Governments and companies constantly face decisions about how to allocate finite amounts of money to clean energy technologies that can make a difference to the world’s climate, its economies, and to society as a whole. The process is inherently uncertain, but research has been shown to help predict which technologiesContinue Reading
Record flooding in Washington state has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate after torrential rains this week. (Image credit: Megan Farmer)Continue Reading
NASA’s Center for Geospace Storms, or CGS, publicly released the cutting-edge MAGE (Multiscale Atmosphere-Geospace Environment) model, a supercomputing powerhouse that uses NASA mission data to reveal how different parts of geospace react to solar disturbances. The MAGE model will help space weather experts better predict how solar events impact Earth byContinue Reading
NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission has started collecting preliminary science data, including tandem measurements that are key to the mission’s science goals. One of the two satellites, Space Vehicle 2, completed commissioning and is fully operational. The other satellite, Space Vehicle 1, is also operating withContinue Reading
The New River Gorge bridge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, is the longest single-span steel arch bridge in the United States. Data from satellites like NASA’s NISAR will make it possible to track bridge health remotely to help ensure structural integrity of more than 60% of long span bridges worldwide. GaryContinue Reading
JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui points a camera out a cupola window and photographs external International Space Station hardware. The orbital outpost was soaring 263 miles above the Atlantic Ocean at the time of this photograph. NASA The Expedition 74 crew wrapped up the week exploring how the body balances itselfContinue Reading
Acronyms AOS Home About Mission Overview Spaceborne Architecture Science Applications Resources Images and Documents Acronyms Glossary Acronym Definition ACCP Aerosol, Cloud, Convection and Precipitation AEW Architecture Evaluation Workshop AIT Applications Impact Team AMES Ames Research Center AOS Atmosphere Observing System AR Assessment Report BOL Beginning Of Life BS Backscatter CBEContinue Reading
This artist’s concept depicts the boundary of the Sun’s atmosphere, known as the Alfvén surface. The area appears to shift between spiky and frothy, and it is the point of no return for material that escapes the Sun’s magnetic grasp. Deep dives through the Alfvén surface using NASA’s Parker SolarContinue Reading
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an uncommon sight – the death of a low-mass star – in this image of the Calabash Nebula released on Feb. 3, 2017. Here, we can see the star going through a rapid transformation from a redContinue Reading
Gregory T. Horvath NESC Chief Engineer at KSC Mr. Gregory Horvath began his NASA career in 1987, serving as a Cryogenics Systems Engineer for the Space Shuttle Program. After a decade, he transitioned to International Space Station (ISS) support in Huntsville, Alabama, overseeing ISS Airlock for four years and supportedContinue Reading
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has released detailed plans for a major survey that will reveal our home galaxy, the Milky Way, in unprecedented detail. In one month of observations spread across two years, the survey will unveil tens of billions of stars and explore previously uncharted structures.Continue Reading
From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible. On episode 405, former ISS programContinue Reading
Governments agreed to ban or restrict international trade in shark meat, fins and other products for more than 70 species threatened with extinction due to overfishing; implementation and enforcement of new safeguards is key for the animals’ survival. By Teresa Tomassoni For the first time, global governments have agreed toContinue Reading