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Underwater Buoyancy Jan 23, 2019

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Today, underwater training is still the primary spacewalk training method and the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is the largest indoor body of water in the world.

Tiny Satellites Track Global Storms Jan 22, 2019

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Today’s meteorologists have a plethora of ground-based instruments to help forecast the weather, but some new satellites, no larger than a shoebox, may help us see the big picture in great detail.

Paint Job for Mars Jan 21, 2019

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The masking team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California measures success in millimeters.

Touchdown on Mars Jan 18, 2019

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After traveling 300 million miles over seven months, touchdown on the surface of Mars took only six and a half minutes and now the two-year mission begins.

Effervescent Insects Jan 17, 2019

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Astronauts have a couple of space hacks to make the fruit fly experiments on the International Space Station easier.

Quiet Supersonics Jan 16, 2019

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Once fully tested, the X-59 plane will begin making supersonic flights over select communities to measure residents’ reactions to any noise they might hear.

Fission Power Systems Jan 15, 2019

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On the moon, power generation from sunlight can be very difficult because lunar nights are equivalent to 14 days on Earth.

Gobbling Up Planetary Debris Jan 14, 2019

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X-ray observations from the hot outer atmosphere of a star may be scientist’s first evidence of a star gobbling up planetary debris.

Space Weather Prediction Jan 11, 2019

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NASA scientists have discovered that bright points in the solar atmosphere may give us much more information about changes occurring deep down in the sun.

Technology for All Jan 10, 2019

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Through technology transfer, many NASA inventions become part of our everyday lives.

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