Invention Challenge Brings Student Engineers to NASA JPL

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Now in its 26th year, the event brings teams of middle and high school students to the lab to compete with home-built contraptions. Teenagers wielding power tools and plywood demonstrated their engineering prowess at the annual Invention Challenge at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Friday. Also inContinue reading “Invention Challenge Brings Student Engineers to NASA JPL”

NASA Wins Second Emmy Award for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s broadcast of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has won an Emmy Award for Excellence in Production Technology. At the 76th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards on Dec. 4, in New York City, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the win. Walt Lindblom and Sami AzizContinue reading “NASA Wins Second Emmy Award for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast”

Hubble Spots a Storm of New Stars

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a stormy and highly active spiral galaxy named NGC 1792. Located over 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Columba (the Dove), the bright glow of the galaxy’s center is offset by the flocculent and sparkling spiral arms swirling around it. NGCContinue reading “Hubble Spots a Storm of New Stars”

NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during the Artemis IV mission to the lunar south polar region. The instruments will improve our knowledge of the lunar environment to support NASA’s further exploration of the Moon and beyond to Mars.  “TheContinue reading “NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science”

Testing Drones for Mars in the Mojave Desert

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory monitor a research drone in this September 2025 photo. This flight occurred in Dumont Dunes, an area of the Mojave Desert, as part of a larger test campaign to develop navigation software that would guide future rotorcraft on Mars. The work was among 25Continue reading “Testing Drones for Mars in the Mojave Desert”

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Completed

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Two technicians look up at NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope after its inner and outer segments were connected at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on Nov. 25, 2025. This marked the end of Roman’s construction. After final testing, the telescope will move to the launchContinue reading “NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Completed”

NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, is preparing to depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and return to Earth. Kim, Ryzhikov, and Zubritsky will undock from the station’s Prichal module at 8:41 p.m. EST on Monday, Dec. 8, headedContinue reading “NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return”

NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s next big eye on the cosmos is now fully assembled. On Nov. 25, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the largest clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “Completing the Roman observatory brings us toContinue reading “NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction”

NASA Software Raises Bar for Aircraft Icing Research 

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY When flying in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets floating in the air can pose a risk to aircraft. If not taken into consideration, these water droplets can accumulate on an aircraft as ice and pose a safety risk.  But NASA software tools such as Glenn Icing Computational EnvironmentContinue reading “NASA Software Raises Bar for Aircraft Icing Research “

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