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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In studying data collected from NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, which in 2022 sent a spacecraft to intentionally collide with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, the mission’s science team has discovered new information on the origins of the target binary asteroid system and why the DART spacecraft was so effective in shiftingContinue reading “NASA’s DART Mission Sheds New Light on Target Binary Asteroid System”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will broadcast groundbreaking discoveries, benefits for humanity, and how the agency and its commercial and international partners are maximizing research and development in orbit from the 13th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference. The conference runs Monday through Thursday, Aug. 1, in Boston. The full conference agendaContinue reading “NASA to Highlight 13th Space Station Research, Development Conference”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Friday, July 26, 2024 Today’s 2-sol weekend plan is our first taste of a new location for a potential sampling campaign. We call today’s plan type: Drill Sol 1 – triage contact science. We arrived this morning to a lovely new workspace. The science team has beenContinue reading “Sols 4257-4258: A Little Nudge on Kings Canyon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Happy Wednesday, terrestrials! We wrapped up our Mammoth Lakes drill campaign only three weeks ago and are already looking for our next drill site. This will be the last drill campaign in the Gediz Vallis region, an area on Mars the Curiosity team has hadContinue reading “Sols 4255-4256: Just Passing Through”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Long before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the Moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists believed the Moon had a solid surface that would support astronauts and their landing craft, some believed a deep layer of dust covered it that would swallow any visitors. Until 1964,Continue reading “60 Years Ago: Ranger 7 Photographs the Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As part of its ongoing web and television modernization efforts, NASA is shifting its digital focus to its on-demand streaming service, NASA+, which has already gained four times more viewership than the agency’s traditional cable channel. To streamline how it brings the latest aeronautics, human spaceflight, science, and technology newsContinue reading “NASA Embraces Streaming Service to Reach, Inspire Artemis Generation”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Science Activation program’s PLACES (Broadening Data Fluency Through the Integration of NASA Assets and Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship) team – which focuses on supporting educators to implement Place-Based, Data-Rich (PBDR) instruction using NASA assets in their own contexts – recently published a blog postContinue reading “PLACES team publishes blog post on NextGenScience Blog”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Interested in having a NASA SCaN expert speak to your class or group? The SCaN program is accepting requests for visits (both virtual and in-person) during the coming calendar year. Request a virtual visit below. Request a visit with the SCaN team at: NASA Glenn NASA Goddard NASA’s Jet PropulsionContinue reading “Visit with NASA SCaN”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this image from May 4, 2017, a rabbit is nearly obscured by grass at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy shares a border with the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which is home to over 31 mammal species and hundreds of bird, fish, amphibian, and reptile species. Kennedy isContinue reading “Peekaboo!”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 21st commercial resupply services mission for the agency.  Mission teams are targeting 11:28 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 3, for the launch of the company’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fromContinue reading “NASA Offers Virtual Activities for 21st Northrop Grumman Resupply Mission”