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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out of High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for the first time to Launch Complex 39B, Thursday, March 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
Podcast Focuses on Engineering Best Practices
April 29, 2022 // by

Small Steps, Giant Leaps series features engineering leaders.

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Podcast Episode 81: Engineering Best Practices – Part 4
April 6, 2022 // by

NASA Johnson Space Center Engineering Director Julie Kramer White discusses the skills required to be a top-notch engineer.

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European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano took this "space-selfie" during an extravehicular activity (EVA) at the International Space Station (ISS) in 2019. Six years earlier, Parmitano’s helmet dangerously filled with water during an EVA at the ISS. Credit: NASA
Investigation of EVA 23 Resonates at PK Expo
October 18, 2021 // by

High-visibility close call yields timeless lessons learned.

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In the fall of 2022, the DART spacecraft will collide head-on with the smaller asteroid in the Didymos system in the first space test of the kinetic impactor method for deflecting an asteroid. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
DART Takes Aim at Asteroid Moonlet
September 29, 2021 // by

Mission will be first space test of kinetic impactor method.

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This rendering shows the planned configuration for all six iROSA solar arrays. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet have installed the first two, the upper and lower iROSAs on the P6 truss, shown here at the far right. Credit: NASA
Astronauts Continue Space Station Power Upgrades
June 29, 2021 // by

New solar arrays, batteries, prepare ISS for key role in Artemis, commercial applications.

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Podcast Episode 59, Spacecraft Window Design
Podcast Episode 59: Spacecraft Window Design
May 5, 2021 // by

NASA Spacecraft Window Design Expert Lynda Estes discusses the evolution of windows that give humans a unique view into space.

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Podcast Episode 56: Model-based Systems Engineering
March 24, 2021 // by

NASA’s Terry Hill and Jessica Knizhnik discuss the agency’s transition to model-based systems engineering.

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The Russian space station Mir as Space Shuttle Discovery pulls closer for the first rendezvous in a program that would eventually include nine docking missions. Credit: NASA/JSC
This Month in NASA History: Discovery Arrives at Mir
February 3, 2021 // by

Mission improved communications and set stage for docking missions to come. 

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Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley test robotics software on an engineering prototype of NASA’s VIPER rover. Credit: NASA/Dominic Hart
Progress Continues on Rover to Explore for Water Ice on Moon
January 15, 2021 // by

VIPER will map a portion of the lunar surface and drill into suspected pockets of water ice. 

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