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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024 Having stayed in place for quite a few sols during our Kings Canyon drill campaign, we’re looking forward to doing a bump (ie: a short drive) and accomplishing some science in a new region. I’m on the SA-SPaH (ie: robotic arm) downlink team,Continue reading “Sols 4282-4283: Bumping Away from Kings Canyon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Solar Array Sun Shield has successfully completed recent tests, signaling that the assembly is on track to be completed on schedule. The panels are designed to power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool. The RomanContinue reading “Solar Panels for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Key Tests”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Roughly 210,000 light-years away, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of our Milky Way galaxy’s closest neighbors. In fact, this small galaxy is one of the Milky Way’s “satellite” galaxies, which orbit our home spiral galaxy. Nested within the SMC is this spectacular star cluster, known as NGC 346.Continue reading “Hubble Captures Unique Ultraviolet View of a Spectacular Star Cluster”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY It got called the crisis in cosmology. But now astronomers can explain some surprising recent discoveries. When astronomers got their first glimpses of galaxies in the early universe from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, they were expecting to find galactic pipsqueaks, but instead they found what appeared to be aContinue reading “Webb Finds Early Galaxies Weren’t Too Big for Their Britches After All”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The following expedition marks the third installment of NASA Astrobiology’s fieldwork series, the newly rebranded Our Alien Earth, streaming on NASA+. Check out all three episodes following teams of astrobiologists from the lava fields of Holuhraun, Iceland, to the Isua Greenstone Belt of Greenland, and finally, the undersea volcanoes ofContinue reading “The Making of Our Alien Earth: The Undersea Volcanoes of Santorini, Greece”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft, the agency announced Saturday. The uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering testing data on Starliner during its upcoming flight home, while also not accepting more risk than necessary for itsContinue reading “NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As a Human Resource Business Partner at NASA Headquarters, Selina Salgado describes her job as helping with “all things people” for the enterprise. By facilitating technological solutions to human resources (HR) challenges and needs, she excels at an often-underestimated aspect of Digital Transformation (DT): the interpersonal side. As a championContinue reading “August 2024 Transformer of the Month: Selina Salgado”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane, Taryn Kavanagh, Andro Rios, and Hami Ray. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the talent, camaraderie, and vision needed to explore this world and beyond. Earth Science Star: Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane SangsavangContinue reading “NASA Ames Stars of the Month: August 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In a special unveiling ceremony on Aug. 22, 2024, the public received a first look at magniX’s Dash 7 aircraft that will serve as a testbed for sustainable aviation research with NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project.  Hosted by magniX at King County International Airport, commonly known as BoeingContinue reading “First Look at Hybrid Electric Research Aircraft “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is funding 11 new studies to better understand how to best support the health and performance of crew members during long-duration spaceflight missions. The awardees will complete the studies on Earth without the need for samples and data from astronauts. Together, the studies will help measure physiological and psychologicalContinue reading “NASA Funds Studies to Support Crew Performance on Long-Duration Missions”