Branch Impact The Durability, Damage Tolerance and Reliability Branch (DDTRB) has made significant contributions to NASA and the nation through its research, engineering support, and failure investigations. The branch’s expertise in damage mechanics, fracture mechanics, and nondestructive evaluation has been called on to support critical aerospace programs. Failure and IncidentContinue Reading
Materials Research Laboratories Overview The DDTRB laboratories are located primarily in Building 1205 at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC). The original portion of the building was constructed in 1966, and an addition was built in 1983. The laboratories have operated continuously since 1966 and have served as an asset toContinue Reading
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Research Overview The Durability Damage Tolerance and Reliability Branch (DDTRB), as part of the Structures and Materials technology area, conducts a broad-based research and technology program that quantifies behavior, durability, and damage tolerance of structural materials; develops efficient, physics-based analytical and computational methods; develops new innovative test methods; develops radiationContinue Reading
“I want to give you just a few points to keep in mind when this topic comes up so you understand,” Heartland Institute President James Taylor told state lawmakers and others who had gathered in Indianapolis for the American Legislative Exchange Council ’s (ALEC) 52nd annual meeting last summer, “theContinue Reading
A close ally of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has helped to launch the central European offshoot of a U.S. climate denial group alongside far-right figures. Lois Perry – executive director of Heartland UK-Europe – claimed on social media last week that she was “In Poland to launch [the] HeartlandContinue Reading
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 The 14th flight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with people as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Future Mission MORE Commercial Crew Program READ Crew-13 Blog WHERE International Space Station Crew-13 is the 13th crew rotation mission of SpaceX’s human space transportation system and its 14th flightContinue Reading
Cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov removes a high-resolution camera (HRC) monoblock during a spacewalk on Oct. 16, 2025. The HRC monoblock is part of a scientific optical telescope system designed to test compact radio-optical detectors for Earth observation, ecological monitoring, and emergency response. NASA Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev exited the International SpaceContinue Reading
A small cast iron of savory eggs and vegetables sits on a serving plate after being tasted. NASA/Angelique Herring NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challengesContinue Reading
A sea slug smaller than a sesame seed has turned up in Taiwan’s coastal waters — and it’s so tiny and unusual that scientists realized they had discovered a completely new species. Named Thecacera sesama after its black-and-yellow “sesame-like” appearance, the translucent nudibranch was first spotted during a casual diveContinue Reading
Experts and local activists, wary of past exploitation, are hoping it will be different this time—but aren’t confident it will be. By Avril Silva There is a joke Mónica Godoy Molero likes to make with her family: if you swim in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo after an oil spill, you’ll sproutContinue Reading