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The 2020 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition is soliciting undergraduate and graduate teams to develop new concepts that leverage innovations for NASA’s Artemis program and future human missions to Mars. Credit: NIA
Competition Asks Student Teams to Solve Moon to Mars Challenge
October 21, 2019 // by

NASA sponsored contest focuses on breaking through frozen soil to harvest water ice.

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This global view of Jupiter's moon, Io, was obtained during the tenth orbit of Jupiter by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
This Month in NASA History: Galileo Begins Journey to Jupiter
October 17, 2019 // by

Spacecraft made many important discoveries in 2.8-billion-mile mission.

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The SEAL instrument, which stands for Surface and Exosphere Alterations by Landers, was built in 1998 as an engineering model for Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft, Nozomi.
Instrument Once Meant to Support Mars Mission Now Bound for the Moon
September 24, 2019 // by

SEAL experiment will examine how lunar regolith absorbs and releases volatiles.

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Earthrise viewed from lunar orbit during the Apollo 11. The Space Task Group suggested a Moon base as one goal of a post-Apollo space program. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Space Task Group’s Ambitious Plan
September 11, 2019 // by

Independent panel suggests national goals of crewed mission to Mars, Moon base, massive space station.

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Illustration of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Credits: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Amazing Updates on Key NASA Missions
August 27, 2019 // by

Parker Solar Probe approaches third perihelion, OSIRIS-REx team zeros in on a collection point, and InSight team tries to free ‘mole.’ 

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An S-IC is lifted into the B-2 stand from a barge on the East Pearl River, circa 1967. Credit: NASA
Historic Test Stand at Stennis Points Way to the Moon
August 26, 2019 // by

Once again, NASA’s route to the Moon goes through Hancock County, Mississippi.

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New York City welcomes Apollo 11 crewmen in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue in a parade termed as the largest in the city's history. Pictured in the lead car, from the right, are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Credit: NASA/Bill Taub
This Month in NASA History: From the Moon to an Airstream Trailer
August 15, 2019 // by

Apollo 11 astronauts end 21 days in quarantine and finally return home. 

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LOFTID pack and deployment testing started with a load test to verify that the heat shield will perform as expected in flight under real-life conditions. Credit: NASA
Inflatable Decelerator Could Unlock Larger Missions to Mars
July 30, 2019 // by

New technology, set for major test in 2022, might hold one of the keys to a crewed mission to Mars.

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On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, NASA unveiled the completed Orion crew capsule for the Artemis 1 mission. Credit: NASA
Orion Takes Another Step Toward the Moon
July 26, 2019 // by

On Apollo 11 anniversary, NASA unveils completed crew module for Artemis 1.

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