It is a huge challenge to send astronauts to the Moon, but it is also critical to bring them home safely.
Not only did Mars 2020 and Perseverance survive the seven minutes of terror during entry, descent, and landing on the surface of Mars, they also collected a lot of key performance data!
Our resident expert on Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) narrows her focus on the lunar landing with Stereo Camera for Lunar Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS).
If you need to capture highly technical imagery of your spacecraft as it reenters the Earth’s atmosphere, look no further than CJ (Carey Scott) and the SCIFLI team at NASA Langley Research Center.
On November 20th, 2020, NASA EDGE provided live prelaunch coverage of the Sentinel-6 Mike Freilich Satellite on L-1.
Netflix’s new documentary on the Space Shuttle Challenger has caused a lot of reflection and discussion about the tragedy.
Not many people can accurately claim to have driving experience on multiple planets, but Keri Bean can!
NASA EDGE continues to look at NASA’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) technology suite.
Technologies to enable exact and soft landings on the Moon and other worlds will fly on Blue Origin’s next New Shepard suborbital rocket launch.
To really understand the geology of the Moon, you need to dig. NASA’s very first lunar rover, VIPER, is designed to do just that.