News Archive / Tagged: Glenn Research Center

• The European Service Module: A conversation with NASA’s Jim Withrow

  Scott JohnsonNovember 12th, 2022

  During the first Artemis 1 launch attempt, Spaceflight Insider had the opportunity to speak with Jim Withrow, NASA's deputy propulsion functional area manager for the European Service Module.

• Titan sample return mission being explored by NASA engineers

  Laurel KornfeldMay 30th, 2021

  Funded by a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program grant, scientists are exploring a possible mission to return samples from Saturn's moon Titan.

• COVID-19 concerns see all NASA centers elevated to Response Framework Stage 3

  Matt HaskellMarch 18th, 2020

  Throughout the world, a novel coronavirus disease (known formally as COVID-19) has begun to take hold and is quickly bringing changes to the world as we know it.

• Orion spacecraft progressing toward Artemis 1 flight

  Michael ColeJuly 4th, 2019

  PLUM BROOK, Ohio -- NASA is making important strides with the Orion spacecraft in preparation for the Artemis 1 mission, the next step in the agency's effort to return humans to the Moon.

• NASA concept for generating power in deep space a little KRUSTY

  Collin SkocikJune 18th, 2019

  Prospects of establishing a permanent human presence on the Moon have taken a step forward with the test of a system known as Kilopower, a lightweight fission reactor which could provide ten kilowatts of power for at least a decade.

• Bridenstine: Artemis mission could send first woman to the Moon

  Michael ColeJune 11th, 2019

  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER, Ohio -- NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine paid a visit to the agency's Glenn Research Center on Monday, June 10.  During his visit Bridenstine noted how the agency's latest lunar initiative - could make history with the first woman walking on the Moon.

• Backup Hubble gyroscope encounters anomaly during recovery efforts

  Jason RhianOctober 23rd, 2018

  Engineers encountered a slight hiccup in bringing the Hubble Space Telescope out of safe mode and back to conducting scientific operations.

• NASA Administrator Bridenstine says NASA Glenn critical for return to Moon

  Michael ColeSeptember 22nd, 2018

  CLEVELAND, Ohio — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine paid a visit to the space agency's Glenn Research Center earlier this week, as well as its associated testing facility, Plum Brook Station in nearby Sandusky.

• Acoustic testing begins on AA-2 Orion capsule at NASA Plum Brook Station

  Michael ColeAugust 23rd, 2018

  SANDUSKY, OH -- The Orion crew capsule test article for the upcoming Abort Ascent-2 (AA-2) test has arrived at NASA's Plum Brook Station testing facility in Sandusky, Ohio. The test article is being readied - to be blasted with sound.

• It keeps going and going: Stirling Engine test sets long-duration record at NASA Glenn

  Michael ColeJuly 30th, 2018

  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER, Ohio -- If you are wanting to perform some science at Neptune, or Pluto, or beyond in the dark depths of the outer solar system, your spacecraft is going to need power for a very long time. Engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, are working to make that happen and have, been at it for a very long time.

• Astronaut Jack Fischer shares “Awesome” ISS experiences during visit to NASA Glenn

  Michael ColeJanuary 27th, 2018

  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER, Ohio -- Astronaut Jack Fischer's favorite word is Awesome. And why not? If your job consists of rocketing into orbit aboard a Soyuz spacecraft and spending 136 days on the International Space Station, the word awesome is probably an accurate descriptor.

• NASA Glenn reinventing the wheel to aid future Mars rovers

  Michael ColeDecember 8th, 2017

  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER, Ohio — One of the most important high-tech components of future Mars rovers may be, of all things, its wheels.

• NASA, Department of Energy testing ‘Kilopower’ space nuclear reactor

  Collin SkocikNovember 26th, 2017

  In preparing for possible missions to the Red Planet in the near future, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) has been given the go-ahead to test a small nuclear reactor that could one day run equipment on the Martian surface.

• X3 Hall thruster sets records at NASA Glenn

  Michael ColeNovember 10th, 2017

  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER,  Ohio — Researchers at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, and the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, have completed a round of important tests on a new ion thruster system that may one day provide propulsion for materials and crews on future missions to Mars.

• NASA Glenn tests solar electric propulsion thruster for journey to metal world

  Michael ColeOctober 9th, 2017

  NASA is preparing to travel to a world unlike any other it has visited before. The agency has sent spacecraft to terrestrial planets, gaseous planets, icy moons, and rocky asteroids. Now, following its approval as a Discovery mission in February of this year, a spacecraft set for launch in 2022 will visit the main-belt asteroid Psyche, a metal world that scientists think is made almost entirely of nickel and iron.