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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at aContinue reading “NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the center of this galaxy, and spiral arms emerge from each end of the bar. Because NGC 2566 appears tilted from our perspective,Continue reading “Hubble Spies a Cosmic Eye”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NESC Mechanical Systems TDT provides broad support across NASA’s mission directorates. We are a diverse group representing a variety of sub-disciplines including bearings, gears, metrology, lubrication and tribology, mechanism design, analysis and testing, fastening systems, valve engineering, actuator engineering, pyrotechnics, mechatronics, and motor controls. In addition to providing technicalContinue reading “Mechanical Systems TDT Support Reaches Across NASA Programs”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s uncrewed Artemis I mission launched from KSC on November 16, 2022. After a successful mission that included orbiting the Moon, the Orion spacecraft returned to Earth splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2022. While the spacecraft made a safe return to Earth, postflight inspection of Orion’sContinue reading “NESC Assists in Heatshield Investigation”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “When I transitioned from Spelman to Georgia Tech, it was probably the first time in my life that I had a professor that made me question if I belonged or had what it takes. Previously, I was always used as an example of how students should study, and now, inContinue reading “Laboratory Director Tawnya Plummer Laughinghouse”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This new view of the “Christmas tree cluster” NGC 2264, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow’s telescope in Arizona. Chandra data is represented in red, purple, blue, and white, while optical data is in green and violet.Continue reading “Hang a Shining Star Upon the Highest Bough”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has a strong need for advanced materials and processes (M&P) across the realms of robotic- and crewed-spaceflight, as well as aeronautics, particularly when one acknowledges that all craft must be made of something. To meet that need, the materials discipline relies on collaboration—both between centers and across disciplines. ReachingContinue reading “Collaboration Is Key to A Strong Materials Discipline”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Humans are returning to the Moon—this time, to stay. Because our presence will be more permanent, NASA has selected a location that maximizes line-of-sight communication with Earth, solar visibility, and access to water ice: the Lunar South Pole (LSP). While the Sun is in the lunar sky more consistently atContinue reading “Characterizing the Visual Experience of Astronauts at the Lunar South Pole”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Crew members aboard the International Space Station celebrate the holiday season in a unique way while living and working at the orbiting laboratory. Each crew member, including the current Expedition 72, spends time enjoying the view of Earth from the space station, privately communicating with their friends and families, andContinue reading “Celebrating the Holiday Season in Space”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY More than 30,000 scientists gathered in Washington, D.C. during the second week of December – many to show off the work of NASA’s science volunteers! The American Geophysical Union held its annual meeting of professionals this month – the world’s largest gathering of Earth and Space Scientists. Here’s what theyContinue reading “Science Done by Volunteers Highlighted at December’s American Geophysical Union Meeting”