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The latest updates from deep space missions, planetary defense, and scientific breakthroughs across the cosmos.
EarthComing Soon: NASA’s Summer Institute for Science Teachers
Maryland teachers will soon embark on NASA’s mission to enhance science learning in elementary schools across the state. During the month of July, educators will study the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding area alongside scientists and engineers who will provide an insider perspective on scientific study. This is just one part of NASA’s Summer Watershed Institute, …
James WebbEngineers Conduct “Heart Surgery” on the Webb Telescope
In this new NASA video, engineers from Airbus Defense and Space (DS), Ottobrunn, Germany, dressed in white protective suits and special white gloves, recently completed a delicate surgical procedure to exchange two key components from the “heart” of an instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. …
EarthOur ‘Tomorrowland:’ NASA Advancing the Future on Earth and in Space
The new Disney film “Tomorrowland” imagines a world where dreaming about the technology of the future can advance civilization and make Earth a better place. At NASA, we’re reaching for new heights to reveal the unknown, so what we learn can benefit all of humankind. With new technologies in development on Earth and space, and …
EarthApplying NASA Science to Benefit the World
As part of NASA’s larger mission to advance scientific understanding and promote innovation, we are driven by a sense of responsibility to make our knowledge freely available. Our hope is for others to apply what we see and learn in order to help address humanitarian needs on local and global levels. To accomplish this we …
James WebbNASA’s Webb ‘Strutting its Stuff’ in New ‘Behind the Webb’ Video
The newest video in the “Behind the Webb” series, called “Strutting its Stuff,” provides a look at three “struts” or poles that fold and unfold the secondary mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope. The video series takes viewers behind the scenes to understand more about the Webb telescope, the world’s next-generation space observatory and …
James WebbYoung Innovators Bring Creations to Life in NASA Goddard Spinoff Challenge
Which of NASA’s space-venturing creations would you like to see used on Earth? Are there ways to reinvent spacecraft technologies that could improve the lives of humans? Students across the country joined forces to answer these questions and ultimately design a virtual environment for showcasing ideas in the NASA Goddard OPTIMUS PRIME InWorld Spinoff Challenge. …
EarthEthanol Refining Emissions may be Underestimated
Ethanol fuel refineries could be releasing much larger amounts of ozone-forming compounds into the atmosphere than current assessments suggest, according to a new study based on a field campaign that included a NASA sensor. Airborne measurements made downwind from an ethanol fuel refinery in Decatur, Illinois, in 2013 found ethanol emissions 30 times higher than …
MoonNASA’s LRO Moves Closer to the Lunar Surface
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has completed a maneuver that lowered the spacecraft’s orbit to within 20 kilometers (12 miles) above areas near the lunar South Pole, the closest the spacecraft has ever been to the lunar surface. On Monday, May 4, 2015 flight controllers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland performed …
Deep SpaceHawaii Says ‘Aloha’ to NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator
The second test vehicle for NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project arrived April 25 at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. The vehicle now will undergo final assembly and weeks of testing prior to its scheduled experimental flight set for early June. The flight will test two cutting-edge technologies for braking Mars …
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