NASA Upgrades Powerful SLS Rocket Engines – Production Restarted for Next Era of Space Exploration
As NASA prepares for the first crewed Artemis missions to the Moon, agency propulsion and test teams are setting their sights on future Space Launch…
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NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope Captures Cosmic Fireworks in Dynamic Gamma-Ray Sky
Cosmic fireworks, invisible to our eyes, fill the night sky. We can get a glimpse of this elusive light show thanks to the Large Area…
Progress Underway on NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Moon Rockets for Artemis II, III, and IV
NASA and its partners across the country are continuing to make progress on the crewed Artemis missions with hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS)…
NASA Prepares for Future Artemis Missions Using Data From the First SLS Flight
NASA continues to evaluate data and learn more about the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s debut performance during the agency’s November 16, 2022, Artemis I…
NASA’s Artemis SLS Moon Rocket Showed Excellent Performance – World’s Most Powerful Rocket
According to initial assessments by NASA, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket performed with precision, meeting or exceeding all expectations during its debut launch on…
Fired Up: A Look at the 55 Engines and Motors That Power NASA’s Artemis Mission
On Earth, many cars on the road are powered by engines that convert fuel into energy to produce motion. Although rocket science is a little…
Astrophysicists Solve 40-Year-Old Black Hole Jet Mystery With NASA’s IXPE
Blazars are some of the brightest objects in the cosmos. They are composed of a supermassive black hole feeding off material swirling around it in…
Surprising Results From NASA’s IXPE Help Unlock the Secrets of Famous Exploded Star
For the first time, astronomers have measured and mapped polarized X-rays from a supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A (Cas A), using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer…
Fireball Lights Up the Sky Over Salt Lake City – 16 Times Brighter Than the Full Moon
On Saturday morning, a brilliant meteor flew through the skies over northern Utah, later raining down meteorites over the Great Salt Lake. Residents of the…
Subscale Booster Motor for Future NASA Artemis Missions Fires Up at Marshall Space Flight Center
The Space Launch System (SLS) is NASA’s super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle that has been in development since 2011. It will be capable of launching…
NASA’s New “Lunar Backpack” Can Generate a Real-Time 3D Terrain Map To Aid Moon Explorers
Consider a mountaineering expedition in a completely uncharted environment, where the hikers had the ability to generate a real-time 3D map of the terrain. NASA…
Watts on the Moon Challenge: NASA Opens Second Phase of $5 Million Lunar Power Prize Competition
Under Artemis, NASA plans to return to the Moon using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. This will require…
NASA IXPE Observatory’s First Stunning Image: The Glowing Remains of an Exploded Star
NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer, which launched December 9, 2021, has delivered its first imaging data since completing its month-long commissioning phase. All instruments are…
NASA Solar Sail Spacecraft to Chase Tiny Asteroid After Artemis I Launch
NEA Scout will visit an asteroid estimated to be smaller than a school bus – the smallest asteroid ever to be studied by a spacecraft….
Deep Space Food Challenge: NASA Offers $1 Million for Innovative Systems to Feed Tomorrow’s Astronauts
As NASA prepares to send astronauts further into the cosmos than ever before, the agency aims to upgrade production of a critical fuel source: food….
NASA Prepares Massive SLS Moon Rockets for First Crewed Artemis Missions
As teams continue to prepare NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for its debut flight with the launch of Artemis I, NASA and its partners…
NASA’s New IXPE Mission Opens Its Eyes and Is Ready for Discovery!
NASA’s newest X-ray eyes are open and ready for discovery! Having spent just over a month in space, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is…
SLS Solid Rocket Booster Fired Up To Test Improved Design for Future NASA Artemis Missions
A team of NASA and Northrop Grumman engineers fired a 2-foot-diameter, subscale solid rocket booster on December 2, 2021, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center…
