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While the Perseverance Rover explores Jezero Crater, five small pieces of spacesuit materials will be studied by SHERLOC, an instrument aboard the rover.

NASA engineers are working on unique designs to give a new generation of robots the mobility they need for extreme environments.

NASA has re-engineered the suit worn on the space shuttle to enhance range of motion and improve safety for the astronauts.

NASA has long used inflatable compression garments that prevent blood from pooling in the legs, to keep its test pilots and astronauts from blacking out during flight.

Being a female in engineering, Mallory Johnston knows how important it is to show others that women are out there in the STEM fields.

Join us in celebrating Women’s History Month and visit us online at Innovation Now to learn more about these remarkable women.

This mammoth construction is made of aluminum, titanium, and human ingenuity.

Astronauts are likely to suffer menu fatigue, a phenomenon also reported by military personnel who get tired of eating the same foods.

When people spend long periods of time in space, their muscles can suffer from lack of use.

She was the agency’s first African-American female engineer and now NASA’s Headquarters building in Washington, DC, has been named in her honor.

Technologies advance the science that helps us understand the auroras or northern lights.

If we are going to have the next generation of humans on other planetary bodies, then they would be using the technologies that we’re developing now.

Northrop Grumman kicked off their 2021 launch schedule with a Cygnus vehicle named for NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson.

At the request of President Joe Biden, the Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center sent a Moon rock to the White House.

History was made on February 18th, and thanks to the Perseverance Rover, we all have a front row seat!

This versatile new airlock supports multiple experiments or deploying satellites simultaneously, making space for a lot more station science.

Night vision goggles are designed to provide pilots with the ability to see clearly at night.

NASA is planning to send a mobile robot to the South Pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of water ice.

Using radio frequencies to determine a spaceship’s position in space is vital to the success of deep space exploration missions.

These Moon rocks, specially curated at NASA’s Johnson Space Center since they were brought to Earth, are an investment in the future.