About Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities (FDC) Project
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The aircraft’s first flight marks…
About Subsonic Flight Demonstrator (SFD) Project
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / Scott Anders / Lillian Gipson / Rich Wahls The purpose of the Subsonic Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project…
NASA’s Van Allen Probe A to Re-Enter Atmosphere
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Van Allen Probe A is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere almost 14 years after launch. From 2012 to…
NASA Armstrong Director Brad Flick to Retire After 40 Years of Service
Portrait of Brad Flick Credit: NASA On Monday, NASA announced Bradley Flick, director of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, will retire Thursday, March 19, after a nearly…
What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8)
3 Min Read What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8) This article is for students grades 5-8. What is Pi? Pi is a number. You might know it as 3.14 or the…
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York
NASA astronaut Chris Williams calls mission controllers during Crew Medical Officer training while inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. NASA/Jessica Meir Students in New York will hear from…
Webb Studies Cranium Nebula
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent…
TB 26-03 Flammability Testing Configuration and Approach of Barrier MaterialAssemblies Designed for Space Flight Applications
The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) partnered with Materials and Processes and Flammability subject matter experts from the Johnson Space Center, White Sands Test Facility, and the Marshall Space…
NASA to Share Artemis II Flight Readiness Review Update
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space…
La NASA compartirá información actualizada sobre la evaluación de aptitud para el vuelo de Artemis II
El transportador oruga 2 de la NASA, que traslada el cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial con la nave espacial Orion de la misión Artemis II de la agencia, llega el…