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Inspiring the next generation, women like NASA’s Debbie Martinez want to show young girls they can be a mother and an engineer, a pilot, or anything they would like to be!

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A NASA team is studying an assortment of Origami designs – from the well-known Miura fold, invented by a Japanese astrophysicist, to a combination pattern that would allow a flower-like structure to expand into a large flat circular surface.

Rose petals, which are particularly good at absorbing, rather than reflecting light, are an inspiration for solar panels.

NASA plans to return to the Moon using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before.

For small spacecraft technology demonstrations, failure is an option. It is where you learn from mistakes and make improvements in the next round.

Sailing on Venus’ strong winds, a mysterious object soars silently over the scorched surface below. This is airborne exploration reimagined.

NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, located just outside New Orleans, is America’s Rocket Factory. It’s where teams work together to turn raw components into rockets.

From a distance of approximately three point eight billion miles, Voyager 1 had a unique vantage point of home.

Apollo astronauts captured from space humanity’s first photos of the fragile planet we call home.

Real-time monitoring of damage to the composites being used in today’s aircraft is difficult, so the FAA is developing new standards and techniques to assess damage that hasn’t even left a visible mark.

An analysis of new images taken during the Parker Solar Probe’s latest flyby may provide another glimpse through the clouds to the Venusian surface.

Drones could be used at airports to improve fence inspections, assist with security and wildlife management, or aid firefighters.

Hazardous thunderstorms are generated by rapidly rising air currents called updrafts and these patterns are being detected by software developed at NASA.

Innovative advanced food systems to benefit astronauts, like those being developed through the Deep Space Food Challenge, could also provide new solutions for food issues at home.

Robots will play a significant role in NASA’s mission to return to the Moon.

Artificial Intelligence programs can problem solve and make changes in response to the information they’ve been exposed to, essentially learning from their environment.

The Marshall team maintains around-the-clock operations, ensuring the success of science on station.

It appears that bees are able to gauge the intensity of light penetrating the leafy canopy, using the brightness as a guide.

For almost six decades, researchers at NASA kept their wheels spinning, testing tire wear on the space shuttle and airplane brake systems, making transportation safer for us all.