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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. This galaxy is a multi-talented light show, showing off an impressive array of different celestial lights. Like any spiral galaxy, shining stars fill its disk, giving theContinue reading “Hubble Captures a Galaxy with Many Lights”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Successfully deployed from the space shuttle Challenger during the February 1984 STS-41B mission, the Westar 6 and Palapa B2 communications satellites ended up in incorrect orbits due to failures of their upper stage rockets. During STS-51A in November 1984, Discovery’s second trip into space, the crew of Commander Frederick H.Continue reading “40 Years Ago: STS-51A – “The Ace Repo Company””

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Steve Jurczyk’s NASA career began in 1988 at Langley Research Center as an engineer in the Electronic Systems Branch. During his time at Langley, he served in other roles, including director of engineering and director of research and technology.  Jurczyk was named as director of Langley in 2014, then inContinue reading “Oral History with Stephen G. Jurczyk, 1962 – 2023”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A veteran of two space flights, Dr. Cleave served as a mission specialist on STS-61B and STS-30.  She went on to join NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and worked in the Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes as the Project Manager for SeaWiFS, an ocean color sensor which is monitoring vegetation globally. Continue reading “Oral History with Mary L. Cleave, 1947 – 2023”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Get Ready! Members of the cast and crew of the Broadway national touring production of “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations,” visited NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on Nov. 6, where they learned more about the center’s work in air, space, and science.Continue reading “The Cast and Crew of “Ain’t Too Proud” Visit NASA Langley”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Selected as an astronaut in 1978, Jon A. McBride served as the pilot for STS 41-G, launched October 5, 1984, the first shuttle mission to carry a full crew of seven. His other NASA assignments included lead chase pilot for the maiden voyage of Columbia and CAPCOM for three earlyContinue reading “Oral History with Jon A. McBride, 1943 – 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA recently welcomed more than 50 commercial food and commercial space companies to learn about the evolving space food system supporting NASA missions, including unique requirements for spaceflight, menu development, and food provisioning – essential elements for human spaceflight and sustainable living in space. The event, held at the agency’sContinue reading “NASA Shares Space Food Insight with Commercial Food Industry”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on Oct. 24, 2024. The green glow of Earth’s atmosphere is also visible on the horizon. Since the station became operational in November 2000, crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images like thisContinue reading “Earth Below”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Sept. 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Gulf Coast of Florida, inducing storm surges and widespread impacts on communities in its path. At the same time, NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, recorded enormous swells in the atmosphere that the hurricane produced roughly 55 miles above the ground.Continue reading “Hurricane Helene’s Gravity Waves Revealed by NASA’s AWE”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will help interpret data from missions like NASA’s Europa Clipper.