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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Explore the April 2024 issue featuring: Gator Speaks Picture this. The year is 2044. It is 20 years into the future, and you think to yourself, “Life is all about moments. Sometimes we recognize the moment at hand, and at other times, it passes us by before we notice. IContinue reading “Lagniappe for April 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Apr. 6, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fifth flight, STS-41C. Its five-person crew of Commander Robert L. “Crip” Crippen, Pilot Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, and Mission Specialists Terry J. “TJ” Hart, James D. “Ox” Van Hoften, and George D. “Pinky Nelson flew a seven-day mission thatContinue reading “40 Years Ago: STS-41C, the Solar Max Repair Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two galaxies interacting due to gravity: NGC 5996 (the large spiral galaxy) and NGC 5994 (its smaller companion, in the lower left of the image). Both galaxies lie approximately 160 millionContinue reading “Hubble Peers at Pair of Closely Interacting Galaxies”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Cherie Beech knows full well the opportunity that working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, affords. Since arriving at the federal city as a contractor 26 years ago, she since has expanded her skillset and grown as a member of the NASA Stennis team. “We areContinue reading “NASA Employee Grateful for Opportunities at NASA Stennis”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As the infrared space telescope continues its long-duration survey of the universe, it is creating a unique resource for future astronomers to make new discoveries. NASA’s NEOWISE mission has released its 10th year of infrared data – the latest in a unique long-duration (or “time-domain”) survey that captures how celestialContinue reading “NASA’s NEOWISE Extends Legacy With Decade of Near-Earth Object Data”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Several air taxi companies are using a NASA-developed computer software tool to predict aircraft noise and aerodynamic performance. This tool allows manufacturers working in fields related to NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility mission to see early in the aircraft development process how design elements like propellors or wings would perform. ThisContinue reading “NASA Noise Prediction Tool Supports Users in Air Taxi Industry”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Details DoD-NASA Lidar TIM August 13-15, 2024 MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Arlington, VA (Crystal City)241 18th St S, Arlington, VA 22202 MIT Lincoln Laboratory is hosting a TIM between NASA and DoD to facilitate the sharing of lidar knowledge between these institutions and identify potential areas of collaboration that maximallyContinue reading “Save-The-Date: DoD-NASA Lidar Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA-funded molecular research enables better disease detection

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Three Black Brant IX sounding rockets for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission are scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility launch range in Virginia. The launch window opens April 8, 2024, at 2:40 p.m. EDT.   Launching approximately 45 minutes before, during, and after the peak localContinue reading “NASA Wallops to Launch Three Sounding Rockets During Solar Eclipse “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Structures Technical Discipline Team (TDT) was involved in numerous investigations this past year, but composites, fracture mechanics, and pressure vessels dominate the list. All three of these specialties are important to composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPV). One of the TDT’s most important findings this year was the exposure ofContinue reading “Advances in Understanding COPV Structural Life “