official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 We are continuing our merry way alongside “Texoli” butte, heading toward the boxworks feature in the distance, our next major waypoint. This is a series of large-scale ridges, which appear from orbital data to be a complex fracture network. Of course, we don’tContinue reading “Sols 4447–4449: Looking Back at the Marker Band Valley”
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Mount Everest from Space
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Crew aboard space shuttle Columbia captured this image of Mount Everest on Nov. 30, 1996, during the STS-80 mission. STS-80, the final shuttle flight of 1996, was highlighted by the successful deployment, operation, and retrieval of two free-flying research spacecraft. See more photos from this mission. Image credit: NASA
NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Pandora Mission
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Pandora mission, which will study at least 20 known exoplanets and their host stars to find out how changes in stars affect our observations of exoplanet atmospheres. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class AcquisitionContinue reading “NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Pandora Mission”
Station Science Top News: Feb. 7, 2025
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Measuring water loss from space This study showed that the International Space Station’s ECOSTRESS instrument estimates of evapotranspiration (transfer of water to the atmosphere from Earth’s surface and plants) are comparable to ground-based reference values. This finding suggests space measurements could provide guidance for improved water management on large scales.Continue reading “Station Science Top News: Feb. 7, 2025”
Stephanie Getty: Exploring the Universe with Curiosity and Wonder
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Name: Dr. Stephanie Getty Title: Director of the Solar System Exploration Division, Sciences and Exploration Directorate and Deputy Principal Investigator of the DAVINCI Mission Formal Job Classification: Planetary scientist Organization: Solar System Exploration Division, Sciences and Exploration Directorate (Code 690) What do you do and what is most interesting aboutContinue reading “Stephanie Getty: Exploring the Universe with Curiosity and Wonder”
Wallops Electrical Engineer Named NASA Goddard’s 2022 ‘Innovator of Year’
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Scott Hesh, an electrical engineer at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, was announced Nov. 2 as the FY22 IRAD Innovator of the Year, an award presented by the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “An electrical engineer with an insatiable curiosity, Scott Hesh and hisContinue reading “Wallops Electrical Engineer Named NASA Goddard’s 2022 ‘Innovator of Year’”
Elizabeth Tammi Gives Hubble a Voice
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Name: Elizabeth Tammi Title: Hubble Space Telescope Social Media Lead Formal Job Classification: Communications Specialist Organization: Hubble Space Telescope Operations (Code 441) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission? I am the social media leadContinue reading “Elizabeth Tammi Gives Hubble a Voice”
Jesse Walsh: Possibility at the Cutting Edge of Flight
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Name: Jesse Walsh Formal Job Classification: Project Formulation Manager Organization: Project Formulation and Development Office, Flight Projects Directorate (Code 401.0) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission? As a formulation manager, I am the projectContinue reading “Jesse Walsh: Possibility at the Cutting Edge of Flight”
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lee esta historia en español aquí When Rose Ferreira first saw an image of a field of galaxies and galaxy clusters from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in July, she “went into the restroom and broke down a little,” she said. This “Deep Field” image showed galaxies not only sharper,Continue reading “NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon”
Melissa Gates: Keeping Goddard Running
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Name: Melissa Gates Title: Secretary III Organization: Mission Systems Engineering Branch, Engineering Technology Directorate (Code 599) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission? As a branch secretary, I support my branch office by ordering supplies,Continue reading “Melissa Gates: Keeping Goddard Running”