Marshall Lends Insight, Expertise to Auburn Aerospace Industry Day Event By Rick Smith Nearly 500 students and faculty of Auburn University gathered on campus Sept. 30-Oct. 2 to hear lectures from leading NASA propulsion and engineering experts and to...

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Scott Pace: ‘Seeing the role that Starlink has played in North Carolina’s disaster response, I’m beginning to think there might be room for a Space National Guard’ The post Debate over Space Guard rekindles amid growing reliance on satellites...

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SpaceX has received emergency temporary approval to provide space-based connectivity to T-Mobile customers in Florida who may lose cellular service due to Hurricane Milton. The post Starlink activates emergency phone connectivity for Hurricane Milton appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 After successfully completing investigations within Gediz Vallis, Curiosity is back on the road through the Mg-sulfate (magnesium sulfate) bearing unit. The terrain under our wheels is a familiar collection of broken up...

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NASA astronauts, scientists, and researchers, and leadership from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) met with cancer patients and gathered in a discussion about potential research opportunities and collaborations as part of President Biden and First Lady Jill...

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In her six years working with NASA, Miranda Peters has filled a variety of roles. She trained in flight control for the International Space Station, worked as a safety engineer in the station’s program office, and served as a...

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In October 1604, a new star appeared in the sky, puzzling astronomers of the day. First observed on Oct. 9, German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) began his observations on Oct. 17 and tracked the new star for over a...

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different viewpoints. The results inform future plans to study like types...

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GOLDEN, Colorado — NASA is faced with the challenge of safely deorbiting, in one fell swoop, over 400 tons of space hardware in a few years. As of now, the […] The post Ocean experts raise concerns over deorbiting...

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft is designed to keep astronauts safe in deep space, protecting them from the unforgiving environment far from Earth. During the uncrewed Artemis I mission, researchers from NASA, along with several collaborators, flew payloads onboard Orion to...

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Astronomers have observed Jupiter’s legendary Great Red Spot (GRS), an anticyclone large enough to swallow Earth, for at least 150 years. But there are always new surprises – especially when NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope takes a close-up look at...

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NASA’s LCOT (Low-Cost Optical Terminal), a ground station made of modified commercial hardware, transmitted its first laser communications uplink to the TBIRD (TeraByte Infrared Delivery), a tissue box-sized payload formerly in low Earth orbit. During the first live sky...

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"It took years but it felt like all of the sudden, I was here and everything, the entire time, was preparing me for my role on the OSIRIS-REx mission. Now, I share a place in history next to a...

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SpaceX is setting the stage for acquiring final approval to launch the fifth flight of… The post Starship readying for Flight 5 amid future preparations appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

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NASA's Mars rover has snapped a photo of a rock resembling a human face on the surface of the red planet. It looks like a slightly squashed head lying on its side with a tired expression.

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The NASA Science Activation program’s NASA eClips project, led by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), aims to increase Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) literacy and inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists by providing effective web-based,...

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Satellite-based data offers a broad view of particulate air pollution patterns across a major West Coast e-commerce hub. As goods of all shapes and sizes journey from factory to doorstep, chances are they’ve stopped at a warehouse along the...

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Milton has become the fastest Atlantic storm to reach category 5 strength - with wind speeds leaping from 35 mph to 160 mph in just two days .

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A startup led by a founder of a financial services company is taking a new approach to space-based solar power intended to be more scalable and affordable than previous concepts. The post Startup takes new approach to space-based solar...

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The 2024 election cycle is lurching into the final stretch, with campaigns for the White House, Congress and other offices across the nation in high gear. Candidates are making their […] The post Space policy for the new President...

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