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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 Since first encountering the sulfate-bearing unit around Sol 3540, we have detected minerals and elemental concentrations consistent with the presence of various salts and a general drying out of Mars climate (read ”NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long-Awaited Salty Region”). Salton Sea inContinue reading “Sols 4461-4463: Salty Salton Sea?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected Stephen Koerner as acting director of Johnson Space Center. Koerner previously served as Johnson’s deputy director. “It is an honor to accept my new role as acting director for Johnson,” Koerner said. “Our employees are key to our nation’s human spaceflight goals. I am continually impressed withContinue reading “NASA Names Stephen Koerner as Acting Director of Johnson Space Center”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft has cleared electromagnetic testing, confirming its systems will work together safely, without interference across a range of scenarios. “Reaching this phase shows that the aircraft integration is advancing,” said Yohan Lin, NASA’s X-59 avionics lead. “It’s exciting to see the progress, knowing we’ve clearedContinue reading “NASA’s X-59 Completes Electromagnetic Testing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY High above Earth’s poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky. These auroral electrojets push about a million amps of electrical charge around the poles every second. They can create some of the largest magnetic disturbances on the ground, and rapidContinue reading “NASA’s EZIE Launching to Study Magnetic Fingerprints of Earth’s Aurora”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Introduction The American Geophysical Union (AGU) returned to the nation’s capital in 2024, hosting its annual meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC from December 9–14, 2024. NASA Science upheld its long-standing tradition as an AGU partner and exhibitor, leveraging the meeting as an opportunity toContinue reading “AGU 2024: NASA Science on Display in the Nation’s Capital”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has its next flyby target, the small main belt asteroid  Donaldjohanson, in its sights. By blinking between images captured by Lucy on Feb. 20 and 22, this animation shows the perceived motion of Donaldjohanson relative to the background stars as the spacecraft rapidly approaches the asteroid. LucyContinue reading “NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson”

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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Out of school time (OST) educators work with youth in afterschool, community, and camp programs. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning in OST can be challenging for multiple reasons, including lack of materials and support for educators. The NASA Science Activation program’s PLANETS project – Planetary Learning that AdvancesContinue reading “Sharing PLANETS Curriculum with Out-of-School Time Educators”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. During maximum afterburner testing, a test demonstrating the engine’s ability to generate the thrust required for supersonic flight, the aircraft showed off a phenomenon known as Mach diamonds,Continue reading “Diamonds from NASA’s X-59”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The orbiter bound for Jupiter’s moon Europa will investigate whether the moon is habitable, but it first will get the help of Mars’ gravitational force to get to deep space. On March 1, NASA’s Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what’sContinue reading “NASA’s Europa Clipper Uses Mars to Go the Distance”