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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Michelle Minitti, Planetary Geologist at Framework Earth planning date: Friday, March 14, 2025 The rover successfully arrived at the “Humber Park” outcrop which, on this fine “Pi Day” on Earth, we could convince ourselves looked like a pie with a sandy interior and a rough and rocky crust.Continue reading “Sols 4481-4483: Humber Pie”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 completed the agency’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of America. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, returnedContinue reading “Welcome Home! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Back on Earth After Science Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After landing on the Moon with NASA science and technology demonstrations March 2, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 concluded its mission March 16. Analysis of data returned to Earth from the NASA instruments continues, benefitting future lunar missions. As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative andContinue reading “NASA Science Continues After Firefly’s First Moon Mission Concludes”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) welcomed a community of government, industry, and international partners to explore current technology needs around natural resources – both on Earth and “off world.” During a workshop held in February at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, participants discussed technologies thatContinue reading “NASA, USGS, Industry Explore Off-World Resource Development”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly developed airspace management system at 9 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, March 25, in Salinas, California. NASA’s new portable airspace management system, part of the agency’s Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO)Continue reading “NASA Invites Media to View Wildland Fire Technology Flight Test”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov – the members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission – smile at the camera in this Feb. 19, 2025, photo. While aboard the International Space Station, Hague, Williams, and Wilmore completed more than 900 hours of researchContinue reading “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Members Pose for Portrait”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media are invited to meet leaders in the space community during the 62nd annual Goddard Space Science Symposium, taking place from Wednesday, March 19, to Friday, March 21, at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Maryland. The symposium will also be streamed online. Hosted by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) in conjunctionContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to 62nd Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Skylab 3 astronauts witnessed many spectacular sights during their 858 orbital trips around the Earth in the summer of 1973. One involved watching powerful Hurricane Ellen take shape off the West African coast. “There’s a nice storm down there. She looks pretty big. She’s got a lot of clouds,” saidContinue reading “Observing Storms from Skylab”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astrophysics observations at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths often probe the most dynamic aspects of the universe. However, the high energy of ultraviolet photons means that their interaction with the materials that make up an observing instrument are less efficient, resulting in low overall throughput. New approaches in the development of thinContinue reading “Atomic Layer Processing Coating Techniques Enable Missions to See Further into the Ultraviolet”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Depending on where you stand at the lunar South Pole, you may experience temperatures of 130°F (54°C) during sunlit periods, or as low as -334°F (-203°C) in a permanently shadowed region. Keeping crews comfortable and tools and vehicles operational in such extreme temperatures is a key challenge for engineers atContinue reading “Bringing the Heat: Abigail Howard Leads Thermal Systems for Artemis Rovers, Tools”