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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This vibrant Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 1566, sometimes informally referred to as the ‘Spanish Dancer Galaxy’. Like the subject of another recent image, NGC 1566 is a weakly-barred or intermediate spiral galaxy. This means that it does not have a clearly present or a clearlyContinue reading “Hubble Tangos with a Dancer in Dorado”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of former NASA astronaut Rear Adm. (ret.) Thomas K. (TK) Mattingly II. “We lost one of our country’s heroes on Oct. 31. NASA astronaut TK Mattingly was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and hisContinue reading “NASA Administrator Remembers Apollo Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s aeronautical innovators have completed a significant step in their pursuit of safer, more efficient aviation technologies that spot hazards before they occur. Through its System-Wide Safety project, NASA and its partners in government, industry, and academia are exploring new technologies and techniques to improve current aviation safety and potentiallyContinue reading “NASA Completes Key Step in Aviation Safety Research”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Crew time is a valuable resource on the International Space Station and its value only increases for future space missions. One way to make the most of crew time is using robotic technology either to assist crew members with various tasks and or to completely automate others. A current investigationContinue reading “Science in Space: Robotic Helpers”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Nov. 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA leadership, including Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, will participate in a workshop on space mobility and in-space servicing on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the University of Maryland in College Park. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. EST, the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC) workshop runs through Wednesday, Nov. 8.Continue reading “Workshop to Highlight NASA’s Support for Mobility, In-Space Servicing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Rows upon rows of cobalt-blue spires in Goddard’s antenna chamber evoke a soundproof room from a recording studio. Much like laying down tracks on a hit album, this testing facility ensures clean takes for NASA missions’ antennas and their data transmissions.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The James Webb Space Telescope captures new details of the Crab Nebula, 6,500 light-years away, in this image released on Oct. 30, 2023. The Crab Nebula, the well-studied. While these remains of an exploded star have been well-studied by multiple observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope, Webb’s infrared sensitivity andContinue reading “Details from Webb’s Cameras Reveal Crabby Composition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A system of seven sweltering planets has been revealed by continued study of data from NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope: Each one is bathed in more radiant heat from their host star per area than any planet in our solar system. Also unlike any of our immediate neighbors, all sevenContinue reading “Scorching, Seven-Planet System Revealed by New Kepler Exoplanet List”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Read this release in English here. La NASA está haciendo más fácil para el público avistar Estación Espacial Internacional, el hogar de la humanidad en el espacio, mientras esta sobrevuela la Tierra, así como ampliando el acceso a noticias y recursos sobre este laboratorio en microgravedad con una nueva aplicación paraContinue reading “Una nueva aplicación de la NASA ayuda a avistar la estación espacial”