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Nigerian-American aerospace engineer Wendy Okolo earned her PhD at 26 and now leads groundbreaking flight safety research at NASA. She's the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Scientists tested soccer balls on the International Space Station to understand how embedded sensors affect ball movement. The research is helping improve match balls used in major tournaments, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Navy researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base need volunteers for a groundbreaking study that could help astronauts safely return to the Moon. The research examines motion sickness and how our bodies adapt to changing gravity, supporting NASA's Artemis program.
A scientist discovered a route to Mars that could cut round-trip travel from three years to just five months. The finding uses asteroid paths and could transform NASA's plans to send humans to the red planet in the 2030s.
More than 650 everyday citizens have become published scientific authors by volunteering with NASA projects, discovering everything from comets to exoplanets. Their contributions are now part of the permanent scientific record that will inform researchers for generations.
NASA is moving up its next space station crew launch to September to squeeze in more research before the ISS retires at the end of the decade. The agency will stick with six-month missions to keep astronauts rotating efficiently through humanity's orbital laboratory.
NASA just brought home a transformed Boeing 777 that will become the largest airborne research laboratory ever built. The plane will carry up to 100 scientists and 75,000 pounds of equipment on 18-hour missions to protect our planet.
More than 650 everyday people who volunteered for NASA citizen science projects have become published co-authors on peer-reviewed research papers. They discovered comets, tracked auroras, and studied exoplanets from their own backyards.
Four astronauts just returned from the first crewed Moon mission in 54 years, and NASA needs help analyzing the groundbreaking health data they collected. The space agency is offering $25,000 to researchers who can crack the challenge of studying how deep space affects the human body.
Two early-career researchers just earned NASA fellowships to tackle critical challenges keeping astronauts healthy in space. Their work on space food and eye health could benefit people on Earth too.
Over 1,500 students across Maine and New Hampshire spent fall 2025 observing changing leaves in their schoolyards, contributing real data to NASA's climate research. Their observations now help scientists worldwide understand how ecosystems respond to our changing climate.
Three astronauts who just returned from spending nearly six months aboard the International Space Station are sharing their journey with the public. NASA is hosting a free event where the crew will discuss their groundbreaking research mission.
A cancer drug refined aboard the International Space Station just became the first injection that takes minutes instead of hours to deliver. The breakthrough shows how weightlessness can solve problems gravity creates on Earth.
NASA's Glenn Research Center is now accepting applications for a free five-day summer engineering institute where high school students will tackle real aerospace challenges alongside NASA experts. Rising juniors and seniors can apply through May 1 for one of three sessions in July.
After the successful Artemis II mission, Arizona State University scientists are already preparing for humanity's next giant leap: landing astronauts on the Moon in 2027. From training crews in lunar-like desert craters to guiding missions from Earth, Arizona is helping write the next chapter of space exploration.
Leading autism researchers and advocates formed a new independent committee to guide autism research priorities and counter recent federal changes. The group aims to unite the autism community and protect evidence-based research as funding reaches $568 million annually.
College students from Chandigarh University just earned official NASA recognition for discovering two new asteroids. Their achievement puts India on the map in global space research and shows what young minds can accomplish with the right tools and determination.
Educators across coastal Virginia are transforming science classrooms by partnering with NASA to teach students real environmental data collection. High school students even built the weather instruments their younger peers now use for research.
A Clemson University physics major who taught himself advanced mechanics and traveled to Norway for a NASA rocket launch just earned a prestigious scholarship created by astronauts. Drew Hodges will receive $15,000, mentorship from space pioneers, and the chance to present his atmospheric physics research in Houston this summer.
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is celebrating 85 years of turning impossible dreams into reality, from putting humans in space to making your next flight quieter and more efficient. Now they're preparing to send four astronauts around the Moon.
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