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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling scientists to model the fine particles’ role in climate change and more. NASA’s EMIT mission has created the first comprehensive maps of the world’s mineral dust-source regions, providing precise locations of 10 key minerals based on how they reflectContinue reading “NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this image from Dec. 8, 1993, astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton works with equipment during a spacewalk. The spacewalk was part of an 11-day mission, Servicing Mission 1, to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Shortly after Hubble was launched in 1990, NASA discovered a flaw in the observatory’s primary mirrorContinue reading “Astronaut Kathryn Thornton Works on Hubble Space Telescope”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday that after more than 30 years of service, the agency’s Stennis Space Center Director Richard Gilbrech will retire on Saturday, Jan. 13. Stennis Deputy Director John Bailey will serve as acting center director after Gilbrech’s departure, and a permanent successor will be identified followingContinue reading “2024 Leadership Changes to Include NASA Stennis Director’s Retirement”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Clare Luckey, an engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, has been named one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 Class of 2024. The other NASA honoree is Katie Konans, audio and podcasting lead at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list isContinue reading “NASA Engineer Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun, known as the solar wind. This was caused by a special type of solar event that was so powerful, it created aContinue reading “NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “I was on console as a part of the primary launch team [for Artemis I]. I was the Orion system specialist for Guidance, Navigation, and Control. … In a few missions, we’re sending astronauts to the Moon again, so being a part of the very, very first mission [was memorable].Continue reading “Lead Space Launch System Avionics Engineer Ales-Cia Winsley”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In a collaboration between multiple partners in the aviation industry, NASA is helping determine if the latest advances in aircraft engines and fuels can reduce atmospheric warming from condensation trails. Those condensation trails can trap heat in our atmosphere under specific conditions and increase the impact the aviation industry hasContinue reading “NASA and Partners Study Contrail Formation”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Mysterious features hide in near-infrared light Like a shiny, round ornament ready to be placed in the perfect spot on a holiday tree, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) gleams in a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. As part of the 2023 Holidays at the White House, FirstContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Stuns With New High-Definition Look at Exploded Star”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To compete in a race against the clock and each other, 18 student teams built complicated contraptions for the annual Invention Challenge at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Some 250 students hauled homemade machines they’d spent weeks honing to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Friday, Dec. 8, forContinue reading “Students Create Elaborate Homemade Machines for JPL Competition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Annual Science Conference to Feature NASA Leadership, Research NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will discuss the agency’s Artemis program during her keynote remarks in mid-December at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2023 annual meeting in San Francisco. Through Artemis, NASA will establish a long-term presence at the Moon forContinue reading “Annual Science Conference to Feature NASA Leadership, Research”