official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Will you design the zero gravity indicator (ZGI) that accompanies the Artemis II mission around the Moon? If your design is one of the most compelling and resonates with the global community and the Artemis II astronauts, your design might fly into space aboard the Orion spacecraft and you couldContinue reading “Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge”
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Station Science Top News: March 7, 2025
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Challenges to measuring space-induced brain changes Researchers found that an upward shift in the brain during spaceflight makes it hard to distinguish different types of tissue, causing errors in determining changes in brain volume. Previous studies have interpreted these changes as evidence of adaptation to space. This finding suggests thatContinue reading “Station Science Top News: March 7, 2025”
James Gentile: Shaping the Artemis Generation, One Simulation at a Time
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY James Gentile always wanted to fly. As he prepared for an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy to become a pilot, life threw him an unexpected curve: a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. His appointment was rescinded. With his dream grounded, Gentile had two choices—give up or chart aContinue reading “James Gentile: Shaping the Artemis Generation, One Simulation at a Time “
Hubble Spies a Spectacular Starburst Galaxy
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Sweeping spiral arms extend from NGC 4536, littered with bright blue clusters of star formation and red clumps of hydrogen gas shining among dark lanes of dust. The galaxy’s shape may seem a little unusual, and that’s because it’s what’s known as an “intermediate galaxy”: not quite a barred spiral,Continue reading “Hubble Spies a Spectacular Starburst Galaxy”
Hubble Unveils a Glittering View of Sh2-284
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A tiny fraction of the stellar nursery known as Sh2-284 is visible in this glittering, star-filled NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. This immense region of gas and dust is the birthing place of stars, which shine among the clouds. Bright clusters of newborn stars glow pink in infrared light, andContinue reading “Hubble Unveils a Glittering View of Sh2-284”
Hubble Examines Stars Ensconced in a Cocoon of Gas
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An open cluster of stars shines through misty, cocoon-like gas clouds in this Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 460. NGC 460 is located in a region of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. This particular region contains a number of young star clustersContinue reading “Hubble Examines Stars Ensconced in a Cocoon of Gas”
Hubble Jams With A Cosmic Guitar
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Arp 105 is a dazzling ongoing merger between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy drawn together by gravity, characterized by a long, drawn out tidal tail of stars and gas more than 362,000 light-years long. The immense tail, which extends beyond this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, wasContinue reading “Hubble Jams With A Cosmic Guitar”
NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 13th Consecutive Year
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For the 13th straight year, NASA has earned the title of Best Place to Work in the Federal Government – large agency – from the Partnership for Public Service. The ranking reflects employee satisfaction and workplace elements across the agency while executing NASA’s mission to explore the unknown and discoverContinue reading “NASA Earns Best Place to Work in Government for 13th Consecutive Year “
Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s latest space observatory is targeting a March 8 liftoff, and the agency’s PUNCH heliophysics mission is sharing a ride. Here’s what to expect during launch and beyond. In a little over a day, NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is slated to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboardContinue reading “Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch”
NASA Receives Some Data Before Intuitive Machines Ends Lunar Mission
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Shortly after touching down inside a crater on the Moon, carrying NASA technology and science on its IM-2 mission, Intuitive Machines collected some data for the agency before calling an early end of mission at 12:15 a.m. CST Friday. As part of the company’s second Moon delivery for NASA underContinue reading “NASA Receives Some Data Before Intuitive Machines Ends Lunar Mission”