NASA Ames Astrogram – December 2024
2024 Year in Review – Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley by Tiffany Blake As NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley enters its 85th year since its founding,…
NASA Exhibit Puts Visitors in Test Conductor Seat
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is helping the Artemis Generation learn how to power space…
NASA Selects Four Commercial Companies to Support Near Space Network
NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency’s Near Space Network’s commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical communication capability that allows spacecraft to transmit data directly to…
NASA Welcomes Liechtenstein as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
From left to right, Ambassador of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United States of America Georg Sparber, Director of the Office for Communications of the Principality of Liechtenstein Dr.…
NASA’s Terra Satellite Captures 2015 Eclipse Shadow
NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team During the morning of March 20, 2015, a total solar eclipse was visible from parts of Europe, and a partial solar eclipse from northern…
Station Science Top News: Dec. 20, 2024
A method for evaluating thermophysical properties of metal alloys Simulation of the solidification of metal alloys, a key step in certain industrial processes, requires reliable data on their thermophysical properties…
NASA’s Ames Research Center Celebrates 85 Years of Innovation
5 Min Read NASA’s Ames Research Center Celebrates 85 Years of Innovation The NACA Ames laboratory in 1944 Credits: NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley pre-dates a lot…
2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA/Quincy Eggert NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next…
NASA’s Webb Reveals Smallest Asteroids Yet Found in Main Asteroid Belt
Illustration of the main asteroid belt, orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter NASA NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets…
Lab Work Digs Into Gullies Seen on Giant Asteroid Vesta by NASA’s Dawn
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft captured this image of Vesta as it left the giant asteroid’s orbit in 2012. The framing camera was looking down at the north pole, which is in…