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NASA ER-2 (N806NA) departure fly-by pass down KWJF (Fox Field) Runway 24 - 2017 Los Angeles County Air Show (03/25/17)
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann participates in virtual reality testing of the Gateway lunar space station in Building 15's VR Lab on February 13, 2024. This testing ensures comfort and safety for astronauts who will live and conduct science there on future Artemis missions.
Photo Credit: NASA / Bill Stafford
As a child, NASA was my fuel for countless dreams of science and engineering. I don't think I have the chops to work for them (yet,) but they remain one of my great hopes for our future.
NASA's fleet of 18 Earth science missions in space, supported by aircraft, ships and ground observations, measure aspects of the environment that touch the lives of every person around the world. This visualization shows the NASA fleet in 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2plZ9yK
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was photographed inside the Super Guppy aircraft that will carry the flight frame with the Orion crew module to a testing facility in Ohio. via NASA ift.tt/2UuE01e
Engineers at Orbital ATK prepare to test the largest, most powerful booster ever built for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), which will fire up for a ground test at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 11, at Orbital ATK Propulsion Systems’ test facilities in Promontory, Utah. The two-minute static test is a significant milestone for the SLS as part of NASA’s journey to Mars, and follows years of development. It is one of two ground tests to qualify the booster for flight. A second test is planned for early 2016. Once qualification is complete, the hardware will be ready to help send the rocket, along with NASA’s Orion spacecraft, on its first flight test. When completed, two five-segment, solid-rocket boosters and four RS-25 main engines will power the SLS as it begins its deep space missions. The boosters operate in parallel with the main engines for the first two minutes of flight, providing more than 75 percent of the thrust needed for the rocket to escape Earth’s gravitational pull. The first flight test of the SLS will feature a configuration for a 70-metric-ton (77-ton) lift capacity and carry an uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond low-Earth orbit to test the performance of the integrated system. As the SLS is updated, it will provide an unprecedented lift capability of 130 metric tons (143 tons) to enable missions even farther into our solar system. Live coverage of the test on NASA TV begins on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Image Credit: Orbital ATK via NASA ift.tt/1FFwByi
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has experienced that rarest view of Earth from space, afforded only to astronauts.
He reflects on that perspective in his new blog post, “Protecting Planet Earth,” as he outlines NASA’s scientific research role in President Obama’s new Climate Action Plan.
NASA satellites have already provided more than 40 years of Earth observations from space -- a critical, global record that has already proved crucial in helping scientists better understand our dynamic planet.
To read more from Bolden about NASA’s long history of studying Earth, its open data policy and its partnerships with other federal agencies and institutions in researching the complexities of climate change, please visit: 1.usa.gov/1crvfrc
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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Governor Kay Ivey met with Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer, astronaut Joe Acaba and others, in conjunction with NASA Day at the State Capitol Thursday, April 18, 2019 in Montgomery, Ala. MSFC promotes education as a large component of public outreach efforts. Today, more than 1,000 students will attend the NASA exhibits
·Enhancing educational activities is critical to developing a viable STEM workforce.
Marshall is working with the State Superintendent to better STEM education partnership. (Governor's Office/Hal Yeager)
With access doors at Space Launch Complex 37 opened on Nov. 24, 2014, the Orion spacecraft and Delta IV Heavy stack is visible in its entirety inside the Mobile Service Tower where the vehicle is undergoing launch preparations. Orion will make its first flight test on Dec. 4 with a morning launch atop the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. Orion’s crew module is underneath the Launch Abort System and nose fairing, both of which will jettison about six minutes, 20 seconds after launch. The tower will be rolled away from the rocket and spacecraft 8 hours, 15 minutes before launch to allow the rocket to be fueled and for other launch operations to proceed. The spacecraft will orbit the Earth twice, including one loop that will reach 3,600 miles above Earth. No one will be aboard Orion for this flight test, but the spacecraft is being designed and built to carry astronauts on exploration missions into deep space. Launch is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7:05 a.m. EST, the opening of a 2 hour, 39-minute window for the day. Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett via NASA 1.usa.gov/1yC8Zci
During an engineering flight test of the Cloud-Aerosol Multi-Angle Lidar (CAMAL) instrument, a view from NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft shows smoke plumes, from roughly 65,000 feet, produced by the Thomas Fire in Ventura County, California, around 1 p.m. PST on Dec. 5th, 2017. via NASA ift.tt/2j3XCf5