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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Don Pettit, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, will depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft and return to Earth on Saturday, April 19. Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will undock from the orbiting laboratory’s Rassvet module at 5:57 p.m. EDT, heading forContinue reading “NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Return”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514 came into complete focus thanks to mid-infrared data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Its rings, which are only detected in infrared light, now look like “fuzzy” clumps arranged in tangled patterns, and a network ofContinue reading “With NASA’s Webb, Dying Star’s Energetic Display Comes Into Full Focus”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In an open challenge, NASA is seeking innovative business models that propose new approaches to solving complex Earth science problems using unconventional computing methods and is holding an informational webinar on Monday, April 28.   The agency’s Beyond the Algorithm Challenge, sponsored by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office, asks forContinue reading “NASA Announces Call for New Computing Approaches to Earth Science”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Natalie Moore, Mission Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Our drive from Monday’s plan was mostly successful, putting us ~22 meters down the “road” out of an expected 30 meters. A steering command halted the drive a little short whenContinue reading “Sols 4507-4508: “Just Keep Driving””

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Two new automation tools developed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are geared toward improving operations for flight controllers working with the International Space Station from the Huntsville Operations Support Center. The tools, called AutoDump and Permanently Missing Intervals Checker, will free the flight control team toContinue reading “NASA-Developed Tools at Marshall Support Operations to Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Science Activation program’s GLOBE Mission EARTH (GME) project is forging powerful connections between career technical education (CTE) programs and real-world science, inspiring students across the United States to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). GME is a collaborative effort between NASA scientists, educators, and schoolsContinue reading “GLOBE Mission Earth Supports Career Technical Education”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert launch aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 11, 1970. The mission seemed to be going smoothly until 55 hours and 55 minutes in when an oxygen tank ruptured. The new mission plan involvedContinue reading “Apollo 13 Launch: 55 Years Ago”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is calling on volunteers of all ages to help students and citizen scientists document seasonal change through leaf color and land cover. The data collection event will support students across North America, Latin America, Central America, and Europe, whoContinue reading “Kudos Test Article”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On March 18, NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for thermal vacuum testing at the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility, which simulates the harsh conditions of space. The IMAP mission is a modern-day celestial cartographer that will map the solarContinue reading “NASA’s IMAP Arrives at NASA Marshall For Testing in XRCF  “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world opening up before us. In fact, the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is very real. We are seeing vast clouds of ionized atoms and molecules, thrownContinue reading “Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song”