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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro on the appointment of David Gallagher as director of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. NASA JPL announced Wednesday Laurie Leshin would step down effective Sunday, June 1. “Laurie Leshin’s leadership at JPL has been nothingContinue reading “NASA Statement on Appointment of New JPL Director”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Laurie Leshin has decided to step down as director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sunday, June 1. David Gallagher, who has been serving as the Lab’s associate director for Strategic Integration, has been selected by Caltech to lead the federally funded research and development center. Caltech manages JPL forContinue reading “Dave Gallagher Named 11th Director of JPL as Laurie Leshin Steps Down”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and the Sam Houston Area Council (SHAC) of Scouting America signed a collaborative Space Act Agreement on December 17, 2024, expanding youth access to programs and opportunities with the Johnson Space Center’s Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) in Houston. The agreement forges the first formal partnership between NASA OSTEMContinue reading “NASA Expands Youth Engagement With New Scouting America Agreement”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has chosen three winners out of nine finalists in the fourth annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the enabling power of radioisotopes for space exploration. The essay competition asked students to learn about NASA’s radioisotope power systems (RPS), likened toContinue reading “NASA Selects Winners of the 2024-2025 Power to Explore Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This article is for students grades 5-8 A black hole is a region in space where the pulling force of gravity is so strong that light is not able to escape. The strong gravity occurs because matter has been pressed into a tiny space. This compression can take place atContinue reading “What Is a Black Hole? (Grades 5-8)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has chosen three winners out of nine finalists in the fourth annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the enabling power of radioisotopes for space exploration. The essay competition asked students to learn about NASA’s radioisotope power systems (RPS), likened toContinue reading “NASA Selects Winners of the 2024-2025 Power to Explore Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s on-demand streaming service, NASA+, launched a FAST (Free Ad-Supported Television) channel on Prime Video Tuesday, giving viewers another way to watch the agency’s aeronautics, human spaceflight, science, and technology missions unfold on screen. As the agency continues to improve life on Earth and inspire new generations through innovation, exploration,Continue reading “NASA Live Coverage, Original Content Now Streaming on Prime Video”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: How are X-rays generated in extreme environments like this? NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) collaborated with radio and optical telescopesContinue reading “NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch. At the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, teams are working around the clock to move into integration and final testingContinue reading “NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A soot-like cloud is revealed in a section of the sky in this May 1, 2025, image from NASA’S SPHEREx space observatory. On May 1, SPHEREx began regular science operations, which consist of taking about 3,600 images per day for the next two years to provide new insights about theContinue reading “SPHEREx Starts Scanning Entire Sky”