25 Years Ago: Launch of Deep Space 1 Technology Demonstration Spacecraft

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Oct. 24, 1998, NASA launched the Deep Space 1 spacecraft. Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Deep Space 1 served as a testbed for 12 new technologies, including solar electric, also known as ion propulsion, for use in future deep space and interplanetary missions. The spacecraft,Continue reading “25 Years Ago: Launch of Deep Space 1 Technology Demonstration Spacecraft”

How NASA Is Protecting Europa Clipper From Space Radiation

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To explore the mysterious ice-encrusted moon Europa, the mission will need to endure bombardment by radiation and high-energy particles surrounding Jupiter. When NASA’s Europa Clipper begins orbiting Jupiter to investigate whether its ice-encased moon, Europa, has conditions suitable for life, the spacecraft will pass repeatedly through one of the mostContinue reading “How NASA Is Protecting Europa Clipper From Space Radiation”

Observing Storms from the International Space Station

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY While the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above Earth on Oct. 20, 2023, astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli snapped this image of a storm in the Arabian Sea, less than 700 miles off the coast of Oman. In addition to photographing our planet from the space station, NASA also observes EarthContinue reading “Observing Storms from the International Space Station”

IV&V Program’s Orion Team Receives Space Flight Awareness Award

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY FAIRMONT – The NASA Independent Verification & Validation Program’s Orion Team received an award for their contributions to the Artemis I Mission during a ceremony hosted at the I-79 Technology Park, in Fairmont. The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Space Flight Awareness (SFA) Award Ceremony is an annual event recognizingContinue reading “IV&V Program’s Orion Team Receives Space Flight Awareness Award”

A Tale of Three Pollutants

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY It was a hazy August day on Chicago’s South Side, and Nedra Sims Fears was hosting a small gathering to talk about the air. Interstate-94, which bisects her Chatham neighborhood, hummed nearby. “This was the summer I spent watching summer out my window,” Fears said. That’s because asthma runs inContinue reading “A Tale of Three Pollutants”

Goddard Engineers Improve NASA Lidar Tech for Exploration

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lidar technology improvements will help NASA scientists and explorers with remote sensing and surveying, mapping, 3D-image scanning, hazard detection and avoidance, and navigation.

NASA’s Modern History Makers: Maricela Lizcano

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY >back to gallery Maricela Lizcano never dreamed of working for NASA. In fact, she wasn’t planning on furthering her education until she had a revelation in her late twenties. “I was watching one of those forensic shows, and I loved the way they caught the criminals with science,” said Lizcano,Continue reading “NASA’s Modern History Makers: Maricela Lizcano”

New Software Enables Atmospheric Modeling with Greater Resolution

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Next-generation software is making it easier for researchers, policy makers, and citizen scientists to model air quality and greenhouse gases using NASA meteorological data.

Why NASA’s Roman Mission Will Study Milky Way’s Flickering Lights

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide one of the deepest-ever views into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The mission will monitor hundreds of millions of stars in search of tell-tale flickers that betray the presence of planets, distant stars, small icy objects that haunt the outskirtsContinue reading “Why NASA’s Roman Mission Will Study Milky Way’s Flickering Lights”

Follow NASA’s Starling Swarm in Real Time

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Starling CubeSats are zipping through low Earth orbit in the agency’s latest test of robotic swarm technologies for space.  The four Starling spacecraft, launched in July 2023, are testing a group of small satellites ability to coordinate and cooperate independently without real-time updates from mission control. NASA invites theContinue reading “Follow NASA’s Starling Swarm in Real Time”

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