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NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind
In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun, known as…
Lead Space Launch System Avionics Engineer Ales-Cia Winsley
“I was on console as a part of the primary launch team . I was the Orion system specialist for Guidance, Navigation, and Control. … In a few missions, we’re…
NASA and Partners Study Contrail Formation
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s DC-8 aircraft flew from California to Everett, Washington on Oct. 10 to conduct research on aircraft condensation trails. The contrails emitted from a Boeing 737-10…
NASA’s Webb Stuns With New High-Definition Look at Exploded Star
Like a shiny, round ornament ready to be placed in the perfect spot on a holiday tree, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) gleams in a new image from NASA’s…
Students Create Elaborate Homemade Machines for JPL Competition
To compete in a race against the clock and each other, 18 student teams built complicated contraptions for the annual Invention Challenge at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Some 250 students…
Annual Science Conference to Feature NASA Leadership, Research
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will discuss the agency’s Artemis program during her keynote remarks at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2023 annual meeting. Credits: NASA Annual Science Conference…
Artemis II Booster Surges Ahead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Engineers and technicians process the right forward center segment of the Space Launch System solid rocket boosters for the Artemis II mission inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility (RPSF)…
NASA Helps Study One of the World’s Most Diverse Ecosystems
Researchers with the BioSCape campaign collect vegetation data from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. The field work, which took place in October and November, was part of…
NASA Names Winners of 2023 NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge
NASA has announced the 2023 winners of the NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge, which recognizes and supports entrepreneurs working on technology that advances the agency’s science goals. NASA NASA is announcing final…
NASA Signs Memorandum of Agreement for Space Weather
Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (left), signs the Memorandum of Agreement for Space Weather alongside Ken Graham, assistant administrator for NOAA’s Weather Services (right). This quad-agency…