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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY It’s easy to get swept up in the swirling starry arms of this intermediate spiral galaxy, NGC 4654, in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy has a bright center and is labeled “intermediate” because it has characteristics of both unbarred and barred spirals. NGC 4654 is just north of the celestialContinue reading “Hubble Views a Vibrant Virgo Cluster Galaxy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The spacecraft is targeting an Oct. 12 liftoff atop a Falcon Heavy rocket. Its destination, a metal-rich asteroid, may tell us more about how planets form. In less than 24 hours, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is slated to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With its sights setContinue reading “Journey to a Metal-Rich World: NASA’s Psyche Is Ready to Launch”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Marshall Star for October 4, 2023.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA show evidence of water and high-carbon content, which together could indicate the building blocks of life on Earth may be found in the rock. NASA made the news Wednesday from its Johnson SpaceContinue reading “NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize Hispanic astronauts who have flown in space. The table below lists these individuals of various nationalities who have made significant contributions to their space programs. The first Hispanic astronauts completed short flights to a Soviet space station and aboard the space shuttle.Continue reading “NASA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2023”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY <back to gallery As a little boy in Málaga, Spain, Carlos Garcia-Galan had his sights set on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. “It’s something that called to me from the very beginning. I remember listening to the space shuttle countdowns and watching the launches on television,” said Garcia-Galan, European ServiceContinue reading “NASA’s Modern History Makers: Carlos Garcia-Galan”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Slated to launch on Oct. 12 with the Psyche mission, DSOC will demonstrate technologies enabling the agency to transmit higher data rates from deep space. NASA’s pioneering Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment will be the first demonstration of laser, or optical, communications from as far away as Mars. LaunchingContinue reading “5 Things to Know About NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Download the full-resolution version from the Space Telescope Science Institute. Filaments of dust and gas festoon this star-forming region in a new infrared image from MIRI. One of the greatest strengths of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is its ability to give astronomers detailed views of areas where new starsContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Captures an Ethereal View of NGC 346”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY PROJECT: Solar Wind Pickup Ion Composition Energy Spectrometer (SPICES) SNAPSHOT: SPICES is a new sensor that will help scientists discover where matter originates and how it is energized throughout the solar system Imagine that you have a secret decoder ring that you can use to decipher a secret message withContinue reading “Tracing the Origin and Energization of Plasma inthe Heliosphere”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team is exploring ways to support community efforts that will prepare for the deluge of data the mission will return. Recently selected infrastructure teams will serve a vital role in the preliminary work by creating simulations, scouting the skies with other telescopes, calibrating Roman’sContinue reading “NASA’s Roman Mission Gears Up for a Torrent of Future Data”