NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator mission will test a new heat shield designed to inflate to protect heavier payloads on the journey through an atmosphere. Full report from NASA: Read More

Airline passengers today expect a smooth ride with little turbulence. While turbulence can’t always be avoided, aircraft design considerations and designs limit what the passenger feels. Full report from NASA: Read More

This week, experts, students, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts from across the space exploration community will meet online and in Las Vegas, NV for the AIAA Ascend Conference. Full report from NASA: Read More

NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) mission tests a new inflatable heat shield that could enable large-scale missions to Mars, Venus, and Titan, as well as re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. Full report from NASA: Read More

NASA to Recover Lots of Data from Tiny Package During Tech Demo Full report from NASA: Read More

On Oct. 14, 2022, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo and Eugene Tu, center director at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, visited the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. Full report from NASA: Read More

The mission’s fleet of ship, aircraft, and marine robotics will study ocean eddies and other elusive features near the surface that have a big influence on climate. Full report from NASA: Read More

Most theories claim the Moon formed out of the debris of this collision, coalescing in orbit over months or years. A new simulation puts forth a different theory – the Moon may have formed immediately, in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and Theia were launched directly into orbit after the impact.…

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy was a mission of discovery, revealing unseen – and sometimes unseeable – parts of our universe. As the mission draws to a close, NASA is taking a look back at the scientific accomplishments of SOFIA and some of the feats of engineering that let it fly. Full report from…

Companies around the world are creating innovative new aircraft designs like electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs), and other aircraft concepts for use in emergency response and the delivery of packages and cargo. Full report from NASA: Read More