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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”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. This is the third round of seed funding awarded through the agency’s MOSAICS (Mentoring and Opportunities in STEM with AcademicContinue reading “NASA Funds Research Projects Advancing STEM Career Development”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Instrument Systems Engineer Xiaoyi Li leads technical teams united by a common vision to achieve mission success.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 14, to provide an update on the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. Mission managers continue to evaluate the Starliner spacecraft’s readiness in advance of decisional meetings no earlier than next week regarding the return of NASA astronauts ButchContinue reading “NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test Status Update”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Human Lander Challenge, or HuLC, is now open and accepting submissions for its second year. As NASA aims to return astronauts to the Moon through its Artemis campaign in preparation for future missions to Mars, the agency is seeking ideas from college and university students for evolved supercold, orContinue reading “NASA Challenge Seeks ‘Cooler’ Solutions for Deep Space Exploration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken on July 29, 1971, during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle. Designed to explore the Moon overContinue reading “Earth’s Crest Over the Lunar Horizon”