Quick Takeaways NASA invites media to tour its Ames lunar landing simulation October 29–30. Simulators prepare astronauts and support teams…
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Top Highlights NASA is developing redesigned rotor blades for longer-range Mars helicopter missions. Simulations and wind-tunnel tests found thinner airfoils…
Summary Points NASA lunar rovers will support Moon Base construction, exploration, and mobility. VIPER will investigate South Pole water, informing…
Top Highlights NASA engineers created standardized simulations to predict launch vibrations and shocks. The workflow identifies spacecraft weaknesses early, improving…
Quick Takeaways NASA named Stephen Cash as Marshall Space Flight Center director. Cash returns to lead the historic, propulsion-focused center.…
Top Highlights Griffin-1 spacecraft passed space environment and launch simulations successfully. It will deliver 1,100 pounds of cargo to lunar…
Quick Takeaways NASA’s space experiments focus on human health, plants, and bacteria on ISS. Brain models in space help understand…
Top Highlights Stickney Crater is the largest on Phobos, nearly half its diameter. Named after mathematician Chloe Hall, wife of…
Summary Points NASA hosts teleconference to preview Japan’s MMX mission launching October 19. MMX aims to explore Mars’ moons Phobos…
Summary Points NASA is hiring flight directors to lead human spaceflight missions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens with relevant science…