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In the '90s, NASA Lewis (today, NASA Glenn) used a DC-9 plane to help scientists study the behavior of fluids, combustion, and materials in a microgravity environment.

And they're hoping to sustain a near absolute zero temp again in the future. Here's how they did it the first time.

The technique is cheaper, smaller, and lighter than what the ISS uses today.

The experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact like a car's crumple zone. NASA has successfully landed spacecraft on Mars nine times, using cutting-edge parachutes, massive airbags, and jetpacks to safely touch down on the surface. Now engineers are investigating whether or no

Like a car's crumple zone, the experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact.

This 'deceptively simple' question demands a dip into the murky waters of quantum physics.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and spacecraft completed its moon-gravity mission, but the capsule appeared to have a slight hiccup on its return when one of its parachutes did not open entirely on Tuesday.

Bicycle helmets are designed to protect against skull fractures and associated focal brain injuries, driven by helmet standards. Another type of head injury seen in injured cyclists is diffuse brain injuries, but little is known about the protection provided by bicycle helmets against these injuries. Here, we examine the performance of modern bicycle helmets in preventing diffuse injuries and skull fractures under…

Members of NASA's 2021 astronaut candidate class visited NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on Oct. 5 and 6 to learn more about the scope of work at

Joshua Dobbs won over NASA and engineering leaders long before he won over Vikings fans. Dobbs has the smarts and personality to return to rocket science — after this NFL QB thing has run its course, that is.

According to the third law of thermodynamics, the entropy of a perfect crystal is zero when the temperature of the crystal is equal to absolute zero (0 kelvin).