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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program began installing the four emergency egress baskets at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the event of an emergency at the pad during the launch countdown, these baskets, similarContinue reading “Artemis Teams Install Emergency Escape Baskets at NASA Kennedy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Four new crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to performContinue reading “What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “I have been interested in aviation for as long as I can remember. There are pictures of me at two years old and younger with my face pinned against the window, watching airplanes taxi around the airport. I had never not known that I wanted to be a pilot. TheContinue reading “Astronaut Bob Hines”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NGC 3384, visible in this image, has many of the characteristic features of so-called elliptical galaxies. Such galaxies glow diffusely, are rounded in shape, display few visible features, and rarely show signs of recent star formation. Instead, they are dominated by old, aging, and red-hued stars. This stands in contrast to theContinue reading “Hubble Views a Galaxy Settling into Old Age”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Why is landing on Mars so difficult? Learn more about the challenges with a special late-month edition of Night Sky Notes!

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In honor of the members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery for the benefit all, the agency hosted its annual Day of Remembrance Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Traditionally held on the fourth Thursday in January each year, NASA Day ofContinue reading “NASA’s Day of Remembrance: Honoring Fallen Heroes”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Filled with more than 7,800 pounds of supplies, the Cygnus cargo spacecraft, carried atop the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, willContinue reading “Overview for NASA’s Northrop Grumman 20th Commercial Resupply Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Family members of fallen astronauts Kathie Scobee Fulgham, Lowell Grissom, Sheryl Chaffee, and Karen Bassett Stevenson place a wreath at the Space Mirror Memorial at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, during the agency’s Day of Remembrance. The annual tradition pays tribute toContinue reading “Kennedy Honors Fallen During Day of Remembrance”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, issued its 2023 annual report Thursday examining the agency’s safety performance, accomplishments, and challenges over the past year.  The report highlights 2023 activities and observations on NASA’s: In 2023, NASA continued to make meaningful progressContinue reading “NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2023 Annual Report”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers, imagery of its Jan. 18 flight sent to Earth this week indicates one or more ofContinue reading “After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends”