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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In October 2024, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review the status and progress of research and clinical activities intended to mitigate the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) during spaceflight. The working group took place over two days at NASA’s JohnsonContinue reading “Risk of Venous Thromboembolism During Spaceflight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 The days are getting shorter and colder for Curiosity as we head into winter. So our rover is sleeping in a bit before waking up to a busy plan. Today IContinue reading “Sols 4479-4480: What IS That Lumpy, Bumpy Rock?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities from looking out at our universe to breakthroughs in medical research, and is an active proving ground for technology for future Moon exploration missions and beyond. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission-1 landed on the Moon on March 2, 2025,Continue reading “NASA Space Station Research Helps Power Moon Science”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY What does an engineer do? An engineer applies scientific principles to design, build, and test machines, systems, or structures to meet specific needs. They follow the steps of the engineering design process to ensure their designs work as planned while meeting a variety of requirements, including size, weight, safety, andContinue reading “Career Spotlight: Engineer (Ages 14-18)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days or more.  Launch operations are scheduled to begin in lateContinue reading “NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Airplane manufacturers running noise tests on new aircraft now have a much cheaper option than traditional wired microphone arrays. It’s also sensitive enough to help farmers with pest problems. A commercial wireless microphone array recently created with help from NASA can locate crop-threatening insects by listening for the sounds theyContinue reading “NASA Expertise Helps Record all the Buzz”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Depending on your locale, equinoxes can be seen as harbingers of longer nights and gloomy weather, or promising beacons of nicer temperatures and more sunlight. Observing and predicting equinoxes is one of the earliest skills in humanity’s astronomical toolkit. Many ancient observatories around the world observed equinoxes along with theContinue reading “Embracing the Equinox”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission’s first trove of scientific data, crucial to investigate how and why subtle changes in Earth’s atmosphere cause disturbances, as well as how these atmospheric disturbances impact technological systems on theContinue reading “NASA Atmospheric Wave-Studying Mission Releases Data from First 3,000 Orbits”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Eight finalist teams participating in the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition have been selected to present to a panel of judges their design concepts for aviation solutions that can help the agriculture industry.  Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, this year’s competition asked teams of university studentsContinue reading “Finalists Selected in NASA Aeronautics Agriculture-Themed Competition “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, managed out of Johnson Space Center in Houston, is paving the way for conducting lunar science for the benefit of humanity. Through CLPS, NASA teams worked closely with commercial companies to develop a new model for spaceContinue reading “Meet the Johnson CLPS Team Supporting NASA’s Lunar Exploration Goals”