official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY ESI24 Zou Quadchart Min ZouUniversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville Lunar dust, with its highly abrasive and electrostatic properties, poses serious threats to the longevity and functionality of spacecraft, habitats, and equipment operating on the Moon. This project aims to develop advanced bioinspired surface textures that effectively repel lunar dust, targeting criticalContinue reading “Developing High-Performance Bioinspired Surface Textures for Repelling Lunar Dust”
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Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 I am in the U.K., where we are approaching the time when trees are just branches and twigs. One tree that still has its full foliage is my little quince tree in my front garden. Its leaves have turned reddish-brown with a hintContinue reading “Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars”
NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander Mission
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is working with U.S. industry to develop the human landing systems that will safely carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon and back throughout the agency’s Artemis campaign. For Artemis III, the first crewed return to the lunar surface in over 50 years, NASA isContinue reading “NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander Mission”
STS-129 Crew Aboard the Space Station
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The STS-129 crew members pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the Expedition 21 crew members on Nov. 24, 2009. Astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert L. Satcher Jr., Randy Bresnik, Butch Wilmore, and Nicole Stott launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in FloridaContinue reading “STS-129 Crew Aboard the Space Station”
Media Invited to Learn About NASA, GE Aerospace Contrails Flight Tests
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media are invited to learn about a unique series of flight tests happening in Virginia in partnership between NASA and GE Aerospace that aim to help the aviation industry better understand contrails and their impact on the Earth’s climate. Contrails are the lines of clouds that can be created byContinue reading “Media Invited to Learn About NASA, GE Aerospace Contrails Flight Tests”
NASA’s Chandra, Hubble Tune Into ‘Flame-Throwing’ Guitar Nebula
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a “flame-throwing guitar” has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope. The new movie of Chandra (red) and Palomar (blue) data helpsContinue reading “NASA’s Chandra, Hubble Tune Into ‘Flame-Throwing’ Guitar Nebula”
Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden inside obscuring disks of debris, it is the youngest planet so far discovered using the dominant method ofContinue reading “Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet”
Protected: 2024 Blue Marble Awards
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What is BioSentinel?
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 20, 2024 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked two years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a pretty extreme environment aboard the International Space Station. Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth in the weightlessness of microgravity, they rely on commercial cargo missions about everyContinue reading “What is BioSentinel?”
NASA’s Brad Doorn Brings Farm Belt Wisdom to Space-Age Agriculture
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From his South Dakota roots to leading NASA’s agricultural program, Brad Doorn’s mission has remained the same: help farmers feed the world.