Listen to this audio excerpt from Dan Florez, test director for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: At 1:47 a.m. EST November 16, 2022, as the Artemis I engines ignited, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and Dan Florez, NASA test director for the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems, watched from Kennedy’s Launch Control Center roof as the midnight […]
Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC)
WindShaper A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research. The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple Python API. A companion WindProbe is also available for quick surveys of flows. The WindProbe utilizes the lab’s OptiTrack motion capture system to extract the […]
Starstruck
The Artemis II crew captured this photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on April 7, 2026. The Milky Way’s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about […]
Starstruck
The Artemis II crew captured this photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on April 7, 2026. The Milky Way’s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about […]
Euston station fully reopens after six days of major railway upgrades
The West Coast Main Line has reopened to passengers after six days of major railway improvements between Milton Keynes and London Euston. On Thursday 9 April, trains started running again after multiple projects to upgrade stations, tracks, signalling systems, overhead power lines and bridges took place, representing an ongoing investment of £46.7 million. The journey-improving […]
Liverpool Lime Street’s top travel tips for Grand National racegoers
Rail passengers travelling to Liverpool Lime Street and Aintree for the Grand National 2026 are being given top tips to help them get off to a winning start as the world-famous horse racing festival returns today. With bumper crowds expected to travel to Aintree between 9-11 April, railway racegoers are encouraged to: It’s hoped this […]