NASA Cloud Software Helps Companies Find their Place in Space  – NASA

NASA Cloud Software Helps Companies Find their Place in Space  – NASA

Planning space missions is a very involved process, ensuring orbits are lined up and spacecraft have enough fuel is imperative to the long-term survival of orbital assets. Continuum Space Systems Inc. of Pasadena, California, produces a cloud-based platform that gives mission planners everything they need to certify that their space resources can accomplish their goals.  … Read more

NASA Demonstrates New Wildland Fire Airspace Management System – NASA

NASA Demonstrates New Wildland Fire Airspace Management System – NASA

NASA researchers conducted initial validation of a new airspace management system designed to enable crews to use aircraft fight and monitor wildland fires 24 hours a day, even during low-visibility conditions.   From March 17-28, NASA’s Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) project stationed researchers at multiple strategic locations across the foothills of the Sierra … Read more

Investigaciones de la NASA en la estación espacial ayudan a impulsar la ciencia lunar – NASA

Investigaciones de la NASA en la estación espacial ayudan a impulsar la ciencia lunar – NASA

La Estación Espacial Internacional sustenta una amplia gama de actividades científicas, desde la observación de nuestro universo hasta el logro de avances en investigaciones médicas, y es un campo de pruebas activo en la tecnología para futuras misiones de exploración en la Luna y más allá. La misión Blue Ghost 1 de Firefly Aerospace aterrizó en … Read more

New Aircraft Wing Undergoes Crucial NASA Icing Testing

New Aircraft Wing Undergoes Crucial NASA Icing Testing

In the future, aircraft with long, thin wings supported by aerodynamic braces could help airlines save on fuel costs. But those same wings could be susceptible to ice buildup. NASA researchers are currently working to determine if such an issue exists, and how it could be addressed. In the historic Icing Research Tunnel at NASA’s … Read more

Sols 4488-4490: Progress Through the Ankle-Breaking Terrain (West of Texoli Butte, Climbing Southward) – NASA Science

Sols 4488-4490: Progress Through the Ankle-Breaking Terrain (West of Texoli Butte, Climbing Southward) – NASA Science

Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, March 21, 2025 It’s the start of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere on Earth, but in Gale Crater on Mars our rover is still heading into the depths of Martian winter. We’re just a few weeks away from … Read more

Engineering Reality: Lee Bingham Leads Lunar Surface Simulation Support for Artemis Campaign – NASA

Engineering Reality: Lee Bingham Leads Lunar Surface Simulation Support for Artemis Campaign – NASA

If you design a new tool for use on Earth, it is easy to test and practice using that tool in its intended environment. But what if that tool is destined for lunar orbit or will be used by astronauts on the surface of the Moon? NASA’s Simulation and Graphics Branch can help with that. … Read more

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules on Mars

Researchers analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the Red Planet to date. The finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests prebiotic chemistry may have advanced further on Mars than previously observed. Scientists probed an existing rock sample inside Curiosity’s Sample Analysis … Read more

Like Sands Through the Hourglass… – NASA

Like Sands Through the Hourglass… – NASA

Two actively forming stars are responsible for the shimmering hourglass-shaped ejections of gas and dust that gleam in orange, blue, and purple in this representative color image captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. This star system, called Lynds 483, is named for American astronomer Beverly T. Lynds, who published extensive catalogs of “dark” and … Read more

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) Services – NASA

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) Services – NASA

Welcome to the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) services page. Provided here are different resources to support informed steps toward a new career opportunity in the public or private sector. NASA is partnering with OPM to offer a 1-day workshop covering multiple areas associated with career transitions. The workshop will be offered virtually on pre-scheduled … Read more