Katie Bisci: Resourcing for Big Science – NASA

Katie Bisci: Resourcing for Big Science – NASA

Deputy Project Manager for Resources – Goddard Space Flight Center How are you helping set the stage for the Roman mission? I’m a deputy project manager for resources on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team, sharing the role with Kris Steeley. Together, we oversee the business team, finance, outreach, scheduling, and more. I focus … Read more

Over Soroya Ridge & Onward! – NASA Science

Over Soroya Ridge & Onward! – NASA Science

Written by Eleanor Moreland, Ph.D. Student Collaborator at Rice University Perseverance has continued exploring beyond the rim of Jezero crater, spending time last week at Parnasset conducting a mini-campaign on aeolian bedforms. After wrapping up that work, three separate drives brought Perseverance further southeast to an outcrop named Soroya. Soroya was first picked out from … Read more

Meet NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Masterminds – NASA

Meet NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Masterminds – NASA

As four astronauts venture around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II test flight in 2026, many people will support the journey from here on Earth. Teams directing operations from the ground include the mission management team, launch control team, flight control team, and the landing and recovery team, each with additional support personnel who are … Read more

Strap In! NASA Aeroshell Material Takes Extended Space Trip – NASA

Strap In! NASA Aeroshell Material Takes Extended Space Trip – NASA

Components of a NASA technology that could one day help crew and cargo enter harsh planetary environments, like that of Mars, are taking an extended trip to space courtesy of the United States Space Force. On Aug. 21, several pieces of webbing material, known as Zylon, which comprise the straps of the HIAD (Hypersonic Inflatable … Read more

NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission – NASA

NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission – NASA

NASA seeks volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth. The Artemis II test flight, a launch of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA … Read more

Portrait of an Astronaut – NASA

Portrait of an Astronaut – NASA

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman poses for a portrait in a photography studio on March 22, 2024, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Cardman is currently aboard the International Space Station, where she performs research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities. Recently, she took a robotics test on a computer for the portion of the … Read more

Inside NASA’s New Orion Mission Evaluation Room for Artemis II  – NASA

Inside NASA’s New Orion Mission Evaluation Room for Artemis II  – NASA

As NASA’s Orion spacecraft is carrying crew around the Moon on the Artemis II mission, a team of expert engineers in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will be meticulously monitoring the spacecraft along its journey. They’ll be operating from a new space in the mission control complex built to … Read more

Reaching Out – NASA

Reaching Out – NASA

This image released on Aug. 20, 2025, combines new radio data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array with X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Chandra first released an image of this pulsar and its surrounding hand-shaped nebula in 2009. The new data provides a fresh view of this exploded star and its environment, which … Read more

NASA Test Deploys Roman Space Telescope Solar Panels, ‘Visor’ – NASA

NASA Test Deploys Roman Space Telescope Solar Panels, ‘Visor’ – NASA

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; Music Credit: “History in Motion” by Fred Dubois [SACEM], Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Publishing Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music. On Aug. 7 and 8, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team assessed the observatory’s solar panels and a visor-like sunshade called the deployable aperture cover — … Read more