John Stack (1906 – 1972) conceived and led highly successful projects within the NACA and NASA to conquer the formidable barriers to high-speed flight.
seldom failed to get his point across, speaking with an authoritative tone and hand
NASA’s University Student Research Challenge in 2024 selected its first group of community college students to contribute original aeronautical research.
“We want to get the public inspired that there are possible solutions at hand,” Ortega
To submit an item for the Astrogram, email: astrid.albaugh@nasa.gov
Lofgren Visit Hangar One by Rachel Hoover Members of Congress are seeing first-hand
The longest human space flight up to that time ended with the splashdown of the Skylab 3 crew of Alan L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott, and Jack R. Lousma on
Bean is strapped into the back mounted, hand-controlled Automatically Stabilized
On April 11, 1970, the powerful Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 13 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center propelling astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred
lithium hydroxide canisters, designed to remove the gas from the spacecraft, were on hand
The STS-87 mission launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on November 19, 1997. The primary payload for the mission was the U.S. Microgravity Payload-4 (USMP-4).
Doi began a seven-hour, 43-minute space walk Nov. 24 and captured the SPARTAN by hand
Called EMIT, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation will analyze dust carried through the atmosphere from dry regions to see what effects it has
difficult for scientists to collect soil and dust samples over these vast areas by hand
Second test flight of the Space Shuttle to demonstrate safe re-launch and safe return of the orbiter and crew.
14 Nov. 1981) — This view of the space shuttle Columbia (STS-2) was made with a hand-held
Like all journeys off planet Earth, it started with a flash, and a roar.
Jill Biden was on hand to welcome Kelly home along with Dr.
NASA is an agency of firsts and today we reach another milestone in space exploration as we release the first full-color images and spectroscopic data from
The engineering test team then carefully selected the soil simulants, hand-picked