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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Next Generation Science Standards: Engineering Design (MS-PS4-1, MS-ETS1) Grades 5+ In this activity, students will create an “antenna” or “receiver” out of re-used materials. After construction is complete, the students test their design by throwing “data” (in this case, ping pong balls) across the room and comparing the message to testContinue reading “Telepong”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY There’s no “I” in team, and that holds true for NASA and its partners as the agency ramps up efforts to recruit tenured professors to research science for a semester at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tenured teachers work for up to a year in an areaContinue reading “NASA, Universities Take Learning Out of Classroom”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On July 15, 2009, space shuttle Endeavour began its 23rd trip into space, on the 2JA mission to the International Space Station, the 29th shuttle flight to the orbiting lab. During the 16-day mission, the seven-member STS-127 crew, working with Expedition 20, the first six-person crew aboard the station, completedContinue reading “15 Years Ago: STS-127 Delivers Japanese External Platform to Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Agency’s technology development prepared fuel cells for tomorrow’s renewable energy grids

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The stars above and on Earth aligned as an inspirational message and lyrics from the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” by hip-hop artist Missy Elliott were beamed to Venus via NASA’s DSN (Deep Space Network). The agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sent the transmission at 10:05 a.m.Continue reading “NASA Transmits Hip-Hop Song to Deep Space for First Time”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s official logo, nicknamed the “meatball,” turned 65 on July 15, 2024. The insignia dates back to 1959, when the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) metamorphosed into an agency that would advance both space and aeronautics: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. After a NASA Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center illustrator’s design wasContinue reading ““The Meatball’ Turns 65”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Near-infrared spectral analysis of terminator confirms differences in morning and evening atmosphere Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening atmosphere. WASP-39 b, a giant planet with a diameter 1.3 times greaterContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Buzzing with bees, baby birds, and wildflowers, the rooftop garden atop building 12 at Johnson Space Center in Houston reflects NASA’s commitment to environmental stewardship. Originally constructed in 1963, the facility was transformed in 2012, incorporating energy-efficient features that earned it LEED Gold certification. The certification is a globally recognizedContinue reading “Sky High Sustainability: NASA Johnson’s Pocket Prairie Flourishes Atop Building 12”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Just like your smartphone navigation app can instantly analyze information from many sources to suggest the best route to follow, a NASA-developed resource is now making data available to help the aviation industry do the same thing. To assist air traffic managers in keeping airplanes moving efficiently through the skies,Continue reading “NASA Cloud-Based Platform Could Help Streamline, Improve Air Traffic”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Curiosity is currently trekking across Gediz Vallis channel because, as my nephew’s favorite book says, if we can’t go around it… we’ve got to go through it! Recently we’ve been parked for a while on the channel to drill “Mammoth Lakes,” (https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/sols-4222-4224-a-particularly-prickly-power-puzzle/) andContinue reading “Sols 4241–4242: We Can’t Go Around It…We’ve Got To Go Through It!”