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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Rick Smith “The art of aerospace engineering is a matter of seeing around corners,” said NASA thermal analyst Jodi Turk. In the case of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, marking its 25th anniversary in space this year, some of those corners proved to be as far as 80,000 miles awayContinue reading “25 Years On, Chandra Highlights Legacy of NASA Engineering Ingenuity”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s X-66 aircraft, the centerpiece of its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, is taking the term “sustainable” to heart by reusing an old MD-90 cockpit as a base for its new X-66 simulator. When airplanes are retired, they often wind up in “boneyards” — storage fields where they spend years beingContinue reading “Boneyard Airplane Sees New Life as a NASA X-66 Simulator”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A rocket-propelled target is scheduled for launch July 27-28, 2024 from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in support of a U.S. Navy Fleet Training exercise. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be livestreamed nor will launch status updates beContinue reading “NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch for U.S. Navy Fleet Training”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Welcome to NASA Aeronautics’ live update page with news about NASA events and other festivities taking place throughout the week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, which we simply call Oshkosh. A Two-Minute Tour Tuesday, July 23 at 11 a.m. EDT Be sure to give us a follow on social mediaContinue reading “LIVE: NASA is with you from Oshkosh”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and its international partners are sending scientific investigations to the International Space Station on Northrop Grumman’s 21st commercial resupply services mission. Flying aboard the company’s Cygnus spacecraft are tests of water recovery technology and a process to produce stem cells in microgravity, studies of the effects of spaceflight onContinue reading “NASA’s 21st Northrop Grumman Mission Launches Scientific Studies to Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Day One is History  Monday, July 22 at 10 p.m. EDT  The sun has set over Wittman Regional Airport, site of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 air show as the first full day of activities comes to a close.  At the airshow’s Theater in the Woods venue, a tribute toContinue reading “LIVE: NASA is with you from Oshkosh”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Aviation’s Sustainable Future  Monday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. EDT  This afternoon NASA hosted its final panel of the day. “NASA on Hybrid Electric Airliners” focused on our efforts in researching sustainable aviation technologies and practices.  Four NASA experts on the panel were joined by representatives from GE Aerospace, magniX,Continue reading “LIVE: NASA is with you from Oshkosh”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) to provide launch services for NOAA’s JPSS-4 mission. The spacecraft is part of the multi-satellite cooperative Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program, a partnership between NASA and NOAA. This mission is theContinue reading “NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for NOAA’s JPSS-4 Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Panel about the Quesst Mission Monday, July 22 at 4:30 p.m. EDT  During the first NASA panel this week, NASA test pilots Nils Larson and Jim Less talked to a huge crowd about the supersonic X-59 quiet supersonic experimental aircraft, which is preparing for its first flight. Both pilotsContinue reading “LIVE: NASA is with you from Oshkosh”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To commemorate the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory launch, the Chandra team released this never-seen-before image of NGC 6872, a spiral galaxy in the Pavo (Peacock) constellation, on July 22, 2024. This image and 24 others, which all include data from Chandra, demonstrate how X-ray astronomy explores allContinue reading “Chandra Sees the Peacock’s Galaxy”