Contract
NASA has awarded the Kennedy Operational and Institutional Support (KOIS) contract to Chiricahua-Logical Joint Venture of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide services at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…
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Halloween on the International Space Station
Although no ghouls or goblins or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting facility still like to get in the Halloween spirit.…
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InSPA Inter-Agency Collaboration Goals
High quality production photos of Robonaut (R2) in Building 14 EMI chamber and R1/EMU photos in Building 32 – Robonaut Lab. Photo Date: June 1, 2010. Location: Building 14 –…
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NASA Implementation Strategy for In Space Production Applications
NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) implementation strategy consists of a multi-phase award process to demonstrate proof-of-concept, advance to high production quality, and ultimately to achieve scalability on a commercial…
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In Space Production: Applications Within Reach
In microgravity, crystals grow more slowly, but the molecules have time to align more perfectly on the surface of the crystal, which returns much better research outcomes. NASA After four…
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What is In Space Production Applications?
NASA supports In Space Production Applications (InSPA) awards to help the selected companies raise the technological readiness level of their products and move them to market, propelling U.S. industry toward the…
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Improves Simulation Software
5 min read NASA’s Webb Telescope Improves Simulation Software The James Webb Space Telescope captures a tightly bound pair of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared…
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Salts and Organics Observed on Ganymede’s Surface by NASA’s Juno
This enhanced image of the Jovian moon Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s June 7, 2021, flyby of the icy moon. Data…