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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On May 6, 2004, NASA announced the selection of its 19th group of astronauts. The group comprised 11 candidates – two pilots, six mission specialists, and three educator mission specialists – and included two women, two Hispanic Americans, and one African American. Three astronauts from the Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyContinue reading “20 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 19th Group of Astronauts”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) returned to science operations May 3 and is once again making observations. The satellite went into safe mode April 23 following a separate period of down time earlier that month. The operations team determined this latest safe mode was triggered by a failure toContinue reading “NASA’s TESS Returns to Science Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate solicited for a seventh round of University Leadership Initiative proposals in November 2022. The ULI Round 7 selections were announced in February 2024. Stress Testing and Hardening the NAS for Safe, Efficient, and Resilient Growth Principal Investigator: Mark Hansen (University of California – Berkeley) Co-Investigators: Raja SenguptaContinue reading “ULI Round 7 Awards”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event for the 2024 App Development Challenge (ADC), one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from April 15-18, 2024. The coding challenge, celebrating its fifth year and a partContinue reading “NASA Challenge Gives Artemis Generation Coders a Chance to Shine”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the benefit of all including greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean surface currents, and changes in ice and glaciers around the world. These four investigations are part of theContinue reading “New Proposals to Help NASA Advance Knowledge of Our Changing Climate”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This April 1, 2018, enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The image is a combination of three separate images taken as Juno performed its 12th close flyby of the planet. The Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds twice as wide asContinue reading “Jupiter’s Great Red Spot”

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”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY When the Orion spacecraft carries the first Artemis crews to the Moon and back, it will rely on the European Service Module contributed by ESA (European Space Agency) to make the journey. The service module provides electrical power generation, propulsion, temperature control, and consumable storage for Orion, up to theContinue reading “White Sands Propulsion Team Tests 3D-Printed Orion Engine Component”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Today, Ken Carpenter is a scientist for NASA’s Hubble and Roman space telescopes, but in 1967 he was just a teenager at his local library out to fact-check a “Star Trek” episode. Name: Kenneth G. CarpenterTitle: Operations Project Scientist for Hubble Space Telescope; Ground System Scientist for Roman Space Telescope;Continue reading “Ken Carpenter: Ensuring Top-Tier Science from Moon to Stars”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY When imaging faint objects such as distant stars or exoplanets, capturing every last bit of light is crucial to get the most out of a scientific mission. These cameras must be extremely low-noise, and be able to detect the smallest quantities of light—single photons.  Superconducting cameras excel in both ofContinue reading “Breaking the Scaling Limits: New Ultralow-noise Superconducting Camera for Exoplanet Searches”