Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Improves Shock, Vibration AnalysisRockets vibrate, shake, and flex intensely as they climb into space, and spacecraft packed with delicate scientific instruments must survive those forces. Before any rocket leaves the ground, NASA engineers work to predict how those stresses will affect every part of a spacecraft. To do that, engineers in the Dynamic Environments Group with NASA’s Launch […]Read the full story →Elyna Niles-Carnes · October 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologySoftwareResearch teams at NASA’s Glenn Research Center are involved in developing theory and software to predict the noise from aircraft engines. This software helps engineers to design and analyze new and improved aircraft propulsion systems. Copies of our software can be requested from NASA’s Software Catalog. JeNo Development of jet noise prediction codes is multifaceted. […]Read the full story →L. Danielle Koch · October 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyExperimental FacilitiesResearch teams at the NASA Glenn Research Center perform experiments in world-class facilities such as the 9- by 15-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (9 x15 LSWT), the Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory (AAPL), the Small Hot Jet Acoustic Rig (SHJAR), the Nozzle Acoustic Test Rig (NATR), the DGEN AeroPropulsion Research Turbofan (DART), and the Acoustical Testing Laboratory (ATL). […]Read the full story →L. Danielle Koch · October 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA’s Simulated Mars Crew Marks One Year Inside HabitatThe four crew members in NASA’s simulated Mars mission have spent the past year living and working in isolation in a confined habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.Read the full story →Abby Graf · October 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyInstrumentationTo measure airflow and sound, research teams at the NASA Glenn Research Center use special instrumentation like particle image velocimetry, hot wire anemometry, Raman spectroscopy, microphones in phased arrays or continuously rotating rakes. The global aviation noise reduction community relies on data from NASA GRC experiments to validate theory and noise prediction software. Rotating Rake […]Read the full story →L. Danielle Koch · October 19, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyMartian DawnNASA’s Curiosity captures the dawn on Mars – as well as elongated ridges formed by wind erosion, or yardangs – in this close-up from a panorama released on Oct. 6, 2026. This is the most detailed view yet of distant, wind-carved Martian cliffs, highlighting features the mission’s scientists have long been waiting to see up […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · October 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM
News release · Science / TechnologyNASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center DirectorNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct. 19. Cash, a veteran NASA engineer and aerospace executive, returns to lead the center where he began his career more than four decades ago. “Marshall contributions to NASA’s missions are historic and it’s […]Read the full story →Gerelle Q. Dodson · October 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyArtemis II Heat Shield After SplashdownShortly after NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. In the months after, the agency measured whether the thermal protection system effectively safeguarded the crew and Orion systems as the spacecraft reentered Earth’s atmosphere. This rigorous analysis confirmed that the […]Read the full story →HQ Web Team · October 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyI Am Artemis: Allison MjoenAs the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched with awe and pride. Mjoen, NASA’s operations manager for the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, helped shape the systems and ground operations that will one day send humans back to […]Read the full story →Jason Costa · October 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Feature · Science / TechnologyPower Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power SupplyFrom the International Space Station’s unique position 250 miles above Earth, the Sun is a vital source of energy. Solar power supports the station’s life support systems, daily activities, and hundreds of research investigations that improve life on Earth and prepare humans for deep space exploration. Over the past five years, NASA augmented the station’s […]Read the full story →Penelope Lauren Garcia-Galan · October 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Feature · Science / TechnologyNASA Awards Enable Research, Technology to Build Future WorkforceNASA has selected 12 U.S. institutions to receive $12 million to accelerate academic research and technology development in support of the agency’s priorities for exploring the Moon, Mars, and deep space. Through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Space Technology Artemis Research (M‑STAR) initiative, selected institutions will each receive up to $1 million […]Read the full story →Sandra May · October 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Feature · Science / TechnologyRigorous Analysis Confirms NASA’s Artemis II Heat Shield PerformanceNASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the Moon and brought them safely back to Earth, laying a foundation for crewed flights to the Moon’s surface. Additional engineering data analysis of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield confirmed initial data showing the heat shield performed as expected. In particular, NASA measured whether the thermal protection […]Read the full story →Elyna Niles-Carnes · October 15, 2026 at 10:57 AM
