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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”

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”