4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Testing at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley in March 2026 demonstrated autonomous technology that could identify an incursion – a vehicle, wayward suitcase, or other runway obstacle that could impact an aircraft’s safe landing. NASA/Brandon Torres-Navarrete NASA’s researchers know that when…
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For more information, contact Jonathan E. Jones, Langley Research Center, [email protected] Download the PDF version The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to communicate the risks associated with freeze–thaw cycles in hydrazine monopropellant systems and to provide general recommendations for mitigating damage, operational hazards, and loss of system reliability in propulsion and auxiliary hydrazine systems….
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News In Memoriam Announcements Archives FFA 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #648) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 10:00 AM NISAR Updates, One Year After Launch Paul Rosen, Marco…
Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid checked on wheat plants aboard Russia’s Mir Space Station on Sept. 23, 1996. Lucid left Mir later that day along with the rest of the STS-79 crew except for John E. Blaha, who was beginning a four-month stay aboard the station. NASA Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir Three days before…
Daily images of ice cover in the Arctic Ocean show sea ice melting around the pole from March 15, 2026 to Sept. 12, 2026. Trent Schindler/NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 12, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University…
