official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its number of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover period. After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft automatically docked to the orbitingContinue reading “NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station”
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NASA to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to discuss the upcoming Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The briefing will be open to media and will air live on NASA+ and the agency’sContinue reading “NASA to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon”
NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The agency also shared new state-of-the-art datasets that allow scientists to track Earth’s temperature for any month and region going back to 1880 with greater certainty. August 2024 set a new monthly temperature record, capping Earth’s hottest summer since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s GoddardContinue reading “NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date”
Chile Flowers Bloom in Space
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In July 2021, NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station started growing chile peppers in the Advanced Plant Habitat, as part of the Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) experiment. The astronauts and a team of researchers at Kennedy worked together to monitor the peppers’ growth before harvesting them. In this image fromContinue reading “Chile Flowers Bloom in Space”
The Next Full Moon is a Partial Lunar Eclipse; a Supermoon; the Corn Moon; and the Harvest Moon
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The next full Moon will be Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 10:35 PM EDT. The Moon will appear full from Monday evening through Thursday morning.
9 Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Out-of-this-world phenomena NASA astronauts will experience at the Moon’s south polar region.
NASA Remembers Sept. 11
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were a national tragedy that resulted in a staggering loss of life and a significant change in American culture. Each year, we pause and remember. Beyond honoring the Americans who died that day, NASA also assisted FEMA in New York in the days afterward, and rememberedContinue reading “NASA Remembers Sept. 11”
Inspiration Among the Stars: How Johnson’s Workforce Found Their Place in Space
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For some people, working for NASA is a lifelong dream. For others, it is an interesting and perhaps unexpected opportunity that comes up at just the right time and place. Everything from family ties and influential teachers to witnessing human spaceflight history and enjoying sci-fi entertainment has helped bring peopleContinue reading “Inspiration Among the Stars: How Johnson’s Workforce Found Their Place in Space”
NASA Scientists Re-Create Mars ‘Spiders’ in a Lab for First Time
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Tests on Earth appear to confirm how the Red Planet’s spider-shaped geologic formations are carved by carbon dioxide. Since discovering them in 2003 via images from orbiters, scientists have marveled at spider-like shapes sprawled across the southern hemisphere of Mars. No one is entirely sure how these geologic features areContinue reading “NASA Scientists Re-Create Mars ‘Spiders’ in a Lab for First Time”
NASA Stennis Set to Continue ASTRA Mission with Sidus Space
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, announced Wednesday it will continue its historic in-space autonomous systems payload mission aboard an orbiting satellite through a follow-on agreement with Sidus Space, Inc. “We are excited to report the historic ASTRA (Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications) mission will continue,”Continue reading “NASA Stennis Set to Continue ASTRA Mission with Sidus Space”