NASA’s Mars habitat to pave way for red planet exploration
What will life be like for humans living on Mars? Four researchers selected by NASA will help answer that question. They’ll be living and working in a 3D printed, 1700 square foot habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center that simulates living on the red planet. Lessons learned will prepare NASA for the next giant leap, sending the first astronauts to Mars.
Yoon opens state visit with spotlight on space, mega deals
Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off the state visit of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol with a tour of a NASA facility as the Biden administration looks to deepen ties with a close ally that it sees as only growing in importance in an increasingly complicated Indo-Pacific.
NASA ends support of cloud-studying spacecraft AIM after extra decade in orbit
NASA says battery issues with their Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere spacecraft, known as AIM, have led to the agency ending operational support for the craft’s mission. NASA said AIM was originally slated to operate for two years. It completed its primary mission in 2009 and has been in extended operations status since that time.
Astronaut Megan McArthur makes HISTORY as Space Center Houston’s first Chief Science Officer
Megan McArthur is a NASA Astronaut serving as one of the few women in the field. She caught up with Derrick to share how she hopes to make the group of space explorers more diverse, and her new role at Space Center Houston!
NASA selects new head of science to lead more than 100 missions ‘to explore the secrets of the universe’
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday that Dr. Nicola Fox will now serve as the associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective immediately.
NASA to honor fallen astronauts on Day of Remembrance ahead of Columbia 20th Anniversary
NASA will honor its astronauts who died during mission, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia leading up to and during the agency’s annual Day of Remembrance on Jan. 26, according to a news release.
How a cloud can stop a launch
We have liftoff! Those three words are music to NASA ears as Artemis has faced a number of delays over the past several weeks. I think we can all understand mechanical concerns, high winds, thunderstorms and hurricanes as launch-blockers. What I didn’t realize until yesterday is that one good healthy cumulus cloud can stop a rocket launch in its tracks! A cumulus cloud? Those puffy, fair-weather innocent-looking clouds against a beautiful blue sky? The kind that don’t even produce rain? Yep. Those clouds.
This is why the Artemis launch director had her tie cut with scissors after the rocket’s liftoff
Artemis launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson has made history before. She cemented her spot in space history as NASA’s first female launch director. Now she’s added to her story by leading the first test flight of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.
Celebratory social posts launched after liftoff of Artemis mission
When NASA launched the Artemis I mission early Wednesday morning, it was something people had waited weeks, months, years, and even decades to see happen. The flight is unmanned, but it marks a milestone in the work being done to return humans to the moon for the first time since the Apollo missions.