Tech Today: NASA Helps Find Where the Wildfires Are
Globally, nearly all wildfires start with a human ignition source – not lightning strikes or wildlife encountering power equipment. Knowing humans can be a primary cause is an example of…
Expedition 69 Astronauts Tour NASA Goddard, Speak With Employees
A trio of astronauts visited with employees at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 18, 2024, to share their spaceflight experiences aboard the International Space astronauts…
US, Germany Partnering on Mission to Track Earth’s Water Movement
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity mission will extend a decades-long record of following shifting water masses using gravity measurements. NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR (German Aerospace…
Gemini VI Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Walter M. Schirra Jr.
Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), and Walter M. Schirra Jr., pose for the camera during suiting up exercises on Oct. 22, 1965. Stafford was selected among the second group of…
NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact
After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk. When NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid…
NASA Administrator, Health Secretary to Host Cancer Moonshot Event
Media are invited to join NASA and Department of Health and Human Services leadership at 9:30 EDT on Thursday, March 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, to highlight how the…
AI-Powered Content Optimization: The Future of On-Page SEO
For several years, various new techniques have emerged to help businesses improve their site performance on search engines. Historically, most businesses focused on keyword density or backlinks to help their…
Student-Built Robots Clash at Competition Supported by NASA-JPL
Hand-crafted robots, constructed over the past two months by 44 high school teams, duked it out at the FIRST Robotics Los Angeles regional competition. Student-made contraptions of a metal and…
NASA’s Swift Temporarily Suspends Science Operations
1 min readOn March 15, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory entered into safe mode, temporarily suspending science operations due to degrading performance from one of its three gyroscopes (gyros), which…
NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to Space Pioneer Thomas Stafford
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday’s passing of Thomas Stafford, a lifelong space exploration advocate, former NASA astronaut, and Air Force general: “Today, General…