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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 Another successful weekend plan left us about 23 meters (about 75 feet) farther down our Mount Sharp Ascent Route (MSAR), with all our science data downlinked to Earth and the planet clocks aligned once more. We only have until 18:26 Pacific time toContinue reading “Sols 4443-4444: Four Fours for February”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Students from the Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School in Somerset, New Jersey, will have the chance to connect with NASA astronaut Nick Hague as he answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related questions from aboard the International Space Station. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth call at 11:10 a.m. ESTContinue reading “NASA Brings Space to New Jersey Classroom with Astronaut Q&A”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA), a technology that allows individual spacecraft to make independent decisions while collaborating with each other to achieve common goals – without human input. The DSA team achieved multiple firsts during tests of suchContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Learn about Spacecraft Autonomous Tech Firsts”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in partnership with Boeing. The model, designed to represent half the aircraft, allows the research team to generate high-quality data about the aerodynamic forces that would affect the actual X-66. Test results will helpContinue reading “Wind Over Its Wing: NASA’s X-66 Model Tests Airflow”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This Feb. 5, 1971, photo gives an excellent view of the Apollo 14 lunar module on the Moon’s surface after landing. At left, we can see that the astronauts – Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell – deployed the U.S. flag before taking this photo of the lunar module. Shepard andContinue reading “Apollo 14 Moon Landing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For the first time, NASA is hosting a live Twitch event from about 250 miles off the Earth aboard the International Space Station, bringing new audiences closer to space than ever before. Viewers will have the opportunity to hear from NASA astronauts live and ask questions about life in orbit.Continue reading “NASA Goes Live: First Twitch Stream from Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On most nights, weather permitting, you can spot at least one bright planet in the night sky. While two or three planets are commonly visible in the hours around sunset, occasionally four or five bright planets can be seen simultaneously with the naked eye. These events, often called “planet parades”Continue reading “Planetary Alignments and Planet Parades”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The old saying — “Practice makes perfect!” — applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 technologies, instruments, and experiments the chance to practice being on the Moon… without actually going there. Instead, it was a flight test aboard a vehicle adapted to simulate lunar gravity for approximatelyContinue reading “NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, released on Feb. 4, 2025, shows the gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye. A far smaller blue dwarf galaxy went through the Bullseye’s center, leaving nine star-filled rings. Astronomers using Hubble identified eight visible rings, more than previously detected by any telescopeContinue reading “Bullseye!”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Talk amongst yourselves, get on the same page, and work together to get the job done! This “pep talk” roughly describes how new NASA technology works within satellite swarms. This technology, called Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA), allows individual spacecraft to make independent decisions while collaborating with each other to achieveContinue reading “NASA Demonstrates Software ‘Brains’ Shared Across Satellite Swarms  “