Space Adventures

NASA will host a media teleconference covering the rollout of the painted, fully constructed X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. This teleconference will take place at 6:30 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 12. NASA’s X-59 is a one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft that will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while generating a gentle “sonic thump” rather than the normally loud sonic boom. The aircraft will be unveiled publicly for the first time earlier in the day at Skunk Works. Speakers on the teleconference will include: • Catherine Bahm, manager of NASA’s Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project • Peter Coen, NASA Quesst mission integration manager • David Richardson, Lockheed Martin X-59 program director • Dr. Michael Buonanno, Lockheed Martin X-59 air vehicle lead

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is the culmination of decades of aeronautics and supersonic flight research. The X-59 is designed to be able to fly supersonic, or faster than the speed of sound, without producing a loud sonic boom, which occurs when aircraft fly at such speeds. Instead, the X-59 is designed to reduce that boom to a quieter sonic “thump”. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to understand the public’s response to quieter supersonic flight and provide data to regulators to consider removing the current ban on commercial supersonic flight over land, opening the future to reduced flight times around the country and the world. NASA will provide live coverage as it reveals its X-59 aircraft during a ceremony at 4 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 12, as part of the agency’s Quesst mission to make commercial supersonic flight possible. The ceremony, hosted by prime contractor Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, will stream live on the NASA+ streaming service. Coverage also will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and on the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms, including social media.

CLPS PITMS Payload Video

Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer Overview

Mail time! 📪 We’re kicking off 2024 with the fourth edition of Fan Mail, featuring NASA Astronauts Marcos Berrios, Christina Birch, Nicole Mann, Mike Fincke, Raja Chari, Randy Bresnik, and Anil Menon!

The first Artemis robotic launch to the Moon, an Artemis lunar robotic rover is halfway built, and an up-close look at a volcanic moon … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

NASA’s Digital Information Platform is creating a digital information ecosystem to exchange services and provide access to airspace information to enable fuel efficient operations. This system allows providers to make their services more accessible and consumers to access information and services they need to optimize their operations. In this video we will focus on the Collaborative Digital Departure Rerouting service, which provides airlines with routing options similar to how drivers navigate using cellphone apps.

CLPS Overview

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara discussed living and working in space during an in-flight event Jan. 9 with students at the Old Dominion Foundation in Norfolk, Virginia. O’Hara is in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

Conoce a Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, el poeta y traductor puertorriqueño que tradujo y adaptó al español el poema de la Poeta Laureada de EE. UU. Ada Limón que irá a bordo de la nave Europa Clipper rumbo a la luna de Júpiter Europa. Puedes añadir tu nombre para que viaje junto al poema a través de nuestra campaña “Mensaje en una botella”, cuyo plazo de inscripción finaliza el 31 de diciembre. ¡Súmate a la travesía! Crédito: Centro de Vuelo Espacial Goddard de la NASA (GSFC) Pedro Cota: Productor y editor (NASA GSFC) Noelia González: Productora y escritora (NASA GSFC) Anthony Penta: Director de fotografía (NASA JPL)

With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.

These videos show how teams moved and prepared a liquid hydrogen tank for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for priming in the Vertical Assembly Building at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Nov. 21, 2023. The hardware will form part of the core stage for the SLS rocket that will power Artemis III. To prepare the flight hardware for primer, the tank underwent internal cleaning in nearby Cell E in October. Internal cleaning is part of the manufacturing process for the core stage. After testing, both of the stage’s propellant tanks and its dry structures – the elements that do not hold fuel – are cleaned, primed, and readied for the next phase of production Technichians will next sand down and prepare the surface of the tank before coating it in a primer. Primer is applied to the barrel section of the tank by an automated robotic tool, whereas the forward and aft domes are primed manually. The propellant tank is the largest of the five major elements that make up the 212-foot-tall Moon rocket stage. The core stage, along with its four RS-25 engines, produce two million pounds of thrust to help launch NASA’s Orion spacecraft, astronauts, and supplies beyond Earth’s orbit and to the lunar surface for Artemis.

With Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.

CLPS Risks and Benefits Video Final for Social Media