Deep Space I validated the promise of ion thruster propulsion. Click here for original…
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NASA Glenn
Preparing to Test Orion Spacecraft Requires a Big Plane, Huge Cranes and a Vacuum Cleaner
The Orion spacecraft is prepared for testing in the world’s largest vacuum chamber before it launches…
Orion Spacecraft for Artemis I Prepared for Thermal Test at NASA's Plum Brook Station
NASA’s Orion spacecraft–the crew module and European-built service module—is being lifted into a thermal cage and…
Orion Spacecraft for Artemis I Mission Arrives at NASA’s Plum Brook Station for Testing
The Artemis I Orion spacecraft arrived at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, on Tuesday,…
Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio Aboard the Super Guppy
Almost 1,500 people turned out Sunday, November 24 to watch NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft arrive at…
Cleveland Hosted 1960s NASA’s Space Extravaganza
Clevelanders flocked to our first space science fair in 1962. Click here for original…
Thruster for Next-Generation Spacecraft Undergoes Testing at Glenn
NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster – Commercial (NEXT-C) fired for the first time last week inside a…
An Experimental Cancer Treatment Program in the 1970s Utilized NASA’s Cyclotron Facility
In the 1970s, NASA Glenn used its cyclotron for a Cleveland Clinic study into radiation cancer…
Memory Metals are Shaping the Evolution of Aviation
In the basement of the Materials and Structures Laboratory at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, scientists train…
Building Solar Panels in Space Might be as Easy as Clicking Print
Scientists are testing a new, durable, recyclable and efficient material that could soon power habitats on…