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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The spacecraft’s star trackers help engineers orient the orbiter throughout its long journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Three months after its launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency’s Europa Clipper has another 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion kilometers) to go before it reaches Jupiter’s orbit inContinue reading “En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An interesting fact about Johnson Space Center’s Anika Isaac, MS, LPC, LMFT, LCDC, CEAP, NCC, is that there are more letters following her name than there are in it. A licensed professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, and chemical dependency counselor with several other certifications, Isaac has been a fixtureContinue reading “In the Starlight: Anika Isaac’s Mission to Counsel NASA’s Workforce”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Rivers shape ecosystems and economies, yet hydrologists have limited tools to study them. Enter Confluence—a groundbreaking, open-source framework leveraging NASA’s SWOT mission and HLS data to estimate river discharge and sediment levels worldwide. Hosted by PO.DAAC, Confluence delivers rapid, global insights, revolutionizing hydrology with cloud-based efficiency. A game changer forContinue reading “NASA’s Cloud-based Confluence Software Helps Hydrologists Study Rivers on a Global Scale”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic bullseye! The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine star-filled rings after an “arrow” — a far smaller blue dwarf galaxy — shot through its heart. Astronomers using Hubble identified eight visible rings, more than previously detected by any telescope inContinue reading “Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy with Nine Rings”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover continues to live up to its name, pushing forward in search of ancient Martian secrets. Following a brief period of system verification and remote testing, our operations team is back at full strength, and Perseverance has been hard at work uncovering new geological insights. WeContinue reading “Persevering Through Science”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 Here in Earth’s northern hemisphere, the days are slowly getting longer, bringing with them the promise of an end to winter. While we are anticipating the return of warmer temperatures, just over 100 million kilometers (more than 62 million miles) away, Curiosity isContinue reading “Sols 4441-4442: Winter is Coming”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Sector Combustor Studies (CE-5B-1) Combustion studies are conducted in this two-test position facility specifically in support of the NOx-reduction research for the High Speed Research program and the Advanced Subsonic Technology program. CE-5B-1 is large enough to test sector arrangements of injector elements to include interactions of the elements andContinue reading “Combustor Facilities”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s iconic “worm” insignia stands out in this photo taken on Jan. 24, 2025, as engineers and technicians prepared to lift the left center center booster segment for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The boosters will help support the remaining rocket components and the Orion spacecraft during finalContinue reading “Stacking Artemis II”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Seeds survive space Researchers found that plant seeds exposed to space germinated at the same rate as those kept on the ground. This finding shows that plant seeds can remain viable during long-term space travel and plants could be used for food and other uses on future missions. Materials InternationalContinue reading “Station Science Top News: Jan. 31, 2025”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This article is for students grades K-4. The Sun is a star. It is the biggest object in our solar system. The Sun is about 93 million miles away from Earth and about 4.5 billion years old. The Sun affects Earth’s weather, seasons, climate, and more. Let’s learn about howContinue reading “How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades K-4)”