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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The mirrors for NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work on other spacecraft components is accelerating. NASA’s new asteroid-hunting spacecraft is taking shape at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Called NEO Surveyor (Near-Earth Object Surveyor), this cutting-edge infrared space telescope will seekContinue reading “Work Is Under Way on NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Hunter”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY During the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, approximately 770 AudioMoth recording devices were used to capture sound data as part of the Eclipse Soundscapes Project — a multisensory participatory science (also known as “citizen science”) project that is studying how eclipses impact life on Earth. Following the eclipse, participantsContinue reading “Eclipse Soundscapes AudioMoth Donations Will Study Nature at Night”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NGC 261 blooms a brilliant ruby red against a myriad of stars in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Discovered on Sept. 5, 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop, this nebula is located in one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic companions, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). TheContinue reading “Hubble Traces Star Formation in a Nearby Nebula”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 Today’s planning day was a good example of how our team comes together to make quick decisions based on new information and science priorities. The original intent of today’s plan was to perform contact science on some interesting bright-toned rubbly rocks in ourContinue reading “Sols 4287-4288: Back on the Road”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Perseverance is officially headed into a new phase of scientific investigation on the Jezero Crater rim!

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A glittering collection of stars shines against a background of much more distant galaxies in this view from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the Pegasus Dwarf spheroidal galaxy, also known as Andromeda VI.  The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31, is the Milky Way’s closest grand spiral galaxy neighbor,Continue reading “Hubble Pinpoints a Dim, Starry Mini-galaxy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is preparing space at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for upcoming assembly activities of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for future Artemis missions, beginning with Artemis III. Teams are currently outfitting the assembly building’s High Bay 2 for future vertical assembly of the rocketContinue reading “NASA, Boeing Optimizing Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay for Future SLS Stage Production”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for planetary exploration just got its ‘wings’ — massive solar arrays to power it on the journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft recently got outfitted with a set of enormous solar arrays at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center inContinue reading “NASA’s Europa Clipper Gets Set of Super-Size Solar Arrays”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Aug. 27, 1984, President Ronald W. Reagan announced the Teacher in Space project as part of NASA’s Space Flight Participant Program to expand the space shuttle experience to a wider set of private citizens who would communicate the experience to the public. From 11,000 teacher applicants, each of theContinue reading “40 Years Ago: President Reagan Announces Teacher in Space Project”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For every NASA astronaut who serves as a public face of human spaceflight, there are thousands of people working behind the scenes to make the agency’s missions a success. Even the smallest tasks impact NASA’s ability to explore and innovate for the benefit of humanity. The team of administrative assistantsContinue reading “Wizards Behind the Curtain: Johnson’s Administrative Team Makes Missions Possible”