Say cheese!📸🌕 Our #LucyMission captured this mosaic of the Moon on Oct. 16, hours after it flew by Earth for Lucy's first of three gravity assists. Lucy was about 140,000 miles (230,000 km) from the Moon when it took these images. Click to enlarge! go.nasa.gov/3DC9w6F

What is 6 meters in diameter and can withstand temperatures reaching 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit? NASA Technology's LOFTID!

NASA Ames' Greg Swanson explains some of the science behind this innovative inflatable heat shield.

En la International Space Station, los astronautas están expuestos a diferentes tipos de radiación. Un estudio financiado por la NASA sobre una forma de evaluar el daño de esa radiación es la base de un nuevo diagnóstico para el tratamiento del cáncer: go.nasa.gov/3WgFTyX

Don't miss the Flight Opportunities team in this conversation about NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative!

Learn more about this opportunity and how researchers can leverage suborbital flight tests to get their technologies ready.

Here: go.nasa.gov/3NkfLiJ

As we celebrate #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth , Nicole Mann (the first Native American woman in space) has some advice for children looking to pursue their own dreams.

We'll share the stories of NASA's indigenous trailblazers throughout November: go.nasa.gov/3sPvI7a

ICYMI: the launch of NASA Technology's #LOFTID , or Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, is getting a new launch date! LOFTID will now launch no earlier than November 9.

For the latest updates on LOFTID visit nasa.gov/loftid.

*Status Update*

The #MissiontoPsyche has a new launch date, October 2023! Psyche will host a laser comm terminal known as DSOC and test laser communications against the challenges of deep space exploration.

Learn more about DSOC: go.nasa.gov/2XIqfhA

MISSION UPDATE: Our #CAPSTONE spacecraft completed a successful trajectory correction maneuver on Oct. 27.

The #CubeSat is no longer in safe mode and remains on track for arrival to lunar orbit on Nov. 13: go.nasa.gov/3DrsxXR

Still looking for an out-of-this world costume? 🎃

With our Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator or LOFTID #NASACostume , you’ll come in hot to every party this #Halloween !

Here's how to make your own heat shield attire: go.nasa.gov/3fjxcTO

Space lasers might seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, but we are using this NASA_technology to transmit data! #HappyHalloween

Learn about NASA's upcoming NASAlasercomm missions and how we are integrating new tech into our network: go.nasa.gov/3DbSImM

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✈️X-57 Maxwell: 🎶I'VE GOT THE POWER!

The all electric X-57 aircraft has power!🔋🔌 The team has reached another milestone toward its first flight w/the successful installation of two 400-pound lithium-ion battery packs in the cabin of the plane. go.nasa.gov/3DgO6dE

LAUNCH UPDATE: #JPSS2 and #LOFTID are now NET Nov 9.

Follow the blog for updates ⏩ blogs.nasa.gov/jpss-2/

Are you:

✅ a NASA fan
✅ in need of a Halloween costume
✅ looking for a way to use those old pool noodle floats you have lying around?

We've got the perfect costume for you! This Halloween, make a big splash with your own DIY #LOFTID costume ➡️ go.nasa.gov/3WcpifJ

Water ice inside the darkest craters on the Moon? 🔦

Launching mid-Nov, NASA’s Lunar Flashlight, a NASA_Technology satellite roughly the size of a briefcase, will use lasers to search for water ice deposits inside dark craters at the Moon’s South Pole. go.nasa.gov/3SHV9BP

LIVE: Leaders discuss prep ahead of the launch of NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System & NASA Technology's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, set to lift off Nov. 1 on a @ULALaunch Atlas V rocket. Use #JPSS2 & #LOFTID for questions. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

🚀🛰 #JPSS2 is GO for launch!

Launch teams for the third satellite in NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System have cleared the Launch Readiness Review! The LRR also included info about the rideshare tech demo, #LOFTID .

Liftoff is set for Nov 1 at 2:25am PDT! blogs.nasa.gov/jpss-2/

Space Tech Associate Administrator Jim Reuter stepped into the clean room at Honeybee Robotics to see their ice-mining drills for the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 and VIPER which will help scientists search for water at the lunar South Pole: go.nasa.gov/3Nl0RJ6

Meet Anjie Emmett, a NASA Langley Research Center mechanical engineer who works on the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator - heading to space on Nov. 1! This inflatable aeroshell tech could be used to protect humans on a trip to another world : nasa.gov/loftid