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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Through decades of hard work, three storytellers brought out of this world news down to Earth, providing a lens through which young and old could watch space exploration unfold. This week, NASA recognized the contributions of these Chroniclers during a May 15, 2024, ceremony at the agency’s Kennedy Space CenterContinue reading “NASA Honors Three Chroniclers for Helping Tell America’s Space Story  “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft shows some intriguing features on the ice-encased Jovian moon. Images from the JunoCam visible-light camera aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft supports the theory that the icy crust at the north and south poles of Jupiter’s moon Europa is not where it used to be. Another high-resolutionContinue reading “NASA’s Juno Provides High-Definition Views of Europa’s Icy Shell”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Our galaxy is a jewel box of red stars. More than 70% of the stars in the Milky Way are M dwarfs, also known as red dwarfs. These stars are cool and dim compared with our Sun, but they often blast orbiting exoplanets with high-energy radiation, especially early in theirContinue reading “Discovery Alert: An Earth-sized World and Its Ultra-cool Star”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of a milestone review that will allow it to progress toward flight. A Flight Readiness Review board composed of independent experts from across NASA has completed a study of the X-59Continue reading “NASA’s X-59 Passes Milestone Toward Safe First Flight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The waning gibbous moon stands out against the dark backdrop of space in this April 26, 2024, image from the International Space Station. Waning gibbous is one of eight moon phases, occurring after the full moon. The Sun always illuminates half of the Moon while the other half remains dark,Continue reading “Good Night, Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The triple-star system is made up of the variable star HP Tau, HP Tau G2, and HP Tau G3. HP TauContinue reading “Hubble Views the Dawn of a Sun-like Star “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Do you want to peer deeper into the night sky? Are you feeling the urge to buy a telescope? There are so many options for budding astronomers that choosing one can be overwhelming. A first telescope should be easy to use and provide good quality views while being affordable. AsContinue reading “Binoculars: A Great First Telescope”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “I grew up in China. In China, everybody talks about what they want to be [when they grow up]. Many want to grow up to be a scientist or engineer. So I aspired to be a scientist from an early age. “… For the girls or women in science —Continue reading “Space Physics and Space Weather Scientist Dr. Yihua (Eva) Zheng”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Eleasa Kim, stationed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, leads the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program (CLDP) payload operations at Johnson Space Center, with 18 years of mission support under her belt. Her roles have included biomedical engineer flight controller, payload safety engineer for Artemis I, planning and analysisContinue reading “Eleasa Kim: Pioneering CLDP Payload Operations and Cultural Integration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY While NASA’s VIPER team has been focused on building the flight rover that will go to the South Pole of the Moon, the team has also been making preparations for environmental testing of the rover.  In April, the VIPER team passed a System Test Readiness Review, exploring the readiness ofContinue reading “Mission Manager Update: VIPER Rover Approved to Move into Environmental Testing!”