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Scientists Developing Dust Mitigation for Exploration
10.5.12 - One of the challenges in exploring the moon or planets is dust. Scientists in Kennedy's Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory are developing ways to mitigate this problem.
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Blanketing NASA's Webb Telescope's Science Instrument Electronics
10.02.12 - Engineers from Genesis Engineering Solutions perform a two day "blanket closeout" on the James Webb Space Telescope.
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First Two Webb Telescope Flight Mirrors Delivered to NASA
09.24.12 - The first two of the 18 primary mirrors to fly aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope arrived at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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Orion Spacecraft Makes Virginia Air & Space Center Home
09.21.12 - Virginia Air & Space Center will receive a full-scale test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft to become part of the center's permanent collection.
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Orion Crew Access Arm Reaches for New, Heritage Technologies
09.21.12 - Kennedy Space Center Ground Systems Development and Operations engineers are combining heritage technology and new innovations to design the crew access arm for the Orion spacecraft.
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QuakeSim and NASA Mobile App Win NASA Software Award
09.20.12 - NASA software that models the behavior of earthquake faults to improve earthquake forecasting and our understanding of earthquake processes, and NASA's first mobile application are co-winners of NASA's 2012 Software of the Year Award.
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Telerobotics Team to Demonstrate K10 Rover
09.20.12 - On Sept. 22, space enthusiasts at Moffett Field, Calif., will watch a next-generation NASA robot perform on International Observe the Moon Night.
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Landing Pads Designed for Extraterrestrial Missions
09.19.12 - NASA scientists and engineers are studying the challenges and hazards involved in landing on extraterrestrial destinations such as the moon or Mars.
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NASA Plane Helps Develop New Science Instruments
09.17.12 - Over the next few weeks, an ER-2 high altitude research aircraft will take part in the development of two future satellite instruments.
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Researchers Look to Alien Soils for Heat Shield
09.12.12 - A concept to make heat shields from the regolith of an asteroid, Mars or the moon faces testing.