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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data. Declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake and Lake Mead have been testaments to a megadrought afflicting westernContinue reading “NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn’t Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The school year has come to an end, and those long summer days are stretching ahead like an open runway. Parents and educators often worry about the “summer slide,” the concept that students may lose academic ground while out of school. But summer doesn’t mean students’ imaginations have to stayContinue reading “Slow Your Student’s ‘Summer Slide’ and Beat Boredom With NASA STEM”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY New data revises our view of this unusual supernova explosion. A team of scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to parse the composition of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. With the telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) and NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), theContinue reading “Investigating the Origins of the Crab Nebula With NASA’s Webb”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing design to create physical and digital research models to better understand how air moves around an aircraft during takeoff and landing. Various organizations are doing computer modeling with computational tools and conducting wind tunnel tests using the sameContinue reading “Globetrotting NASA Research Model Increases Accuracy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Over 1,000 students from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico launched high-powered, amateur rockets on April 13, just north of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the agency’s annual Student Launch competition. Teams of middle school, high school, college, and university students were tasked toContinue reading “NASA Announces Winners of 2024 Student Launch Competition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner’s mission and departure from the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test in a pre-departure media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 18. NASA, Boeing, and station management teams will evaluate mission requirements and weather conditions at availableContinue reading “NASA, Boeing to Discuss Starliner’s Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Each year, Black Space Week celebrates the achievements of Black Americans in space-related fields. To kick-off Black Space Week 2024, NASA is collaborating with the National Space Council for the Beyond the Color Lines: From Science Fiction to Science Fact forum on Monday, June 17, at 11:30 a.m. EDT atContinue reading “NASA Joins National Space Council in Celebration of Black Space Week”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will host a virtual media briefing at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 20, to discuss a new summary of a recent tabletop exercise to simulate national and international responses to a hypothetical asteroid impact threat. The fifth biennial Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise was held April 2 and 3,Continue reading “NASA to Discuss Outcome of 5th Biennial Asteroid Threat Exercise”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This summer between June 17 and July 2, NASA will fly aircraft over Baltimore, Philadelphia, parts of Virginia, and California to collect data on air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.   The campaign supports the NASA Student Airborne Research Program for undergraduate interns. The East Coast flights will take placeContinue reading “NASA-Led Mission to Map Air Pollution Over Both U.S. Coasts”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Introduction The ninth Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Earth Polychromatic Camera (EPIC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Radiometer [NISTAR] Science Team Meeting (STM) was held virtually October 16–17, 2023. Over 35 scientists attended, most of whom were from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), with severalContinue reading “Summary of the Ninth DSCOVR EPIC and NISTAR Science Team Meeting”