Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Clouds of fire in the west. From the Arctic fringe to agricultural areas, NASA’s new class of Earth Venture suborbital missions is preparing to deliver science that will benefit communities in the United States and beyond. The six projects will mobilize hundreds of scientists and pilots from NASA,
An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace, demonstrated in flight an innovation that can inform new generations of fuel-efficient aircraft power systems. Mounted on a Saab 340B aircraft, the engine flew at the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom. It was the public
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation mission to the International Space Station during a pair of press conferences on Monday, August 3, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Mission leadership will provide an overview of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission at 12 p.m. EDT. Next, crew members will discuss their
An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace, demonstrated in flight an innovation that can inform new generations of fuel-efficient aircraft power systems. Mounted on a Saab 340B aircraft, the engine flew at the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom. It was the public
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“Landing, we have touchdown!” At 5:12 a.m. PDT on July 20, 1976, mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers upon learning that the Viking 1 lander had survived its descent through the thin Martian atmosphere. Forty minutes later, the first image of the lander began to appear on their monitors, slowly forming