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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY One year ago today, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA spacecraft nearly 10 million miles away. That’s 40 times farther than our Moon. That’s like using a laser pointer to track a moving dime from a mile away. That’s prettyContinue reading “Precision Pointing Goes the Distance on NASA Experiment”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (front center left) discusses NASA 2040 on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, the agency’s strategic initiative for aligning workforce, infrastructure, and technologies to meet the needs of the future with various groups of employees at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The initiative launched inContinue reading “NASA Leadership Hosts Future-Focused Dialogues with Kennedy Employees”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Apollo 12 spacecraft launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this image from Nov. 14, 1969, with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan L. Bean aboard. During liftoff, the Saturn V rocket which carried the Apollo capsule was struck twice by lightning. OnContinue reading “55 Years Ago: Apollo 12 Launches”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Richard F. Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Alan L. Bean completed the second crewed lunar landing mission. Conrad and Bean achieved a pinpoint landing in the Ocean of Storms within walking distance of the SurveyorContinue reading “55 Years Ago: Apollo 12 Makes a Pinpoint Landing on the Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is participating in a collaborative effort to use high-altitude balloons to improve real-time communications among firefighters battling wildland fires.   The rugged and often remote locations where wildland fires burn mean cell phone service is often limited, making communication between firefighters and command posts difficult.   The flight testingContinue reading “NASA and Forest Service Use Balloon to Help Firefighters Communicate”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Snippets from The Earth Observer’s Editor’s Corner PACE-PAX PACE–PAX had as its primary objective to gather data to validate measurements from NASA’s PACE mission. A secondary objective was validation of observations by the European Space Agency’s recently launched Earth Cloud, Aerosol, and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission. The operations spanned Southern andContinue reading “Updates on NASA Field Campaigns”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The imaging spectrometer measures the colors of light reflected from Earth’s surface to study fields such as agriculture, hydrology, and climate science. Observing our planet from the International Space Station since July 2022, NASA’s EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) mission is beginning its next act. At first theContinue reading “NASA’s EMIT Will Explore Diverse Science Questions on Extended Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On September 18, 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from the GOES-19 satellite, its newest geostationary satellite launched on June 25, 2024 onboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Previously known as GOES-U, the satellite was renamedContinue reading “The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: Fall 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Snippets from The Earth Observer’s Editor’s Corner The last of NASA’s three EOS Flagships – Aura – marked 20 years in orbit on July 15, 2024, with a celebration on September 18, 2024, at the Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Recreational Center. The 120 attendees – including about 40 virtuallyContinue reading “Summary of Aura 20th Anniversary Event”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Stennis Space Center has been awarded a highly competitive U.S. Department of Energy grant to transform its main administration building into a facility that produces as much renewable energy as it uses. Following an Oct. 29 announcement, NASA Stennis, located near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, will receive $1.95 millionContinue reading “NASA Stennis Secures Grant for Clean Energy Project”