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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Scientists and engineers are ready to fly an infrared mission called EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) to the edge of space.  EXCITE is designed to study atmospheres around exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, during circumpolar long-duration scientific balloon flights. But first, it must complete a test flight during NASA’s fall 2024Continue reading “NASA’s EXCITE Mission Prepared for Scientific Balloon Flight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected three additional companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract. The companies awarded are: The VADR contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity instrument with an ordering period through Feb. 3, 2027 and a maximum total value ofContinue reading “NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold an internal Agency Test Flight Readiness Review on Saturday, Aug. 24, for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. About an hour later, NASA will host a live news conference at 1 p.m. EDT from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch theContinue reading “Leadership to Discuss NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured the start of this orbital sunrise on Aug. 15, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station. Crew members aboard the orbital lab have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the Moon through Crew Earth Observations.Continue reading “Sunrise Begins”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA rolled out a key piece of space flight hardware for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign from Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Wednesday, Aug. 21 for shipment to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cone-shapedContinue reading “NASA Moves Artemis II Rocket Adapter, Prepares for Shipment”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Introduction First as a bite, then a half Moon, until crescent-shaped shadows dance through the leaves and the temperature begins to drop – a total solar eclipse can be felt growing in the atmosphere. As the sky darkens in the few minutes before totality, the sounds of animals begin toContinue reading “Looking Back on Looking Up: The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the nearby dwarf irregular galaxy Leo A, located some 2.6 million light-years away. The relatively open distribution of stars in this diminutive galaxy allows light from distant background galaxies to shine through. Astronomers study dwarf galaxies like Leo A because they are numerousContinue reading “Hubble Finds Structure in an Unstructured Galaxy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Discover the cutting-edge technology powering Gateway, humanity’s first lunar space station.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Aircraft Management Advisory Board (AMAB), which manages the agency’s aircraft fleet, has decided to relocate the agency’s P-3 aircraft at Wallops to Langley Research Center. The decision is part of a long-running, NASA-wide aircraft enterprise-management activity to consolidate the aircraft fleet where feasible and achieve greater operational efficienciesContinue reading “Update on NASA Wallops Aircraft and Airfield Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Hundreds Honored at Marshall, NASA Awards Ceremony NASA Chief Financial Officer Margaret Vo Schaus speaks to audience members and honorees Aug. 15 during the 2023 Agency/Center Honor Awards at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Activities Building 4316. In all, 332 Marshall team members were awarded this year for theirContinue reading “The Marshall Star for August 21, 2024”