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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Christopher Pestak, program manager of the Glenn Engineering and Research Support (GEARS) contract at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, has received the 2025 Sustained Service Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). This award recognizes AIAA members who have given their time, dedication, and efforts in serviceContinue reading “Program Manager at NASA Glenn Earns AIAA Sustained Service Award “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY With a shared commitment to fostering U.S. economic growth that benefits the American public, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen collaboration in transferring federally-developed technology into the private sector, known as tech transfer.  “NASAContinue reading “NASA Partners with US Patent and Trademark Office to Advance Technology Transfer”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As 1969, an historic year that saw not just one but two successful human lunar landings, drew to a close, NASA continued preparations for its planned third Moon landing mission, Apollo 13, then scheduled for launch on March 12, 1970. The Apollo 13 prime crew of Commander James A. Lovell,Continue reading “55 Years Ago: Apollo 13, Preparations for the Third Moon Landing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In coordination with NASA, Axiom Space modified its planned assembly sequence to accelerate its ability to operate as a viable free-flying space station and reduce International Space Station reliance during assembly. NASA awarded Axiom Space a firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract in January 2020, as the agency continues to openContinue reading “NASA, Axiom Space Change Assembly Order of Commercial Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Maurice Valdez, Niki Parenteau, Dori Myer, and Judy Alfter. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond. Space Science and Astrobiology Star:Continue reading “NASA Ames Stars of the Month: January 2025”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six experiments to the lunar surface. This fourth task order for Firefly will target landing in the Gruithuisen Domes on the near side of the Moon in 2028.Continue reading “More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This article is for students grades 5-8. The Sun is the star of our solar system. Its gravity holds Earth and our planetary neighbors in its orbit. At 865,000 miles (1.4 million km) in diameter, it’s the largest object in our solar system. On Earth, its influence is felt inContinue reading “NASA Knows: How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades 5-8)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth’s nearest neighboring body in the solar system is its Moon, yet to date humans have physically explored just 5% of its surface. It wasn’t until 2023 – building on Apollo-era data and more detailed studies made in 2011-2012 by NASA’s automated GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) mission –Continue reading “NASA Payload Aims to Probe Moon’s Depths to Study Heat Flow”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Columbia University in New York, New York, enacted a collaborative Space Act Agreement to advance research and education opportunities during a signing ceremony Monday, Dec. 16, at Goddard. Presiding over the ceremony were Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard, director of Goddard’s Sciences andContinue reading “NASA, CU Enact Collaborative Space Act Agreement”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY OTPS shares an annual letter from the Agency Chief Technologist (ACT), updates on various studies in the technology domain within OTPS, overviews of the center chief technologists, and vignettes of various technology projects across the agency. Read the full report, A Year in Review 2024 from NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist.