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NASA Goddard Experts to Take Part in February STEM Conference
Alongside experts from academia and industry, leaders from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will be on hand at the Feb. 25–29 PowerSource Global Summit conference in Orlando.…
Boston Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Students, staff, and researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and two local public schools in Boston will have an opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronaut Loral…
55 Years Ago: Six Months Until the Moon Landing
The new year of 1969 dawned with optimism that NASA would meet President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the…
Hubble Views a Galactic Supernova Site
2 min readThis image features a relatively small galaxy known as UGC 5189A, which is located about 150 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy was observed by the NASA/ESA…
NASA, Partners to Welcome Private Crew Aboard Space Station
As part of NASA’s efforts to enable more access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of the third all private astronaut mission to the…
Hubble Captures a Monster Merger
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features Arp 122, a peculiar galaxy that in fact comprises two galaxies – NGC 6040, the tilted, warped spiral galaxy and LEDA 59642, the round, face-on spiral –…
Glenn Supports World Radiocommunication Conference
Reliable space communication and navigation systems are critical to every NASA mission. From the Voyager mission exploring beyond our solar system to astronauts aboard the International Space Station, space communications…
Employees Spread Joy With Toys for Tots Drive
NASA’s Glenn Research Center continued a decades-long tradition of participating in the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program during the 2023 holiday season. On Dec. 11, members of the…
Two NASA Glenn Senior Leaders Retire
Two members of NASA Glenn Research Center’s senior leadership retired on Dec. 30, ;Timothy P. McCartney, director of Aeronautics, retired with 38 1/2 years of NASA service. He was responsible…
Monitoring Microorganisms
Crew members on the International Space Station have a lot of company – millions of bacteria and other microbes. The human body contains 10 times more microbes than human cells,…