WASHINGTON, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — NASA has awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace, LLC of Madison, Mississippi, for labor support to ensure continuing safe operations of the Sonny Carter ...
NASA astronauts are now testing a new generation of lunar spacesuits underwater, part of the agency’s long-term preparations for the first Artemis moonwalks in more than 50 years. The underwater ...
HOUSTON, Aug. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) and Axiom Space recently completed three successful crewed underwater tests of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) at NASA's ...
NASA astronaut Nick Hague holds a patch for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) at the end of a T-handle tool during a training exercise on May 16, 2024, in the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy ...
Juneau Paulsen (far right) and Ellie Taplin (left of Paulsen), both UW mechanical engineering majors, help direct the diver in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) from the NBL control room. The ...
NASA is preparing astronauts for a return to the Moon by training them underwater in a massive swimming pool at the Johnson Space Center. Known as the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, the facility uses ...