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Millie Hughes-Fulford was the first woman to go into space as a payload specialist, the scientists who work aboard NASA's space missions. Hughes-Fulford was initially selected as a payload specialist in 1986, but her first spaceflight was delayed by the 1986 Challenger explosion, which put a halt to the U.S.
Image posted on Instagram by NASA. In a new post on Instagram, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared a stunning image of the "gorgeous" Anti-Atlas Mountains that were "formed as a result of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates colliding about 80 million years ago."
General Electric and Honeywell will help NASA develop turbofan engine technologies as part of a research project to potentially increase the energy efficiency of core power systems for commercial transport and hybrid-electric aircraft. NASA said Friday it entered into separate agreements with the tw
Executive Mosaic MediaAdditive manufacturing (AM) has enabled new and significant design and manufacturing opportunities for rocket engine components with complex internal features and thin walls. Much of additive manufacturing development has been focused on existing or monolithic alloys, which do not allow for complete optimization of the structure for the application.
3DPrint.comNASA has a big year ahead of it: Landing on Mars, further delivering on the promise of commercial flights to the International Space Station, tackling climate change, and much, much more. But as former President Donald Trump left the White House on Jan.
Space.comWASHINGTON - SpaceX won a NASA contract Feb. 4 to launch a small astrophysics spacecraft, continuing the company's string of similar agency contracts over the last two years. NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX for the launch of the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) spacecraft on a Falcon 9 in June 2024.
SpaceNewsAs NASA's human spaceflight centers are busy preparing the Orion spacecraft and its components for the early Artemis missions around the Moon, a NASA aeronautics-focused center is lending a hand.
When NASA's Mars Perseverance rover touches down on the red planet later this month, it will arrive with a lot of precious cargo. Among the brand new technology is a drone that is set to be the first ever to fly on another planet: the Ingenuity helicopter.
Two years before a total solar eclipse left area residents breathless in 2017, Southwestern Community College started working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in an effort to bring advanced Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education opportunites to Western North Carolina.
Cherokee One Feather(CNN) - NASA is offering thousands of dollars to people who can come up with some healthy and sustainable food for space. Participants will design nutritious food systems for missions to Mars and beyond. People in the United States can compete for up to $500,000.
Two SpaceX Starships have exploded across our screens in recent months, leading to mixed opinions about the company's star prototype, and its ability to eventually take humans to Mars. With the FAA investigating the latest exploded Starship - the second in a row for the company - nostalgia yearns for the days when space missions fell solely within the domain of public agencies, instead of private aerospace companies.
Interesting EngineeringThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Tuesday shared a stunning picture of a pulsar, prompting a wide range of reactions online. The picture, which was shared on the Instagram account of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, features the spinning, ultra-dense star known as SXP 1062.
The Indian ExpressWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that the Biden administration supports NASA's Artemis program to send humans back to the surface of the Moon. Why it matters: Some speculated that NASA's Artemis program would be canceled under Biden, as previous administrations have dramatically changed the direction of NASA's exploration goals.
AxiosPORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - In 1960, admissions officers at the University of Pittsburg tried to talk him out of it, but Samuel J. Scott of Tampa, Florida, insisted on enrolling in the university's aeronautical engineering program. After graduation, he secured a job at the Naval Yard in Philadelphia.
WAVY.comThe wild NASA simulation shows 500 years of cosmic evolution around our galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in a virtual reality environment.
Ohio University faculty Nathaniel Szewczyk and Sarah Wyatt recently had their research published by NASA in a collection of papers titledThe biology of spaceflight . The collection is considered to be the largest set of astronaut and space biology data ever produced.
Let the business resources in our guide inspire you and help you achieve your goals in 2021. 2 min read NASA's Psyche mission is progressing considerably. Just a year and a half after launch, to explore the most valuable asteroid, they are already about to assemble and test the spacecraft that will make it possible.
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Scientists have created a new method for measuring carbon fluctuations in forests; it is expected to improve the accuracy of global carbon estimates. Using ground, airborne, and satellite data, a diverse team of international researchers-including NASA scientists-has created a new method to assess how the changes in forests over the past two decades have impacted carbon concentrations in the atmosphere.
