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A small satellite designed to search for new planets beyond our solar system recently looked down at Earth to capture an image of California’s “City of Stars.”

NASA has shared a proud association with the late Charles M. Schultz and his American icon Snoopy since the Apollo missions began.

The DNA of the entire aviation industry is infused with NASA technology. And NASA flies with you, every time you take to the skies.

FAA engineers evaluate the data from heavy duty test vehicles to produce improved pavement design and establish standards for new materials used on runways.

LIDAR, which stands for light detection and ranging, is a remote sensing method, similar to radar. Instead of radio waves, light in the form of a pulsing laser is used to make precise measurements.

Mallory Johnston helps 3D print habitats out of concrete using Martian or lunar simulant. But these habitats could also be used to provide emergency relief.

Previously these technologies were used to take NASA scientists to Mars every day, but with Access Mars, anyone in the world can ride along.

Since 2001, thousands of material samples and specimens have been tested in the four suitcase-like containers positioned outside the International Space Station.

By heating available ice as propellent, SPARROW solves the issue of carrying additional fuel to Europa.

Satellite data can be used to look at the large-scale feedback of fire and smoke on the climate system and on air quality.

Stellar Echo Imaging could give astronomers detailed information about Exoplanets.

A method to crush and heat space trash could turn it into inert insulation materials to protect astronauts from space radiation.

Existing folding wings require an actuation system that is bulky, and requires multiple parts including hydraulics, pneumatics, and electric motors.

Today, SAGE III is safely installed where no continuous Earth-observing instrument has gone before, on the outside of the International Space Station.

A fleet of small satellites, equipped with sensors could enable real-time mitigation of collisions with orbital debris.

For astronauts on orbit, the Isspresso machine makes space a little bit more like home.

The pictures Viking sent to Earth are helping scientists today pick landing sites for Mars missions in the future.

Pilots have long been training on virtual reality simulators, but these have limitations. It’s challenging to replicate how each aircraft feels.

Using technology similar to what NASA used on the Apollo 15 mission, LIDAR could be used to create maps of both vegetation and surface roughness that would help firefighters find the easiest path to safety.

To make sure all components of the Webb observatory are prepared to handle the brutal mechanical conditions the telescope may face during launch, technicians and engineers are intentionally putting it through punishing tests.