If you’ve ever flown on a plane, you’ve probably been in a vehicle that NASA helped develop. Because before something can fly in the sky, it needs to “fly” on
Today, wind tunnel testing at Ames works hand in hand with sophisticated computer
The primary goals of Project Gemini included proving the techniques required for the Apollo Program to fulfill President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a
Left: Collins practices using the Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit during his spacewalk
Crew members of Crew-1, the first of 6 crewed SpaceX flights, contributed to hundreds of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations
HUNCH (High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware) program, requires only one hand
Richard T. “Dick” Whitcomb (1921 – 2009) conceived and developed three revolutionary aerodynamic concepts that forever changed airplane design by enabling
With positive results of the tunnel test of Whitcomb’s concept in-hand, the group
In another example of warming relations between the two space superpowers, in October 1969 two Soviet cosmonauts paid a two-week visit to the United States,
Jameson, Beregovoi tried his hand as an American barbecue chef.
Editor’s note: An update to this story, Going Beyond the Challenge for New and Continued Success, was published on Nov. 9, 2023. The updated text elaborates
originally existed to convert carbon dioxide into glucose, to create immediately usable hand
Deploy Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G).
Post-landing inspections of STS-70 boosters showed gas path in right-hand solid rocket
A JPL facility built to support potential robotic spacecraft missions to frozen ocean worlds helps engineers develop safety tests for next-generation
For gloves, an astronaut inserted a gloved hand into a chilled “glove box,” grabbed
Today, enormous stretches of space are crystal clear, but that wasn’t always the case. During its infancy, the universe was filled with a “fog” that made it
Roman will work hand-in-hand with Webb to offer clues about how galaxies formed from
