NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Join us for a rocket launch! Do you like sharing your experiences on social media? What if you went on a behind-the-scenes tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center? Apply to our NASA Social for NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission, which will send four new crew members to the Space Station this summer, and tell us how you'd cover it. Get the details and submit your application by Monday, April 28: https://lnkd.in/eWgpCa3y

Small business owners: On April 16 at 1 p.m. EDT, learn about the Made in America Manufacturing Initiative—which aims to empower small manufacturers through regulatory relief, enhanced financing opportunities, and workforce development—with our Office of Small Business Programs and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). You’ll also get a deep dive into the SBA’s 7(a) Loan Program, the agency’s flagship loan program designed to support small businesses with working capital, real estate, and equipment financing. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/e-DdBBeN

At NASA, we're finding asteroids before they find us. Meet the NASA scientists who are working to track and monitor near-Earth asteroids, protecting our planet from potential impacts. Our newest film, "Planetary Defenders," debuts on NASA+ and YouTube Wednesday, April 16: https://lnkd.in/eetSMBAR

Failure was not an option: 55 years ago, on April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An oxygen tank ruptured en route to the Moon, derailing what was planned to be the third lunar landing ever. The astronauts and NASA personnel on the ground worked around the clock, and through creative problem solving and courage, got the crew home safely. https://lnkd.in/eRSNFbyU

Jared Isaacman will participate in a Senate nomination hearing to become the next NASA administrator. Watch live on YouTube April 9 at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 UTC): https://lnkd.in/gtXmVgNB

Hubble's studied Uranus for more than 20 years and is still learning more about its gas. We saw changes in the planet's polar regions that haven't been seen on other gas giants, helping us better understand Uranus's atmosphere and seasonal patterns: https://lnkd.in/exZBvSff

NASA has landed at #40thSpaceSymposium. Come share space with us in the north hall, booth 1363. Get more info about our acting Administrator Janet Petro's fireside chat with Space Foundation CEO Heather Pringle, sessions, and talks. https://lnkd.in/gys6Sz7q

Testing Ultra-Cold NASA Tech for Future Space Exploration When humans return to the Moon, we’ll need rockets that function at incredibly low temperatures. Existing rocket engines fueled by kerosene and cryogenic propellants have been launching from Earth successfully for decades. But no cryogenic version of the smaller thrusters used to steer rockets has ever been ignited or even flown in space; in the vacuum of space (and on the surface of the Moon), it's so cold that cryogenic rocket engines cannot reliably ignite. Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center are test-firing cryogenic rocket engines with different spark plugs at varying cold and vacuum conditions. (Make sure your sound is on for the video below!) Learn more about this technology, involved NASA centers, and key partners in NASA’s TechPort database: https://lnkd.in/eUY-z5Es

We’ve been nominated for 10 Webby awards! From solar eclipses to lunar landings, we love bringing the magic of the universe to you. If you’ve been inspired by what we’ve shared, vote for us in The Webby Awards: https://lnkd.in/ekmmGsPS

New NASA Tech Makes "Ultra-Smooth" Telescope Mirrors X-ray telescopes help us track solar storms and understand the lifecycle of stars—one day, they could even help discover life on other planets. But to capture the sharpest images, we need special high-precision manufacturing techniques to build ultra-smooth mirrors. Researchers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have combined two existing manufacturing techniques to produce a new lightweight, high-resolution X-ray optic. Project RECXO is working on new ways to polish the molds that are used to replicate X-ray mirrors. These molds are so smooth that the bumps on their surface are no bigger than 5 angstroms—that's 50 billionths of a centimeter. Learn more about this technology, involved NASA centers, and key partners in NASA’s TechPort database: https://lnkd.in/eNhmWJ5G