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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Monday, May 6, 2024 Curiosity’s set of complex activities and drive over the weekend executed perfectly and we started our planning today directly in front of a scarp, or wall, along a section of the upper Gediz Valis ridge known as “Pinnacle Ridge.” The view along this scarp didContinue reading “Sols 4178-4179: The Pinnacle Ridge Scarp”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 What a wonderful sight to see all the sedimentary structures. I am a geochemist, but I hear the excitement in the voices of my sediment-specialist colleagues, discussing all those textures and things to see. Generally, it is those features that allow us to determineContinue reading “Sols 4180-4182: Imaging fest!”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Questionnaire responses due by June 7, 2024 NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) is asking members of the lunar community to respond to a new Lunar Non-Interference Questionnaire that will inform the development of a framework for further work on non-interference of lunar activities. There is no fundingContinue reading “OTPS seeks input from the lunar community to inform a framework for further work on non-interference of lunar activities”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY New Flag is in the Stars for Marshall’s Huntsville Operations Support Center By Wayne Smith A new flag is flying closer to the stars outside the Huntsville Operations Support Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center following a May 2 ceremony. The white flag features a blue logo of Boeing’sContinue reading “The Marshall Star for May 8, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this Dec. 17, 2023, photograph of the Sulaiman Mountains in central Pakistan. The Sulaiman Mountains form a natural barrier between the plateaus to the west and the Indus River Valley to the east. Winds blowing from the Indian Ocean and Indus floodplain carryContinue reading “Sulaiman Mountain Haze”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system.  Renyu Hu from NASA’s Jet Propulsion LaboratoryContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After starting science operations in February, Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) studied the monster black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 4151. “XRISM’s Resolve instrument captured a detailed spectrum of the area around the black hole,” said Brian Williams, NASA’s project scientist for the mission at theContinue reading “NASA, JAXA XRISM Spots Iron Fingerprints in Nearby Active Galaxy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A quest for innovative ideas and development processes led biomedical engineer Kimia Seyedmadani to NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) in 2018. After working for several years to design and develop cutting-edge medical devices, Seyedmadani became frustrated with resistance to innovative ideas and  the regulatory processes with respect to a treatmentContinue reading “Johnson Celebrates AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Kimia Seyedmadani”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In a crowded control room on May 8, 1942, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) leaders George Lewis and John Victory pushed a button and spun a crank that activated a massive piston engine in the adjacent test cell of the Engine Propeller Research Building (EPRB). This commenced the firstContinue reading “1942: Engine Roars to Life in First Test at Future NASA Glenn”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A partnership between NASA and the French space agency, the satellite is poised to help improve forecasts of where and when flooding will occur in Earth’s rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are like our planet’s arteries, carrying life-sustaining water in interconnected networks. When Earth’s water cycle runsContinue reading “International SWOT Mission Can Improve Flood Prediction “