Environment & Sustainability

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John Smith

John Smith Physical Scientist, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About John Smith helped in the formulation of the MESCAL mission concept, the later ACCP HSRL mission concepts, and now serves as deputy instrument scientist for HSRL…

Crew-11 Closes Dragon Hatch, Preps for Departure

The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission are pictured inside the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft during a training session at SpaceX facilities in Florida. From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, and JAXA…

William Smith

William Smith Research Physical Scientist, Climate Science Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About William Smith is a Research Scientist in the Climate Science Branch of the Science Directorate at the NASA Langley Research Center. Dr. Smith has used…

Crew-11 Entering Dragon, Closing Hatch Soon on NASA+

Four SpaceX Crew-11 members gather together for a crew portrait wearing their Dragon pressure suits during a suit verification check inside the International Space Station. Clockwise from bottom left are, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut…

*DRAFT Communications Services Project*

Communications Services Project NASA is commercializing satellite relay communications for science missions in low Earth orbit.  The Communications Services Project is leading agency efforts by investing in the U.S. satellite communications industry to develop and demonstrate powerful services for missions…

Amendment 38: D.5 Astrophysics Pioneers Updates and Due Dates Delayed

Explore This Section … ROSES-25 Blog Amendment 38: D.5 Astrophysics… Overview ROSES FAQ Solicitations ROSES Blog ROSES 2025 ROSES 2024 ROSES 2023 ROSES 2022 ROSES 2021 ROSES 2020 NAC Science Committee Team More Help & Support Advisory Committees Announcement of…

New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Area

NASA The New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which spans 23 counties across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and has a population of about 19.9 million, is pictured at approximately 3:29 a.m. local time Dec. 20, 2025, from the…

Antti Pulkkinen

Antti Pulkkinen Director NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight Antti A. Pulkkinen, Ph.D., is Director of the NASA Office of JPL Management and Oversight (NOJMO). NOJMO is the NASA Headquarters on-site government organization at JPL, responsible for contract management,…

I’ve been thinking a lot about dog poo | Adrian Chiles

There was a time when nobody picked up after their dogs – and it would have been considered disgusting to do so. What caused the change in attitude? A PE teacher from Cardiff called Tony is frozen solid after being…