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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Students from Topeka, Kansas, will have the opportunity Wednesday, Aug. 21, to have NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson answer their prerecorded questions aboard the International Space Station. The 20-minute space-to-Earth call with students from Mose J. Whitson Elementary, Most Pure Heart Catholic School, and Aviation Explorers PostContinue reading “Kansas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is situated in the Perseus Cluster, also known as Abell 426, 320 million light-years from Earth. It’s a barred spiral galaxy known as MCG+07-07-072, seen here among a number of photobombing stars that are much closer to Earth than it is. MCG+07-07-072 has quiteContinue reading “Hubble Rings in a New Galactic View”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Sabrina Redifer, a 2024 graduate of Quartz Hill High School in Lancaster, California, won a NASA College Scholarship Award. Redifer plans to major this fall in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She earned a 4.0 grade-point average – a weighted GPA of 5.29Continue reading “Southern California Student Wins NASA Scholarship”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s science efforts aim to empower scientists with the tools to perform research into our planet and universe. To this end, a collaborative effort between NASA and IBM created an AI geospatial foundation model, which was released as an open-source application in 2024.  Trained on vast amounts of NASA EarthContinue reading “Geospatial AI Foundation Model Team Receives NASA Marshall Group Achievement Award “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This Dec. 27, 2023 image of the São Francisco River in southeast Brazil showcases the range of vibrant colors in the area including blues, reds, greens, and yellows. Much of the unvegetated land, such as unplanted fields and unpaved roads, appears in bright shades of red and yellow. This colorationContinue reading “São Francisco’s Colorful Palette”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has awarded Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowships (RTF) to five early-career researchers in astrophysics for the class of 2023.  The program will support the advancement of their ideas for new technologies to further the exploration of the universe.  This annual fellowship gives researchers the opportunity to develop the skillsContinue reading “NASA Selects 5 New Roman Technology Fellows in Astrophysics”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Most familiar stars peacefully orbit the center of the Milky Way. But citizen scientists working on NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have helped discover an object moving so fast that it will escape the Milky Way’s gravity and shoot into intergalactic space. This hypervelocity object is the first such object found withContinue reading “NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Science in Space: August 2024 Life on the International Space Station is quite different from life on the ground. Crew members experience multiple sunrises and sunsets each day, spend their time in a confined space, have packed schedules, and deal with microgravity. These and other conditions during spaceflight can negativelyContinue reading “Mental Well-Being in Space”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 The star of today’s plan is SAM’s GCMS, which continues our analysis of the “Kings Canyon” drill sample. As Natalie mentioned, this is a relatively energy-hungry activity, but luckily our last plan left us in a good position to not only complete theContinue reading “Sols 4275-4276: A Familiar View”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 12, 2024 The SAM EGA over the weekend was successful, and that means we’re well on our way to planning the GCMS (Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometry) on our “Kings Canyon” drill sample! GCMS is an energy-intensive activity, so we’ll be using today’s two-sol plan mainlyContinue reading “Sols 4273-4274: Prep Rally”