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On Sept. 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Gulf Coast of Florida, inducing storm surges and widespread impacts on communities in its path. At the same time, NASA’s Atmospheric Waves E...

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/hurricane-helenes-gravity-waves-revealed-by-nasas-awe/

By Wayne Smith As NASA plans for humans to return to the Moon and eventually explore Mars, a laser beam welding collaboration between NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama,...

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/nasa-to-transform-in-space-manufacturing-with-laser-beam-welding-collaboration/

In July 2024, five student-built capsules endured the scorching heat of re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere as part of the second Kentucky Re-Entry Probe Experiment (KREPE-2). Scientists are no...

https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/student-built-capsules/

NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will help interpret data from missions like NASA’s Europa Clipper.

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/astrobiology/studying-how-tides-affect-the-interiors-of-planets-and-moons/

NASA’s fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge kicked off November 7, 2024. The science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) writing challenge invites kindergarten through ...

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/attention-students-nasa-launches-power-systems-student-essay-contest/

For three weeks in August, over 100 migrant children (ages 3-15) got to engage in hands-on activities involving blueberries, pollinators, and eDNA as part of their time with The Blueberry Harvest...

https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/integrating-relevant-science-investigations-into-migrant-children-education/

The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission has recently joined the NASA Here to Observe (H2O) program, where NASA planetary missions are partnered with universities to encourage undergraduate students fr...

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/mars-2020-perseverance-joins-nasas-here-to-observe-program/

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, in this image from Oct. 30, 2024. The engine-run tests,...

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/x-59s-engine-started-for-testing/

Read this story in English here. La misión Quesst de la NASA ha alcanzado un hito importante con el inicio de las pruebas de motor que propulsará el silencioso avión supersónico experimental ...

https://www.nasa.gov/es/el-x-59-enciende-su-motor-por-primera-vez-rumbo-al-despegue/

Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft. These ...

https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-fires-up-its-engine-for-first-time-on-its-way-to-takeoff/