official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured the start of this orbital sunrise on Aug. 15, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station. Crew members aboard the orbital lab have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the Moon through Crew Earth Observations.Continue reading “Sunrise Begins”
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NASA Moves Artemis II Rocket Adapter, Prepares for Shipment
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA rolled out a key piece of space flight hardware for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign from Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Wednesday, Aug. 21 for shipment to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cone-shapedContinue reading “NASA Moves Artemis II Rocket Adapter, Prepares for Shipment”
Looking Back on Looking Up: The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Introduction First as a bite, then a half Moon, until crescent-shaped shadows dance through the leaves and the temperature begins to drop – a total solar eclipse can be felt growing in the atmosphere. As the sky darkens in the few minutes before totality, the sounds of animals begin toContinue reading “Looking Back on Looking Up: The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse”
Hubble Finds Structure in an Unstructured Galaxy
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the nearby dwarf irregular galaxy Leo A, located some 2.6 million light-years away. The relatively open distribution of stars in this diminutive galaxy allows light from distant background galaxies to shine through. Astronomers study dwarf galaxies like Leo A because they are numerousContinue reading “Hubble Finds Structure in an Unstructured Galaxy”
Gateway: Energizing Exploration
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Discover the cutting-edge technology powering Gateway, humanity’s first lunar space station.
Update on NASA Wallops Aircraft and Airfield Operations
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Aircraft Management Advisory Board (AMAB), which manages the agency’s aircraft fleet, has decided to relocate the agency’s P-3 aircraft at Wallops to Langley Research Center. The decision is part of a long-running, NASA-wide aircraft enterprise-management activity to consolidate the aircraft fleet where feasible and achieve greater operational efficienciesContinue reading “Update on NASA Wallops Aircraft and Airfield Operations”
The Marshall Star for August 21, 2024
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Hundreds Honored at Marshall, NASA Awards Ceremony NASA Chief Financial Officer Margaret Vo Schaus speaks to audience members and honorees Aug. 15 during the 2023 Agency/Center Honor Awards at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Activities Building 4316. In all, 332 Marshall team members were awarded this year for theirContinue reading “The Marshall Star for August 21, 2024”
2025 Human Lander Challenge
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In-space propulsion systems utilizing cryogenic liquids as propellants are necessary to achieve NASA’s exploration missions to the Moon, and later to Mars. In current state of the art (SOA) human scale, in-space propulsion vehicles, cryogenic liquids can be stored for several hours. For the planned HLS mission architecture to close,Continue reading “2025 Human Lander Challenge”
NASA’s DART Team Earns AIAA Space Systems Award for Pioneering Mission
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission continues to yield scientific discoveries and garner accolades for its groundbreaking achievements. The mission team was recently recognized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)with the 2024 Space Systems Award during this year’s AIAA ASCEND event, held July 29 to Aug. 2 in Las Vegas. TheContinue reading “NASA’s DART Team Earns AIAA Space Systems Award for Pioneering Mission”
Copernicus Trajectory Design and Optimization System
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Copernicus, a generalized spacecraft trajectory design and optimization system, is capable of solving a wide range of trajectory problems such as planet or moon centered trajectories, libration point trajectories, planet-moon transfers and tours, and all types of interplanetary and asteroid/comet missions. Latest News Development The Copernicus Project started at theContinue reading “Copernicus Trajectory Design and Optimization System”