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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Introduction The 10th Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Earth Polychromatic Camera (EPIC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Radiometer [NISTAR] Science Team Meeting (STM) was held October 16–18, 2024. Over 50 scientists attended, most of whom were from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), with several participating from other NASA centers, U.S.Continue reading “Summary of the 10th DSCOVR EPIC and NISTAR Science Team Meeting”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon. Blue Ghost is slated to touch down near Mare Crisium, a plain in the northeast quadrantContinue reading “NASA Sets Coverage of Firefly’s First Robotic Commercial Moon Landing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Tuesday, January 28th, Fairbanks BEST Homeschool joined the Geophysical Institute for an afternoon of rocket exploration, hands-on activities, and stargazing inside a planetarium. This event was free and open to the public. Despite their frigid winter weather, 200 attendees were curious about the scientific endeavors of Alaska-based researchers alongsideContinue reading “An Afternoon of Family Science and Rocket Exploration in Alaska”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This image, released on Feb. 12, 2025, is the deepest X-ray image ever made of the spectacular star forming region called 30 Doradus. By combining X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue and green) with optical data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (yellow) and radio data from the AtacamaContinue reading “A Stellar Bouquet”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula reveals. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa, the Tarantula Nebula is the most productive star-forming regionContinue reading “Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 I woke up this morning to my weather app telling me it felt like minus 15° C (5°F) outside. On days like this, it can take me a little longer to get myself up and out into the world. Curiosity has a similarContinue reading “Sols 4452-4453: Keeping Warm and Keeping Busy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In Aug. 2024, a team of NASA researchers and partners gathered in Missoula, to test new drone-based technology for localized forecasting, or micrometeorology. Researchers attached wind sensors to a drone, NASA’s Alta X quadcopter, aiming to provide precise and sustainable meteorological data to help predict fire behavior. Wildfires are increasingContinue reading “NASA Tests Drones to Provide Micrometeorology, Aid in Fire Response”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Before arriving at the Moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Moon over several months to gradually line up for capture into lunar orbit. NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer arrived in Florida recently in advance of its launch later this month and has been integratedContinue reading “How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY One of three small lunar rovers — part of a NASA technology demonstration called CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) — is prepared for shipping in a clean room on Jan. 29, 2025, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The project is designed to show that a groupContinue reading “Giving NASA’s CADRE a Hand”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the galaxy and take stock. Every living organism on Earth needs water to survive, so scientists searching for life outside our solar system, are often guided by the phrase “followContinue reading “NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Will Seek Life’s Ingredients”