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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astronaut Don Pettit captured this image of Melbourne, Australia from the International Space Station on Oct. 9, 2024, as it orbited 271 miles above the city. Astronauts aboard the space station take photos using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station’s cupola, for Crew Earth Observations. Crew membersContinue reading “Melbourne City Lights”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is making event plans for the 2025 calendar year, and we want to pencil you in! We are looking for the Midwest’s biggest and best community events with the broadest audiences to share NASA’s content and raise awareness of the agency’s most exciting aeronautics and space missions. NASA’s GlennContinue reading “Submit Your 2025 Event Proposal to NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is on its way to explore a moon of Jupiter that researchers believe may be one of the best places in the Solar System to search for life beyond Earth. While the spacecraft makes its more-than-five year journey to Europa, scientists, students, teachers, and the publicContinue reading “Europa Trek: NASA Offers a New Guided Tour of Jupiter’s Ocean Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA recently evaluated initial flight data and imagery from Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-4 (PTD-4), confirming proper checkout of the spacecraft’s systems including its on-board electronics as well as the payload’s support systems such as the small onboard camera. Shown above is a test image of Earth taken by the payload camera, shortlyContinue reading “NASA Begins New Deployable Solar Array Tech Demo on Pathfinder Spacecraft”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has entered into an agreement with Skydweller Aero Inc. for the company to operate its solar-powered autonomous aircraft in the site’s restricted airspace, a key step towards achieving a strategic center goal. The Reimbursable Space Act agreement marks the first betweenContinue reading “NASA Stennis Takes Key Step in Expanding its Range Operations Work”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA researchers developed a Quiet Space Fan to reduce the noise inside crewed spacecraft, sharing the results with industry for potential use on future commercial space stations. Controlling noise inside spacecraft helps humans talk to each other, hear alarms clearer, get restful sleep, and minimizes the risk of hearing loss.Continue reading “NASA Quiet Space Fan Research to Benefit Commercial Space Stations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected All Native Synergies Company of Winnebego, Nebraska, to provide custodial and refuse collection services at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Custodial and Refuse Collection Services III contract is a firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision. Its maximum potential value is approximately $33.5Continue reading “NASA Awards Custodial, Refuse Collection Contract “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This image, released on Feb. 24, 2017, shows Supernova 1987a (center) surrounded by dramatic red clouds of gas and dust within the Large Magellanic Cloud. This supernova, first discovered on Feb. 23, 1987, blazed with the power of 100 million Suns. Since that first sighting, SN 1987A has continued toContinue reading “A Dazzling Supernova”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Stories open up new worlds and spark curiosity in readers of all ages – and NASA is using the power of storytelling to encourage the Artemis Generation to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Through the below list of reading resources – books, comics, and graphic novels written andContinue reading “Read With NASA: Books, More to Inspire Young Explorers”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled to support the launch of a suborbital sounding rocket for the U.S. Department of Defense during a launch window that runs 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. EDT each day from Wednesday, Oct. 23 to Friday, Oct. 25. No real-time launch status updatesContinue reading “NASA Wallops to Support October Sounding Rocket Launch”