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Joe Piotrowski, Jr.: One Engineer’s (Flight) Path to Airborne Science
2 min read Joe Piotrowski, Jr.: One Engineer’s (Flight) Path to Airborne Science As an engineer and mission manager, Joe Piotrowski, Jr. gets to fly onboard Airborne Science aircraft for science missions at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Joe Piotrowski, Jr. Based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., Joe […]
Artemis Landing and Recovery Director Liliana Villarreal
“It’s amazing when I get a chance to see the space station fly over. I am very fortunate to be able to say that my hands were on a lot of the hardware that is up there. I’m very proud to have been part of the International Space Station program.” — Liliana Villarreal, Artemis Landing […]
NASA’s Modern History Makers: Adabelle Narvaez-Bostwick
Meet one of NASA’s Modern History Makers, Adabelle Narvaez-Bostwick, chief engineer for aeronautics at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. She’s supporting NASA’s work to make flight faster, cleaner, safer, and quieter. NASA/Bridget Caswell Adabelle Narvaez-Bostwick has worked in the same building at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland for 35 years, and the chief engineer for […]
Hubble Spots a Dreamy Galaxy
This dream-like image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy known as NGC 3156. To source
NASA to Reveal Asteroid Sample Grabbed in Space, Delivered to Earth
The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 11, and media accreditation is now open. To source
Accelerated Ice Breakup in Hudson Bay
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the NOAA-20 satellite captured this image of fragmented ice in Hudson Bay on June 28, 2023. To source
Forget Movie Magic, NASA Armstrong has the Real Thing
3 min read Forget Movie Magic, NASA Armstrong has the Real Thing This movie shows NASA’s X-43A demonstrating supersonic-combustion ramjet (scramjet) propulsion during two of its record-setting flights in 2004. Both flights, the first on Mar. 27 and the second on Nov. 16, 2004, demonstrated sustained thrust from the X-43A’s air-breathing scramjet engine, the first […]
DROID 2 Captures the Wind
Justin Hall lands the Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone 2 (DROID 2) aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 22, 2023. To source
Frank Rubio Breaks NASA’s Single Spaceflight Record
In this image from July 24, 2023, astronaut Frank Rubio completes a session on the Surface Avatar Remote Control Terminal, which investigates how haptic controls, user interfaces, and virtual reality could command and control surface-bound robots from long distances. To source
Snowy Egret Searches the Waters
A snowy egret, identifiable by its slender black bill, black legs and yellow feet, marches through a pond near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, looking for food in this image from March 29, 2007. To source
Opening the Hatch: Crew-6 Splashdown
Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN work to open the hatch of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 4, 2023, with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard. To source
Hubble Sees Glittering Globular Cluster Embedded Inside Our Milky Way
Hubble’s colorful image of the globular star cluster Terzan 12 is a spectacular example of how dust in space affects starlight coming from background objects. To source