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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft re-entered and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on Friday night, as expected. Launched in 2009 as the WISE mission, the spacecraft has been mapping the entire sky at infrared wavelengths over and over for nearly fifteen years. During that time, moreContinue reading “NASA’s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await!”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 233 miles (376 km) of Venus’ surface. The flyby will adjust Parker’s trajectory into its final orbital configuration, bringing the spacecraft to within an unprecedented 3.86 million miles of the solarContinue reading “Final Venus Flyby for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Queues Closest Sun Pass”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In August, the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (AAPS) announced a fellowship opportunity in partnership with the NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series. Fifty-five people applied! The applications came from graduate students and early career professionals in diverse disciplines, including astronomy, ecology, engineering, nursing, policy, and zoology, to name a few.Continue reading “Sadie Coffin Named Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences/NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series Fellow”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Nov. 3, 1994, space shuttle Atlantis took to the skies on its 13th trip into space. During the 11-day mission, the STS-66 crew of Commander Donald R. McMonagle, Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Payload Commander Ellen Ochoa, and Mission Specialists Joseph R. Tanner, Scott E. Parazynski, and French astronaut Jean-FrançoisContinue reading “30 Years Ago: STS-66, the ATLAS-3 Mission to Study the Earth’s Atmosphere”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has awarded the Custodial and Refuse/Recycle Services contract to Ahtna Integrated Services LLC  of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide trash, waste, and recycling services at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. This is a hybrid contract that includes a firm-fixed-price and an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity portion. The period of performanceContinue reading “NASA Awards Contract for Refuse and Recycling Services”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has released a new edition of Issue 4 of the Astrobiology Graphic History series. The issue now includes NASA’s Europa Clipper mission.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA-funded AI technology enabling autonomous rovers and drones now keeps an eye on conveyor belts

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Picture it: 1994. The first World Wide Web conference took place in Geneva, the first Chunnel train traveled under the English Channel, and just three years after the end of the Cold War, the first Russian instrument on a U.S. spacecraft launched into deep space from Cape Canaveral. The missionContinue reading “30 Years On, NASA’s Wind Is a Windfall for Studying our Neighborhood in Space”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Born and raised in Mexico City, Carlos Fontanot has dedicated 34 years to NASA. He supports the International Space Station Mission Integration and Operations Office, ensuring that high-quality imagery enhances mission objectives and operations.   Fontanot is known for conceiving and leading the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) project, which hasContinue reading “Station Nation: Meet Carlos Fontanot, the Imagery Manager Leaving a Legacy of Visual Storytelling “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Planets visible in November: Saturn shines in the south most of the night, Jupiter rises in the early evening, while Mars is visible in the early morning sky.