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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Defeating dust may be a small concern for most people on Earth, but for astronauts and spacecraft destined for the Moon or Mars, it is a significant hazard that must be mitigated. That’s why researchers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are seeking innovative ways to use Electrodynamic DustContinue reading “NASA Technology Helps Guard Against Lunar Dust”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1. The DC-8 and crew were welcomed back with a celebratory water salute by the U.S Air Force PlantContinue reading “NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After spending six-and-a-half-months aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will participate in a news conference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Monday, April 15, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will air live on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’sContinue reading “NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara to Discuss Space Station Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To address a rapidly changing space operating environment and ensure its preservation for generations to come, NASA released the first part of its integrated Space Sustainability Strategy, on Tuesday advancing the agency’s role as a global leader on this crucial issue. “The release of this strategy marks true progress forContinue reading “New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On April 8, 2024, a NASA photographer captured the total solar eclipse in Dallas. A small part of North America, from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, saw the total solar eclipse, while all North America and parts of Central America and Europe saw a partialContinue reading “Seeing Totality”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts are using virtual reality to explore Gateway. When they slip on their headsets, they’re not just seeing the station—they’re in it, meticulously surveying every detail and offering crucial insights on design and functionality.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The energetic electrons that drive the aurora borealis (the northern lights) have a rich and very dynamic structure that we currently do not fully understand.  Much of what we know about these electrons comes from instruments that have fundamental limitations in their ability to sample multiple energies with high timeContinue reading “Making Ultra-fast Electron Measurements in Multiple Directions to Reveal the Secrets of the Aurora”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Three Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia April 8, 2024, during the solar eclipse. The rockets launched for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission to study the disturbances in the electrified region of Earth’s atmosphere known as the ionosphere created whenContinue reading “NASA Wallops Launches 3 Rockets During Eclipse in Virginia”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is opening access to space for more people by working with private industry on the development of new commercial space stations for low Earth orbit where the agency’s astronauts could fly in the future. New commercial space stations will be available to people beyond government or professional astronauts withContinue reading “NASA Shares Medical Expertise with New Space Station Partners”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo, a research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, received the Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Prize on April 8 in London. The prize, according to the RGS, recognizes “outstanding achievement by an individual in the pursuit and/or application of geographical research,Continue reading “NASA’s Lola Fatoyinbo Receives Royal Geographical Society Prize”