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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lunar scientist Casey Honniball conducts lunar observations and field work near volcanoes to investigate how astronauts could use instruments during moonwalks. Name: Casey HonniballTitle: Lunar scientistOrganization: Planetary Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Laboratory, Science Directorate (Code 698) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here atContinue reading “Casey Honniball: Finding Her Space in Lunar Science”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA released Tuesday the first episode of a new six-part podcast series for first-time space explorers to learn about the Sun. Ahead of the total solar eclipse in April, NASA’s Sun + Eclipse Series will focus on the sphere full of swirling magnetic fields and explosions of hot gases. NewContinue reading “NASA’s Curious Universe Podcast Unveils New Sun + Eclipse Series”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Globally, nearly all wildfires start with a human ignition source – not lightning strikes or wildlife encountering power equipment. Knowing humans can be a primary cause is an example of the sort of knowledge that helps predict and prevent wildfires, a challenge that NASA and the firefighting industry are undertakingContinue reading “Tech Today: NASA Helps Find Where the Wildfires Are”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A trio of astronauts visited with employees at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 18, 2024, to share their spaceflight experiences aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi all served as flight engineersContinue reading “Expedition 69 Astronauts Tour NASA Goddard, Speak With Employees”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity mission will extend a decades-long record of following shifting water masses using gravity measurements. NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR (German Aerospace Center) have agreed to jointly build, launch, and operate a pair of spacecraft that will yield insights into how Earth’sContinue reading “US, Germany Partnering on Mission to Track Earth’s Water Movement”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), and Walter M. Schirra Jr., pose for the camera during suiting up exercises on Oct. 22, 1965. Stafford was selected among the second group of astronauts in September 1962 by NASA to participate in Projects Gemini and Apollo. In December 1965, he piloted Gemini VI,Continue reading “Gemini VI Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Walter M. Schirra Jr.”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media are invited to join NASA and Department of Health and Human Services leadership at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, to highlight how the agencies are making progress toward President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative. During the event,Continue reading “NASA Administrator, Health Secretary to Host Cancer Moonshot Event”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk. When NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) deliberately smashed into a 560-foot-wide (170-meter-wide) asteroid on Sept. 26, 2022, it made its mark in more waysContinue reading “NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On March 15, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory entered into safe mode, temporarily suspending science operations due to degrading performance from one of its three gyroscopes (gyros), which are used to point the observatory for making observations. The rest of the spacecraft remains in good health. Swift is designed toContinue reading “NASA’s Swift Temporarily Suspends Science Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday’s passing of Thomas Stafford, a lifelong space exploration advocate, former NASA astronaut, and U.S. Air Force general:  “Today, General Tom Stafford went to the eternal heavens, which he so courageously explored as a Gemini and Apollo astronaut asContinue reading “NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to Space Pioneer Thomas Stafford “