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A NASA team is pitching baseballs to study the complex forces of air in order to design better aircraft and rockets.

Without Earth’s gravity, both bone and muscle become smaller and weaker, so exercise is a critical part of maintaining healthy bones and muscles in space.

Copper-based alloys developed at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have specific strength and thermal performance, making them perfect for additive manufacturing.

The detailed maps of the lunar surface created by Clementine proved that even a technology demonstration could accomplish significant science.

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft passed its six-month checkup with a clean bill of health.

For the past ten years, GPM has measured precipitation as it falls from the clouds to the ground across the planet.

This Aurora is a thruster that helps keep satellites in orbit longer.

Today hundreds of other companies make hydroxyapatite toothpaste, a spinoff technology based on the revolutionary insight of a NASA scientist who used biology to make semiconductors.

A milestone was reached as Lithuania became the 40th nation to sign the Artemis Accords.

The May 2024 solar storm may compete with some of the lowest-latitude sightings on record over the past five centuries.

NASA is sending a seismometer to the Moon to monitor moonquakes.

Towering more than forty-two feet in the air, this flat expanse of black granite pays tribute to our fallen astronauts.

A NASA team is investigating the use of magnets to latch cryogenic fuel tanks on the Moon.

Using NASA satellite data, conservationists have new hope for tigers.

A NASA device that helps stabilize tall skyscrapers in high winds or during earthquakes is now being modified for use in maritime environments.

The Voyager twins are the longest-running and most distant spacecraft in history.

Battery safety is extremely important, especially in space.

During the Apollo missions only a very small part of the Moon’s surface was explored. Artemis astronauts will push the boundaries of lunar exploration.

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts, or NIAC Program nurtures visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions. And one of the 2024 funded concepts is the first lunar railway system.

NASA is conducting its long-duration balloon campaign from Sweden this year.