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NASA’s Astrobee Robots Advance Through Strategic Partnership
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Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, to correct that the signed contract is an unfunded Space…

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From Supercomputers to Wind Tunnels: NASA’s Road to Artemis II
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By Jill Dunbar Of the many roads leading to successful Artemis missions, one is paved with high-tech computing chips called…

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NASA, Partners Push Forward with Remotely Piloted Airspace Integration 
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NASA and its partners recently tested a tool for remotely piloted operations that could enable operators to transport people and…

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NASA Makes Webby 30s List of Most Iconic, Influential on Internet
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NASA has earned a spot on The Webby 30, a curated list celebrating 30 companies and organizations that have shaped…

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NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety
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As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and…

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NASA, War Department Partnership Tests Boundaries of Autonomous Drone Operations
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Through an ongoing collaboration, NASA and the Department of War are working to advance the future of modern drones to…

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NASA’s X-59 Nears First Flight
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As we honor the legacy of aviation pioneers this National Aviation Day, NASA’s X-59 is preparing to push the boundaries…

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What is BioNutrients?
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A series of biology experiments, called BioNutrients, is testing ways to use microorganisms to produce nutrients – off Earth and…

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Wade Sisler: Aficionado of Wonder Serving the Cosmos
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Across 42 years at NASA, Wade Sisler — executive producer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland—watched the…

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What is NASA’s Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy?
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Software designed to give spacecraft more autonomy could support a future where swarms of satellites navigate and complete scientific objectives…

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NASA Tests Epic Solution for Supersonic Parachute Deliveries
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NASA/Lori Losey The best way to solve a mystery is by gathering evidence and building a case. That’s exactly what…

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NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Design and Certification
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As the aviation industry works to develop new air taxis and other electric aircraft made from innovative, lightweight materials, there’s…

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NASA Rehearses How to Measure X-59’s Noise Levels
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In a stretch of California’s Mojave Desert, NASA conducted a full-scale “dress rehearsal” to prepare how it will measure the…

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NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse
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A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion…

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NASA Tests 5G-Based Aviation Network to Boost Air Taxi Connectivity
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NASA engineers are exploring how the technology used in existing cellphone networks could support the next generation of aviation. In…

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NASA Tests Mixed Reality Pilot Simulation in Vertical Motion Simulator
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Commercial companies and government agencies are increasingly pursuing a more immersive and affordable alternative to conventional displays currently used in…

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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Begins Taxi Tests
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NASA/Jacob Shaw NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has officially begun taxi tests, marking the first time this one-of-a-kind experimental…

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Gears Up for Space Station Research
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A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition aboard the International…

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NASA Advances Pressure Sensitive Paint Research Capability
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Many of us grew up using paint-by-number sets to create beautiful color pictures. For years now, NASA engineers studying aircraft…

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By Air and by Sea: Validating NASA’s PACE Ocean Color Instrument
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In autumn 2024, California’s Monterey Bay experienced an outsized phytoplankton bloom that attracted fish, dolphins, whales, seabirds, and – for…

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NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies Move Forward
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NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis.…

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NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California
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From Sunday, June 22 to Wednesday, July 2, two research aircraft will make a series of low-altitude atmospheric research flights…

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Tuning a NASA Instrument: Calibrating MASTER
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NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley houses a unique laboratory: the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF). The engineers at the…

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NASA F-15s Validate Tools for Quesst Mission
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High over the Mojave Desert, two NASA F-15 research jets made a series of flights throughout May to validate tools…

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Dr. Natasha Schatzman Receives Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Award
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Dr. Natasha Schatzman Receives Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Award In May 2025, Dr. Natasha Schatzman, aerospace engineer in the Aeromechanics…

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NASA Provides Hardware for Space Station DNA Repair Experiment 
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When it comes to helping NASA scientists better understand the effects of space travel on the human body, fruit flies…

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NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield Hosts Boeing Digital Taxi Tests
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New technology tested by an industry partner at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley could improve how commercial…

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Winners Announced in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition
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A team from South Dakota State University, with their project titled “Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone” took first…

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NASA X-59’s Latest Testing Milestone: Simulating Flight from the Ground
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through…

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NASA Satellite Images Could Provide Early Volcano Warnings 
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Scientists know that changing tree leaves can indicate when a nearby volcano is becoming more active and might erupt. In…

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Ames Research Center – Latest News Releases

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NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon’s South Pole
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As part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload…

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NASA Continues Search for Moon-Focused Sustainability Solutions
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NASA is accepting U.S. submissions for the second phase of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, a Moon-focused recycling competition. The challenge…

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NASA Software Catalog Puts Agency Solutions at Innovators’ Fingertips
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NASA’s latest open Software Catalog, released Wednesday, offers more than 1,200 downloadable codes developed by agency engineers that could enable…

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NASA Selects Companies for Architect-Engineer Services Contract
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NASA has selected seven companies to assist the agency with architectural and engineering services at multiple agency centers and facilities.…

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NASA Invites Media to View Wildland Fire Technology Flight Test
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NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly developed airspace…

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NASA Remembers Long-Time Civil Servant John Boyd
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John Boyd, known to many as Jack and whose career spanned more than seven decades in a multitude of roles…

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