NASA Glenn’s Langley Legacy

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “[On December 15, 1941] a few shivering, startled Southerners from Langley, the vanguard of those in the Power Plants Division transferring to Cleveland, arrived in the biggest snowstorm in years,” recalled former receptionist Mary Louise Gosney. This vanguard was the first large group of NACA employees to relocate from theContinue reading “NASA Glenn’s Langley Legacy”

Hubble Observes an Askew Galaxy Coaxing Star Formation from its Partner 

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Arp 300 consists of two interacting galaxies, UGC 05028 (the smaller face-on spiral galaxy) and UGC 05029 (the larger face-on spiral). Likely due to its gravitational dance with its larger partner, UGC 05028 has an asymmetric, irregular structure, which is not as visible from ground-based telescopes but is quite distinctContinue reading “Hubble Observes an Askew Galaxy Coaxing Star Formation from its Partner “

NASA to Observe Day of Remembrance, Host Employee Safety Town Hall 

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 will host its annual Day of Remembrance Thursday, Jan. 25. Traditionally held on the fourth Thursday in January each year, NASA Day ofContinue reading “NASA to Observe Day of Remembrance, Host Employee Safety Town Hall “

NASA Science, Astrobotic Peregrine Mission One Concludes

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The first flight of NASA’s commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as well as other customer payloads intended for the Moon, has come to an end. After 10 days and 13 hours in space, Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One made a controlled re-entry on Earth over open waterContinue reading “NASA Science, Astrobotic Peregrine Mission One Concludes”

Deputy Discovery and Systems Health Technical Area Lead Dr. Rodney Martin

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “[In] everyone’s life, they have a pivotal moment when they ask the question, ‘What am I really doing? What am I here for?’ … I’m reminded of a credo that I came up [with] through the evolution of my engagement of a whole bunch of recreational pursuits [including being aContinue reading “Deputy Discovery and Systems Health Technical Area Lead Dr. Rodney Martin”

NASA’S OSIRIS-REx Curation Team Reveals Remaining Asteroid Sample

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The astromaterials curation team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston has completed the disassembly of the OSIRIS-REx sampler head to reveal the remainder of the asteroid Bennu sample inside. On Jan. 10, they successfully removed two stubborn fasteners that had prevented the final steps of opening the Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM)Continue reading “NASA’S OSIRIS-REx Curation Team Reveals Remaining Asteroid Sample”

Boston Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Students, staff, and researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and two local public schools in Boston will have an opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 9:55 a.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 23, on NASA+,Continue reading “Boston Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station”

NASA Goddard Experts to Take Part in February STEM Conference 

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Alongside experts from academia and industry, leaders from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will be on hand at the Feb. 25–29 PowerSource Global Summit conference in Orlando. Dr. Christyl Johnson, Goddard’s deputy center director for technology and research investments, will deliver the conference’s keynote address on Feb.Continue reading “NASA Goddard Experts to Take Part in February STEM Conference “

55 Years Ago: Six Months Until the Moon Landing

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The new year of 1969 dawned with optimism that NASA would meet President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. The previous year saw four Apollo missions, two uncrewed and two carrying three astronauts each, test different components ofContinue reading “55 Years Ago: Six Months Until the Moon Landing”

Hubble Views a Galactic Supernova Site

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This image features a relatively small galaxy known as UGC 5189A, which is located about 150 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study a supernova explosion in 2010 known as SN 2010jl. This particular supernova is notable because it was an exceptionallyContinue reading “Hubble Views a Galactic Supernova Site”

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