Starliner Successfully Fires its Thrusters, Preparing to Return to Earth

Being trapped in space sounds like the stuff of nightmares. Astronauts on board the International Space…

Tech Today: Remote Sensing Technology Fights Forest Fires

Enabled by NASA Sensors and Technical Assistance It’s not easy to predict the path of forest…

2024 Software of the Year Award Co-Winner -Prognostics Python Packages (ProgPy)

NASA Ames Research Center: ProgPy is an open-source Python package supporting research and development of prognostics, health…

A Picture-Perfect Portrait: Eliza Hoffman’s Take on Dorothy Vaughan

On July 19, 2024, NASA officially named Johnson Space Center’s building 12 the “Dorothy Vaughan Center…

After debris concerns, SpaceX to shift Dragon capsule landings from Florida to California

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Evidence of debris stemming from return trips of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has…

The Marshall Star for July 31, 2024

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission is inside the Vehicle Assembly…

2024 Software of the Year Co-Winner – Orbital Debris Engineering Model (ORDEM)

NASA Johnson Space Center: ORDEM represents the state of the art in orbital debris models intended for…

U.S. Senate advances their FY 2025 budget…

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released and approved a NASA funding proposal in a bipartisan, 26-3…

Astronomers find anomalies in star V889 Herculis’s rotation

A nearby star V889 Herculis rotates the fastest at a latitude of about 40 degrees. Credit:…

2024 Invention of the Year Winner – Thrust Chamber Liner and Fabrication Method

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: A thrust chamber assembly (TCA) is the critical and central component in…