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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As the agency explores more of the Moon than ever before under the Artemis campaign, NASA will celebrate the 55th anniversary of the first astronauts landing on the Moon through a variety of in-person, virtual, and engagement activities nationwide between Monday, July 15, and Thursday, July 25. Events will honorContinue reading “NASA to Commemorate 55th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To celebrate the second science anniversary of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the team has released a near- and mid-infrared image on July 12, 2024, of two interacting galaxies: The Penguin and the Egg. Webb specializes in capturing infrared light – which is beyond what our own eyes can see –Continue reading “Two Years Since Webb’s First Images: Celebrating with the Penguin and the Egg”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In June, engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, unveiled an innovative, 11-inch hybrid rocket motor testbed. The new hybrid testbed, which features variable flow capability and a 20-second continuous burn duration, is designed to provide a low-cost, quick-turnaround solution for conducting hot-fire tests of advanced nozzlesContinue reading “NASA Marshall Engineers Unveil Versatile, Low-cost Hybrid Engine Testbed”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Two for two! A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant observations, including images and highly detailed data known as spectra. Its operations have led to a “parade” of discoveries by astronomers around the world. “Since President Biden andContinue reading “Vivid Portrait of Interacting Galaxies Marks Webb’s Second Anniversary”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Measuring the distance to truly remote objects like galaxies, quasars, and galaxy clusters is a crucial task in astrophysics, particularly when it comes to studying the early universe, but it’s a difficult one to complete. We can only measure the distances to a few nearby objects like the Sun, planets,Continue reading “Hubble Measures the Distance to a Supernova”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Engle died July 10, surrounded by his family at home in Houston. Among his many honors, he is the only astronaut to pilot both the X-15 and space shuttle. He was 91. Engle became an astronaut at age 32 whileContinue reading “NASA Remembers Retired Astronaut, US Air Force Pilot Joe Engle”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A few days before they left Skylab on Feb. 8, 1974, the final crew to occupy the station raised its altitude, hoping to keep it in orbit until a future space shuttle could revisit it. But higher than predicted solar activity caused the Earth’s atmosphere to expand, increasing drag onContinue reading “45 Years Ago: Skylab Reenters Earth’s Atmosphere”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “We have a group photo of my first project here, ASTRO-H, and that one means a lot to me because I came [to that NASA project] fresh off the street. I was super scared and intimidated. It was me and three other [technicians], who were also all new, and aContinue reading “Electrical and Mechanical Technician Clifton Brown”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Team members are installing pedestals aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge to hold and secure the massive core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, indicating NASA barge crews are nearly ready for its first delivery to support the Artemis II test flight around the Moon. The barge will ferry theContinue reading “NASA Barge Preparations Underway for Artemis II Rocket Stage Delivery”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY It’s time to take a cosmic road trip using light as the highway and visit four stunning destinations across space. The vehicles for this space get-away are NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope. The first stop on this tour is the closest, Rho Ophiuchi, at a distanceContinue reading “Take a Summer Cosmic Road Trip With NASA’s Chandra and Webb”