NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA engineer and astronaut Christina Koch will serve as the agency’s acting deputy chief engineer beginning on Sunday, Nov. 1, following the retirement of Katherine Van Hooser, who will conclude more than 35 years of distinguished service to the agency on Wednesday, Oct. 21. In her new role, Koch willContinue reading “NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer”

Perseverance Navcam Image Marks Record Drive

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description Rover tracks and a rocky Martian landscape are shown in this image captured by one of the navigation cameras (navcams) aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on Oct. 11, 2026, the 2,006th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. During that sol’s drive, spanning 299.6 feet (91.31 meters), the mission passed aContinue reading “Perseverance Navcam Image Marks Record Drive”

NASA’s Record-Setting Perseverance Rover Team

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars mission team gather in the Mars Yard at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California with a certificate from Guinness World Records marking the rover distance record on the Red Planet. Positioned in front of the team is OPTIMISM (Operational Perseverance Twin forContinue reading “NASA’s Record-Setting Perseverance Rover Team”

Comparing Off-World Rover Driving Distances

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description This infographic illustrates the distances driven by various rovers on the surface of Earth’s Moon and Mars. Of the vehicles shown, the NASA Mars rovers Perseverance and Curiosity are still operational and moving across the surface; the figures shown for those two are distances driven as of Oct. 11,Continue reading “Comparing Off-World Rover Driving Distances”

Transporter-18 SmallSats Encapsulation

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Three NASA-supported small spacecraft, along with many commercial payloads, are shown before being encapsulated in a SpaceX Falcon 9 ahead of launch on Oct. 1, 2026. The ASCENT Propulsion Dual Mode CubeSat, the Supernova Remnants and Proxies for ReIonization Testbed Experiment (SPRITE) CubeSat, and the Small Spacecraft Propulsion and InspectionContinue reading “Transporter-18 SmallSats Encapsulation”

TB 26-08 Complex Modes in Lightly Damped Structural Systems:A Two-Mode Interaction Perspective

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system analysis. It provides equilibrium chemistry, rocket performance, shock, and detonation calculations used across NASA and the broader aerospace community. NASA EngineeringContinue reading “TB 26-08 Complex Modes in Lightly Damped Structural Systems:A Two-Mode Interaction Perspective”

NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A commercial lander that will be at the forefront of NASA’s efforts to establish a Moon Base, humanity’s first lunar outpost, has passed a series of critical tests at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The tests simulated the extreme temperatures and vacuum of space, as well asContinue reading “NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission”

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