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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Preventing biofilm formation in space Two anti-microbial coatings reduced formation of biofilms in microgravity and have potential for use in space. Controlling biofilms could help protect human health and prevent corrosion and degradation of equipment on future long-duration space missions. Biofilms, communities of microorganisms that attach to a surface, canContinue reading “Station Science Top News: Feb. 27, 2025”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Feb. 28, 1990, space shuttle Atlantis took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on STS-36, the sixth shuttle mission dedicated to the Department of Defense. As such, many of the details of the flight remain classified. The mission marked the 34th flight of the space shuttle, theContinue reading “35 Years Ago: STS-36 Flies a Dedicated Department of Defense Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This data visualization showing ocean currents around the world uses data from NASA’s Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean model.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA scientists and collaborators built the ECCO model to be the most realistic, detailed, and continuous depiction of the ocean ever developed

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An international team of researchers has discovered that previously observed variations in brightness of a free-floating planetary-mass object known as SIMP 0136 must be the result of a complex combination of atmospheric factors, and cannot be explained by clouds alone. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to monitor a broadContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Exposes Complex Atmosphere of Starless Super-Jupiter”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected Norman Knight as acting deputy director of Johnson Space Center. Knight currently serves as Director of Johnson’s Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), responsible for astronaut training and for overall planning, directing, managing, and implementing overall mission operations for NASA human spaceflight programs. This also includes management for allContinue reading “NASA Names Norman Knight as Acting Deputy Director of Johnson Space Center”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the organization that ultimately became NASA, the agency released a new collection of videos to highlight the history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the ways it transformed flight over four decades. Not long after the beginning of World War I,Continue reading “NASA Marks 110 Years Since Founding of Predecessor Organization”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the northeast quadrant of the Moon’s near side. The Blue GhostContinue reading “Touchdown! Carrying NASA Science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Henry Manelski, Ph.D. student at Purdue University The Perseverance team is always looking for creative ways to use the tools we have on Mars to maximize the science we do. On the arm of the rover sits the SHERLOC instrument, which specializes in detecting organic compounds and isContinue reading “Smooshing for Science: A Flat-Out Success”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The January wildfires in California devastated local habitats and communities. In an effort to better understand wildfire behavior, NASA scientists and engineers tried to learn from the events by testing new technology. The new instrument, the Compact Fire Infrared Radiance Spectral Tracker (c-FIRST), was tested when NASA’s B200 King AirContinue reading “NASA Uses New Technology to Understand California Wildfires”