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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this image from Oct. 3, 2024, NASA’s mobile launcher 1 makes its way back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after undergoing upgrades and tests in preparation for the agency’s Artemis II mission. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s pathContinue reading “On the Road Again…”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Microgravity had no immediate effect on a person’s ability to perceive the height of an object, indicating that astronauts can safely perform tasks that rely on accurate and precise height judgments soon after arrival in space. We use the height and width of objects around us to complete tasks such as reachingContinue reading “Station Science Top News: Oct. 18, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Oct. 18, 1989, space shuttle Atlantis took off on its fifth flight, STS-34, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Its five-person crew of Commander Donald E. Williams, Pilot Michael J. McCulley, and Mission Specialists Shannon W. Lucid, Franklin R. Chang-Díaz, and Ellen S. Baker flew a five-dayContinue reading “35 Years Ago: STS-34 Sends Galileo on its Way to Jupiter”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY ESPO solves problems before you know you have them. If you are missing a canister of liquid nitrogen, got locked out of your rental car, or need clearance for a South Korean military base, you want ESPO in your corner. What is ESPO? While the Earth Science Project Office (ESPO)Continue reading “S-MODE, ASIA-AQ, and the Role of ESPO in Complex Airborne Campaigns”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passes over NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in this Oct. 13, 2024, image. This comet comes from the Oort Cloud, far beyond Pluto and the most distant edges of the Kuiper Belt. Though Comet C/2023 A3 will be visible through early November, the bestContinue reading “NASA Michoud Gets a Rare Visitor”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA, in partnership with AeroVironment and Aerostar, recently demonstrated a first-of-its-kind air traffic management concept that could pave the way for aircraft to safely operate at higher altitudes. This work seeks to open the door for increased internet coverage, improved disaster response, expanded scientific missions, and even supersonic flight. TheContinue reading “NASA and Partners Scaling to New Heights “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The fifth anniversary of the first all-female spacewalk by NASA astronauts Christina H. Koch and Jessica U. Meir seems like a good time to tell the story of women spacewalkers. Since the first woman stepped outside a spacecraft in 1984, 23 women from four nationalities have participated in 61 spacewalks.Continue reading “Five Years Ago: First All Woman Spacewalk”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A record number of Artemis Accords signatories, including the United States, gathered at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the world’s largest global space conference taking place in Milan this week, furthering discussions on the safe and responsible use of space for the benefit of all. During the space conference, topContinue reading “NASA, Artemis Accords Signatories Progress on Sustainable Exploration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA selected a crew of four research volunteers to participate in its last simulated mission to Mars in 2024 within a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Obaid Alsuwaidi, Kristen Magas, Tiffany Snyder, and Anderson Wilder will step into the 650-square-foot HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog) facilityContinue reading “NASA Selects Crew for 45-Day Simulated Mars Mission in Houston”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the striking spiral galaxy Messier 90 (M90, also NGC 4569), located in the constellation Virgo. In 2019, Hubble released an image of M90 created with Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) data taken in 1994, soon after its installation. That WFPC2 imageContinue reading “Hubble Captures a New View of Galaxy M90”