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NASA en español Senior Science Writer and Editor Noelia González
“Obviously, Spanish has a lot to do with accessibility and broadening our audiences. We are using Spanish as a tool to break those barriers to connect with audiences. Spanish is the language I grew up with in Uruguay, and the language that I feel more comfortable with. It is amazing that I get to use […]
Join NASA to Celebrate Worm Design, Influence with Original Designer
2 min read Join NASA to Celebrate Worm Design, Influence with Original Designer Dr. Christine Mann Darden holding a model of Mach II in the Unitary Tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center on Aug. 18, 1990. Darden is pictured in a lab coat with a NASA ‘worm’ logotype patch across her back. NASA / Carol […]
NASA Rocket to See Sizzling Edge of Star-Forming Supernova
5 min read NASA Rocket to See Sizzling Edge of Star-Forming Supernova A new sounding rocket mission is headed to space to understand how explosive stellar deaths lay the groundwork for new star systems. The Integral Field Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Experiment, or INFUSE, sounding rocket mission, will launch from the White Sands Missile Range in New […]
Progress Continues Toward NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to Station
NASA and Boeing are working to complete the agency’s verification and validation activities ahead of Starliner’s first flight with astronauts to the International Space Station. While Boeing is targeting March to have the spacecraft ready for flight, teams decided during a launch manifest evaluation that a launch in April will better accommodate upcoming crew rotations […]
NASA Updates Commercial Crew Planning Manifest
The International Space Station’s U.S. segment and portions of the Russian segment are pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. Prominent at the top in this view, are the Columbus laboratory […]
Glenn Hangar Has Long Been the Face of the Center
4 min read Glenn Hangar Has Long Been the Face of the Center Painters completing work on NASA Glenn Research Center’s new hangar roof design in July 2016. It was the first time that the roof featured an insignia. Credit: NASA/Bridget Caswell The Flight Research Building, or hangar, at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland […]
Aviones de movilidad aérea avanzada: un viaje suave en el futuro
4 min read Aviones de movilidad aérea avanzada: un viaje suave en el futuro Los aviones eléctricos de despegue y aterrizaje vertical, como el que se muestra en este diseño conceptual, podrían ser una parte fundamental de la próxima generación de transporte aéreo. Para crear un mercado realmente viable, los diseñadores tendrán que crear una […]
Artemis II Water Deluge Test
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems conducts a water flow test with the mobile launcher at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B in Florida on Oct. 24, 2023. It is the third in a series of tests to verify the overpressure protection and sound suppression system is ready for launch of the Artemis II mission. During liftoff, […]
Artemis II Water Deluge Test
NASA / Kim Shiflett NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems conducts a water flow test with the mobile launcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s in Florida on Oct. 24, 2023. It is the third in a series of tests to verify the overpressure protection and sound suppression system is ready for launch of the Artemis II mission […]
NASA Is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map
The blue areas on this map of Mars are regions where NASA missions have detected subsurface water ice (from the equator to 60 degrees north latitude). Scientists can use the map – part of the Subsurface Water Ice Mapping project – to decide where the first astronauts to set foot on the Red Planet should […]
NASA, Pacific Disaster Center Increase Landslide Hazard Awareness
5 min read NASA, Pacific Disaster Center Increase Landslide Hazard Awareness Communities worldwide now have access to a powerful tool to increase their awareness of landslide hazards, thanks to NASA and the Pacific Disaster Center. A humanitarian worker from USAID observes the impacts of a landslide. USAID deployed an elite Disaster Assistance Response Team on […]
NASA Tech Breathes Life Into Potentially Game-Changing Antenna Design
4 min read NASA Tech Breathes Life Into Potentially Game-Changing Antenna Design FreeFall Tests Spherical Antennas at 159,000 feet on NASA’s 60 million cubic foot stratospheric balloon. Credits: Dr. Christopher Walker, NIAC Fellow / FreeFall Aerospace Some 30 years ago, a young engineer named Christopher Walker was home in the evening making chocolate pudding when […]