official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For the second time, Intuitive Machines will launch a lunar lander to deliver NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations to the Moon for the benefit of all. Media accreditation is open for the IM-2 launch, part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish aContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Second Intuitive Machines Launch to Moon”
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NASA to Brief Media on Asteroid Sample Mission Findings
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will brief media at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission, which delivered a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in September 2023. Audio of the media call willContinue reading “NASA to Brief Media on Asteroid Sample Mission Findings”
Hubble Studies the Tarantula Nebula’s Outskirts
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa. Despite being only 10–20% as massive as the MilkyContinue reading “Hubble Studies the Tarantula Nebula’s Outskirts”
NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon!
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar regolith – also known as “Moon dust” – to better understand surface interactionsContinue reading “NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon!”
Artemis II Stacking Operations Update
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program continue stacking the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s twin solid rocket booster motor segments for the agency’s Artemis II mission, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Currently, six of the 10 segments are secured atop mobileContinue reading “Artemis II Stacking Operations Update”
40 Years Ago: STS-51C, the First Dedicated Department of Defense Shuttle Mission
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space shuttle mission entirely dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD). As such, many of the details of the flight remain classified. Discovery’s crew of Commander Thomas “T.K.” Mattingly,Continue reading “40 Years Ago: STS-51C, the First Dedicated Department of Defense Shuttle Mission”
NASA JPL Prepping for Full Year of Launches, Mission Milestones
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Missions will study everything from water on the Moon to the transformation of our universe after the big bang and ongoing changes to Earth’s surface. With 2024 receding into the distance, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is already deep into a busy 2025. Early in the new year, the Eaton FireContinue reading “NASA JPL Prepping for Full Year of Launches, Mission Milestones”
NASA Worm as Art
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Museum of Modern Art Opens Exhibition Featuring NASA Worm The iconic NASA logotype, commonly known as the worm and designed by Bruce Blackburn and Richard Danne in 1976, made its premiere Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2025 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York as part of the museum’sContinue reading “NASA Worm as Art”
NASA Tests Air Traffic Surveillance Technology Using Its Pilatus PC-12 Aircraft
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As air taxis, drones, and other innovative aircraft enter U.S. airspace, systems that communicate an aircraft’s location will be critical to ensure air traffic safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires aircraft to communicate their locations to other aircraft and air traffic control in real time using an Automatic DependentContinue reading “NASA Tests Air Traffic Surveillance Technology Using Its Pilatus PC-12 Aircraft”
NASA Invests in Artemis Studies to Support Long-Term Lunar Exploration
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA awarded new study contracts Thursday to help support life and work on the lunar surface. As part of the agency’s blueprint for deep space exploration to support the Artemis campaign, nine American companies in seven states are receiving awards. The Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships Appendix R contracts will advanceContinue reading “NASA Invests in Artemis Studies to Support Long-Term Lunar Exploration”