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Transforming aviation, revolutionizing space exploration, & inspiring new discoveries for the benefit of all—right in Ohio. ✨ Verification: https://t.co/umun76kGoF
Cleveland, Ohio
Joined January 2010
#ICYMI: a major milestone for the future of flight ✈️⬇️
X-59 has officially completed its first flight ever! The @NASA X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for the field of aeronautics research. ✈️A culmination of all the right stuff: https://t.co/lsc0Z0DG5c
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New NASA software is helping to keep passengers and pilots safe and planes ice-free. The Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) modeling tool transforms the way engineers understand and prevent ice buildup when designing aircraft. Learn more about this @NASAaero
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Time to grab your telescopes! Learn what night sky sights are visible this month 🔭⬇️
What's in the night sky this December? The Moon and Jupiter get close for a conjunction, the Geminid meteor shower sparkles across the sky, and interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth.
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A landmark with a NASA legacy... In 1964, NASA technicians used the elevator shaft of Cleveland's Terminal Tower building to conduct experiments that helped us design the 450-foot drop tower in our Zero Gravity Research Facility. The facility is still used today to study the
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The discovery of cool flames in space, a phenomenon difficult to study on Earth, has opened new frontiers in combustion science and engine design: https://t.co/Y5NEIQhvgT (4/4)
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Cool flames, flames that burn at extremely low temperatures, are nearly impossible to create in Earth’s gravity. However, they are easily produced in the
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Engineers can design more efficient fuel and life support systems for future spacecraft thanks to studies of fluid boiling, containment, and flow: https://t.co/MB707UYCbg (3/4)
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A fluid is any material that flows in response to an applied force, therefore liquids and gases are fluids. Their motion accounts for most transport and
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Analyzing gels and liquids mixed with tiny particles in space helps researchers fine-tune material compositions and has led to new patents for consumer products: https://t.co/ibKfaHq6B7 (2/4)
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To some, it may seem an unlikely collaboration: Procter & Gamble (P&G), a world leader in consumer-packaged goods, partnering with NASA. Both,
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We’re celebrating 25 years of @Space_Station science! The one-of-a-kind orbiting laboratory has enabled Glenn research that spans from materials, to fluids, to flames: https://t.co/YBifKeha3A (1/4)
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November marks 25 years of human presence aboard the International Space Station, a testament to international collaboration and human ingenuity. Since the
Humanity has achieved 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station! In that time, astronauts have conducted thousands of experiments that improve life on Earth and pave the way for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars. Check out 25
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Some autumn aerials for your #Thanksgiving 🍂 Today and every day, we are grateful to the incredible NASA Glenn team members supporting our mission to transform aviation, revolutionize space exploration, and inspire new discoveries for the benefit of all. What are you thankful
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Feeling out-of-this-world thankful for your friends, family, or furry companions this holiday season? Sign up to send their names around the Moon and back! Submitted names will be included on an SD card that will fly inside the Orion spacecraft when the @NASAArtemis II mission
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After a year evaluating locations across the midwest, the site for the NACA's third laboratory was announced on Nov 25, 1940: Cleveland, Ohio. Throughout World War II, the NACA labs worked at full tilt to solve aeronautics problems in support the U.S. war effort.
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Gratitude: launched. 🚀 This Thanksgiving, Expedition 73 crew members, @NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Jonny Kim, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, share a holiday message from the International @Space_Station. From turkey and
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From low Earth orbit to the Moon, Mars, and beyond! 🌙🚀 The space station is humanity's launchpad to deep space where we refine our knowledge, advance technologies, and learn to thrive as we prepare to venture further into the cosmos. https://t.co/0ZrcIpE2KR
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Our astronaut candidates are about to begin two years of training. Come join the journey! Follow @astro_benbailey, @astro_fuhrmann, @astro_camjones, @astro_lawler and @AstroAnnaMenon here on X: https://t.co/QWNvMKffNW Check out our other social accounts: https://t.co/ntewbhK186
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Big ideas needed! Join the @NASA @SpaceApps Challenge next weekend, Oct. 4-5. ⬇️
Registration is open for the 2025 NASA #SpaceApps Challenge! 🌍🚀💫 Join the largest annual global hackathon, choose from 450+ Local Events, and use open data from #NASA & 14 Space Agency Partners. Register today: https://t.co/lddDX5vXGT
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She tells our story ✨ Meet Shauntina Lilly, a public affairs officer on the media team at NASA Glenn! She helps bring stories to life about our center’s work for the benefit of all, collaborating with our experts to share out-of-this world research and discoveries through
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The final issue of AeroSpace Frontiers, our center newsletter, is now available. Dive into articles on: —Ohio Space Week activities —The latest Glenn technologies to earn R&D 100 awards —Glenn’s Steven Sinacore named to lead Fission Surface Power —A grateful farewell to
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The million-mile journey to study the Sun's influence starts now! A @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying three new space weather missions launched at 7:30am ET (1130 UTC) on Wednesday, Sept. 24, from @NASAKennedy.
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.@NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States. https://t.co/V0aA9KXT3L
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We have liftoff! 🚀 Yesterday, the Hydrogen Electrical Power System launched aboard @blueorigin’s New Shepard mission!
Powering the future of space exploration 🚀 NASA Glenn and Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc. are flying the Hydrogen Electrical Power System on @blueorigin's next New Shepard mission, targeted for tomorrow, Aug. 23! This next-generation fuel cell system will operate in
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