I Am Artemis: Dan Florez
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Dan Florez Listen to this audio excerpt from Dan Florez, test director for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browser does…
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Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC)
WindShaper A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research. The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple…
Proto-mammals laid eggs, paleontologists finally confirm
Every mammal gives birth to live young, except for a handful of egg-laying monotremes like the platypus. But did the earliest ancestors of mammals also reproduce through eggs? It’s a…
Starstruck
A stunning snapshot in time. The Artemis II crew captured this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way. NASA The Artemis II crew captured this photo of our galaxy,…
It’s illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey. But why?
I have a confession to make: In my late teens, my car ran out of gas along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Rather than pump my own gas in PA, I’d been…
Snow in the Shadow of the Andes
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Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch: ‘Looking back at Earth…it truly emphasized how alike we are’
Christina Koch made history this week, becoming the first woman to travel around the moon. The NASA astronaut’s lunar flyby wasn’t her first groundbreaking moment: Koch also holds the record…
Two supermassive black holes are on a collision course
Supermassive black holes literally don’t add up. Astrophysicists know it takes more time than is mathematically possible for one of them to reach its incomprehensible proportions via standard gas accretion.…
Metal detectorist finds Viking Age gold coin that might upend history
Less than a 30 minute drive from the University of Cambridge, a metal detectorist followed beeps to a remarkable treasure: a ninth century gold coin pendant. Now finding long-lost coins…
Twin NASA Control Rooms Support Artemis Safety, Success
3 Min Read Twin NASA Control Rooms Support Artemis Safety, Success Twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are actively supporting real-time mission operations in…