NASA’s PACE initiative supports a rapid cadence of flight demonstrations, aiming to speed up advances in…
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Turning Up the Heat on Orion’s Heat Shield…x2!
For the first time, the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield material was simultaneously tested with the two…
Looking to the Clouds to Improve Climate Models for Earth and Other Planets
How do clouds contribute to climate patterns on Earth, as well as other planets like Saturn,…
Advanced Composite Solar Sail System: Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration
Advanced Composite Solar Sail System: Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration Click here…
New Era Begins as Drone Traffic Management Project Wraps Up
One NASA project helped invent a whole new type of air traffic management. Here’s a brief…
New NASA Challenge to Fund and Test Small Spacecraft Technologies
NASA is inviting commercial businesses, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, and other innovators to compete in a new…
AAS Names New NASA-Affiliated Fellows, Legacy Fellows
Thirteen scientists working at or affiliated with NASA have been recently named Fellows of the American…
Microscopic Superheroes to Help Protect Astronaut Health in Space
The tardigrade, a microscopic animal able to survive in some of the most extreme environments, is…
Perfecting Alignment: NASA Tests System for Aircraft Positioning in Supersonic Flight
The Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation System (ALIGNS) was developed to prepare for future acoustic validation…
NASA’s S-MODE Takes to the Air and Sea to Study Ocean Eddies
After being delayed over a year due to the pandemic, a NASA field campaign to study…