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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 During today’s unusual-for-MSL Tuesday planning day (because of the U.S. holiday on Monday), we planned activities under new winter heating constraints. Operating Curiosity on Mars requires attention to a number of factors — power, data volume, terrain roughness, temperature — that affect roverContinue reading “Sols 4458-4460: Winter Schminter”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Jorge Chong is helping shape the future of human spaceflight, one calculation at a time. As a project manager for TRON (Tracking and Ranging via Optical Navigation) and a guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) test engineer in the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division, he is leading efforts to ensure theContinue reading “Guiding Orion: Jorge Chong’s Mission to Advance Deep Space Exploration “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the Moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists believed the Moon had a solid surface that would support astronauts and their landing craft, a few believed a deep layer of dust covered it that would swallow any visitors. Until 1964,Continue reading “60 Years Ago: Ranger 8 Moon Photos Aid in Apollo Site Selection “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Jeff Dozier, an environmental scientist, snow hydrologist, researcher, academic – and former Earth Observing System Project Scientist – died on November 17, 2024. Jeff’s research focused on snow hydrology and biogeochemistry in mountain environments and addressed the role of stored and melting snow in the hydrologic cycle as well asContinue reading “In Memoriam: Jeff Dozier [1944–2024]”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY With two months to go before flight, the Apollo 13 prime crew of James Lovell, Thomas Mattingly, Fred Haise, and backups John Young, John Swigert, and Charles Duke continued to train for the 10-day mission planned to land in the Fra Mauro highlands region of the Moon. Engineers continued toContinue reading “55 Years Ago: Preps for Apollo 13 and 14, Apollo 12 Crew on World Tour”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Berrien Moore III, Dean of the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma (OU), director of the National Weather Center in Norman, OK, and Vice President for Weather and Climate Programs, died on December 17, 2024. Berrien earned an undergraduate degree from the University of North CarolinaContinue reading “In Memoriam: Berrien Moore III [1941–2024]”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media are invited to visit NASA’s simulated Mars habitat on Monday, March 10, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulation will help prepare humanity for future missions to the Red Planet. This is the second of three missions as part of NASA’s CHAPEA (Crew Health and PerformanceContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Simulated Mars Habitat Before Next Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida completed stacking the twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters – seen in this Feb. 19, 2025, photo – inside the Vehicle Assembly Building for the agency’s Artemis II crewed test flight around the Moon. During stacking operations, which began Nov. 20, 2024, technicians usedContinue reading “Artemis II Rocket Booster Stacking Complete”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA marked a key milestone Feb. 18 with installation of RS-25 engine No. E20001, the first new production engine to help power the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on future Artemis missions to the Moon. The engine, built by lead SLS engines contractor L3Harris (formerly Aerojet Rocketdyne), was installed onContinue reading “NASA Stennis Teams Install New Production RS-25 Engine for Upcoming Hot Fire”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Pierre Morel, the first director of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and founding member of WCRP’s Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) Core project, died on December 10, 2024. Pierre began his research as a theoretical physicist. His doctoral thesis examined the existence and properties of a condensed superfluidContinue reading “In Memoriam: Pierre Morel [1933–2024]”