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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is advancing an innovative approach to enabling commercial inspection of defunct, or inoperable, satellites in low Earth orbit, a precursor to capturing and repairing or removing the satellites. The agency has awarded Starfish Space of Seattle, Washington, a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to complete theContinue reading “Getting SSPICY: NASA Funds Orbital Debris Inspection Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Faculty Advisor: Dr. Donald Blake, University of California, Irvine Graduate Mentor: Katherine Paredero, Georgia Institute of Technology Katherine Paredero, Graduate Mentor Mikaela Vaughn Urban Planning Initiative: Investigation of Isoprene Emissions by Tree Species in the LA Basin Mikaela Vaughn, Virginia Commonwealth University Elevated ozone concentrations have been a concern inContinue reading “SARP West 2024 Whole Air Sampling (WAS) Group”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On August 12-13, 24 students from the West Coast cohort of NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) gathered at University of California, Irvine (UCI) to present their final research to a room of mentors, professors, family, and NASA personnel. SARP is an eight-week summer internship for undergraduate students, hosted inContinue reading “2024 SARP West Closeout”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dan Sousa, San Diego State University Graduate Mentor: Megan Ward-Baranyay, San Diego State University Megan Ward-Baranyay, Graduate Mentor Gerrit Hoving Predicting Ammonia Plume Presence at Feedlots in the San Joaquin Valley from VSWIR Spectroscopy of the Land Surface Gerrit Hoving, Carleton College Industrial-scale livestock farms, or ConcentratedContinue reading “SARP West 2024 Terrestrial Ecology Group”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 1:17 p.m. EDT, Saturday, Sept. 28, from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This is the first human spaceflightContinue reading “NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 Launch, Docking”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Marshall Presents Small Business Awards for Fiscal Year 2024 By Wayne Smith NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center honored top contractors, subcontractors, teams, and individuals of fiscal year 2024 at the 38th meeting of Marshall’s Small Business Alliance. The awards honor aerospace companies and leaders who have demonstrated support of theContinue reading “The Marshall Star for September 25, 2024”

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 Department of Defense during a launch window that runs 1:45 to 6:30 p.m. EDT each day from Sept. 26 to 30.  No real-time launch status updates will be available and theContinue reading “NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA launched its reimagined art program by unveiling two murals on Sept. 23, 2024. The murals, titled “To the Moon, and Back,” were created by New York-based artist team Geraluz and WERC and use geometrical patterns to invite deeper reflection on the exploration, creativity, and connection with the cosmos. TheContinue reading “NASA’s Art Program is Back”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As systems integration team lead for NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program (CLDP), Hector Chavez helps build a future where NASA and private industry work together to push the boundaries of space exploration. With the rise of commercial providers in the space sector, Chavez’s team works to ensure thatContinue reading “Meet Hector Chavez: Leading Johnson’s Giant Leap into Low Earth Orbit”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Manufacturing equipment that will be used to build components for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for future Artemis missions is being installed at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. The novel tooling will be used to produce the SLS rocket’s advanced exploration upper stage, or EUS,Continue reading “NASA Michoud Continues Work on Evolved Stage of SLS Rocket for Future Artemis Missions”