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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Background Fire is a natural occurrence in many ecosystems and can promote ecological health. However, wildfires are growing in scope and occurring more often than in the past. Among other causes this is due to human-caused climate impacts and the expansion of communities into areas with wildland vegetation. These blazesContinue reading “Wildland Fire Management Initiative Description”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Marshall Director Joseph Pelfrey Addresses Space and Missile Defense Symposium NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Joseph Pelfrey gives a keynote address during the 2024 Space and Missile Defense Symposium on Aug. 8 at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville. Pelfrey shared updates on programs and projects that MarshallContinue reading “The Marshall Star for August 14, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To mark progress toward the first crewed flight test around the Moon in more than 50 years for the benefit of humanity, NASA will welcome media Wednesday, Aug. 21, to see a key adapter for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at its Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,Continue reading “NASA Invites Media to Watch Artemis II Rocket Adapter Roll Out”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In preparation for NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission, teams at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida practice getting out of the emergency escape, or egress, basket on Aug. 9, 2024. The baskets, similar to gondolas on ski lifts, are used in the case of a pad abort emergency toContinue reading “A Practiced Escape”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By using new data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory as well as ESA’s XMM-Newton, a team of researchers have made important headway in understanding how — and when — a supermassive black hole obtains and then consumes material, as described in our latest press release.Continue reading “NASA Telescopes Work Out Black Hole’s Snack Schedule”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The three grand prize winners of NASA’s third Power to Explore Challenge visited the NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH on August 8 to learn about the people and technologies that power NASA missions.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Science Activation program’s Cosmic Data Stories team, led by Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, released a new Data Story for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. A Data Story is an interactive, digital showcase of new science imagery, including ideas for exploration and scientific highlights shared inContinue reading “Solar Eclipse Data Story Helps the Public Visualize the April 2024 Total Eclipse”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Aug. 14, 1969, NASA announced the selection of seven new astronauts. The Group 7 astronauts consisted of pilots transferred from the Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) Program canceled two months earlier. The MOL, a joint project of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the National Reconnaissance Office, sought to obtainContinue reading “55 Years Ago: NASA Group 7 Astronaut Selection”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA invites media to view a research aircraft and interview scientists in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Thursday, Aug. 22, prior to flights of the agency’s Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), which seeks a better understanding of the sensitivity of northern ecosystems and communities to climate change. Media also will have the opportunityContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Event with Scientists, Research Plane in Alaska”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After 2½ years exploring Jezero Crater’s floor and river delta, the rover will ascend to an area where it will search for more discoveries that could rewrite Mars’ history. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will soon begin a monthslong ascent up the western rim of Jezero Crater that is likely toContinue reading “NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian Crater Rim”