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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Almost a decade ago, then-grad student Kyle Helson contributed to early paperwork for NASA’s EXCITE mission. As a scientist at Goddard, Helson helped make this balloon-based telescope a reality: EXCITE launched successfully on Aug. 31. Name: Kyle HelsonTitle: Assistant Research ScientistOrganization: Observational Cosmology Lab (Code 665), via UMBC and theContinue reading “Kyle Helson Finds EXCITE-ment in Exoplanet Exploration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA researchers will soon benefit from a suite of experiments flying aboard a new fully-commercial human spaceflight mission, strengthening future agency science as we venture to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The experiments are flying as part of the Polaris Dawn mission which launched aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft andContinue reading “NASA to Test Telemedicine, Gather Essential Health Data with Polaris Dawn Crew”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 Contact science in our immediate workspace includes a joint effort by MAHLI and APXS to characterize a gray rock with two targets named “Big Baldy” and “Big Bird Lake.” ChemCam focused its Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument on a rock with aContinue reading “Sols 4297-4299: This Way to Tungsten Hills”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Works in ‘Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination,’ an exhibit in Glendale, California, help shrink the universe into something tangible. The universe is vast and filled with countless worlds, but a new exhibit at the Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale, California, aims to shrink time and space. ForContinue reading “NASA JPL Scientists, Engineers Collaborate With Artists for Exhibition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media are invited to hear from NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams during an Earth to space call at 2:15 p.m. EDT, Friday, Sept. 13. The pair will participate in a news conference aboard the International Space Station in low Earth orbit. Coverage of the event will stream onContinue reading “NASA Astronauts to Discuss Mission from Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Ames Fire Department will conduct emergency response fire training on the west ramp of the Moffett Federal Airfield between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. PDT Tuesday, Sept. 10 through Saturday, Sept. 14. The media and the public are advised that sirens may be audible and smoke plumes and flames may beContinue reading “NASA Ames Fire Department to Conduct Live Aircraft Fire Training”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The dome-shaped Brandburg Massif, near the Atlantic coast of central Namibia, containing Brandberg Mountain, the African nation’s highest peak and ancient rock paintings going back at least 2,000 years, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above. Image Credit: NASA

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “It’s 2 a.m. in the morning on a Sunday. You have your headset in your hand. You’re about to walk into Mission Control. And you understand — in the darkness, the crickets chirping, the lights shining on the building — you understand where you’re going and what you’re a partContinue reading “Public Affairs Manager Gary Jordan”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity. These are located approximately 300 light-years apart and were detected using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. These black holes, buried deep within a pair of collidingContinue reading “NASA’s Hubble, Chandra Find Supermassive Black Hole Duo”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Now that its reflective sail has deployed fully open in orbit, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System can be seen in the night sky from many locations across the world! Stargazers can join NASA’s #SpotTheSail campaign by using the NASA app on mobile platforms to find out when the spacecraft will be visibleContinue reading “Like a Diamond in the Sky: How to Spot NASA’s Solar Sail Demo in Orbit”