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NASA's Glenn Research Center @NASAglenn Oct 30

It's close to midnight, and something stellar's lurking in the dark...🚀

The full Moon casts an eerie glow above the Space Environments Complex at our Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, in this 2019 photo.

Home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation chambers, government and industry can test full-sized spacecraft here for all the extreme conditions of launch and spaceflight.

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Ready to put your STEM skills to the test during NASA's @SpaceApps Challenge hackathon on Nov. 14-15?

Work with teams from around the world to tackle some of the most pressing issues in science and space exploration.

Through the "Flame in Freefall" challenge, you'll use NASA Glenn resources and data to deliver insights about fire safety in microgravity.

Register here: bit.ly/4gmUvc8

A graphic that says: "Challenge - Flame in Freefall: SI-Powered Fire Safety Insights from Microgravity Combustion Data. For decades, NASA has studied how flames and fire behave in microgravity, gathering a trove of experimental data along the way. That knowledge matters more than ever as humans gear up to return to the Moon and press on to Mars, yet the volume of results makes them hard to find, compare, and understand. Your challenge is to create an interactive, SI-powered dashboard that summarizes, ranks, and interprets those findings to deliver fire safety insights for human space exploration."

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We’re taking quantum communications to new heights! ✈️

Late last month, @NASA researchers made history when they successfully sent tiny light particles, or photons, between an aircraft and a ground station over a quantum channel, the first time this has been achieved in the U.S. (1/3)

Side view of a white and blue NASA aircraft (tail number N606NA) on a paved runway taxiway under a clear sky. Credit: NASA

Three NASA team members inside a communications operations room monitoring real-time flight tracking software, maps, and system telemetry across multiple computer screens and rack-mounted server hardware next to an open exterior doorway. Credit: NASA

Optical tracking and laser communication equipment set up on an outdoor rooftop platform under a clear blue sky, and a blue hydraulic scissor lift cart supporting additional sensors and electronic control hardware. Credit: NASA

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Welcome, welcome, welcome! 🎉

Another group of civil servants has joined the NASA Glenn team. The new federal employees were sworn in today at our Cleveland center – ready to carry on our legacy of aerospace research, development, and testing for the benefit of all.

A large group of NASA Glenn team members stand and pose for a photo in the center's Icing Research Tunnel. Behind them is a large fan, which is illuminated by red lighting. Credit: NASA/Jef Janis

NASA's Glenn Research Center @NASAglenn Oct 29

The crew members wrapping up their time in NASA's yearlong Mars mission simulation, CHAPEA, have been testing an "ambulance in a box" designed at NASA Glenn!

The Multi-functional Integrated Medical device could help astronauts on long missions to the Moon or Mars handle medical emergencies in space without real-time help from Earth.

Glenn experts designed procedures, created fictional medical scenarios, and are collecting crew feedback to improve the system.

More on CHAPEA: go.nasa.gov/4fW5ffI

A man in a green T-shirt sits in a blue adjustable clinical chair with a pulse oximeter on his finger and a blood pressure cuff on his arm. A second man standing beside him, wearing a dark gray "SPACE U" shirt, connects color-coded ECG lead wires to an electrode patch on the seated man's upper chest. A portable vital signs monitor sits on a mobile stand in the foreground against brown ridged walls. Credit: NASA

A man wearing a dark gray "SPACE U" shirt sits in a blue clinical chair equipped with a blood pressure cuff and a fingertip pulse oximeter. A second man in a green T-shirt stands over him, holding a slim digital otoscope probe to illuminate and examine his left ear canal. In the foreground, a portable vital signs monitor rests on a stand next to the chair. Credit: NASA