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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY What to Look for in July The scorpion’s star clusters, and Mars reveals elusive Uranus Follow the tail of Scorpius to locate star clusters M6 and M7, let Mars guide you to observe planet Uranus, and see the Moon gather a group of planets in the morning. Highlights Transcript What’sContinue reading “What’s Up: July 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The fifth Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise focused on an asteroid impact scenario designed by NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. A large asteroid impacting Earth is highly unlikely for the foreseeable future. But because the damage from such an event could be great, NASA leads hypothetical asteroidContinue reading “NASA Asteroid Experts Create Hypothetical Impact Scenario for Exercise”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA hosted a meeting to share knowledge with companies developing future commercial destinations at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The discussion could aid in developing safe, reliable, innovative, and cost-effective space stations. Industry representatives from more than 20 companies attended. The program focused on NASA’s planned use ofContinue reading “NASA Shares Use Requirements with Commercial Destination Partners”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Bente Eegholm is an optical engineer working to ensure missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have stellar vision. When it launches by May 2027, the Roman mission will shed light on many astrophysics topics, like dark energy, which are currently shrouded in mystery. Bente’s past work has includedContinue reading “Bente Eegholm: Ensuring Space Telescopes Have Stellar Vision”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Four dedicated explorers—Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef Al Romaithi, and Piyumi Wijesekara—just returned from a 45-day simulated journey to Mars, testing the boundaries of human endurance and teamwork within NASA’s HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog) habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Their groundbreaking work on HERA’s Campaign 7 Mission 2Continue reading “Mission Success: HERA Crew Successfully Completes 45-Day Simulated Journey to Mars “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Stennis Space Center and partner Sidus Space Inc. announced primary mission success July 2 for the center’s historic in-space mission – an autonomous systems payload aboard an orbiting satellite. “Our ASTRA (Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications) payload is active and operational,” NASA Stennis Center Director John Bailey said.Continue reading “NASA Stennis Achieves Primary Success for Historic In-Space Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Monday, July 1, 2024 Have you ever wondered what it might look like to ride along with the rover? Probably not as much as we have here on the planning team, where we are looking at the images on a daily basis. I always wish I couldContinue reading “Sols 4232-4233: Going For a Ride, Anyone?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s near-Earth-object-hunting mission NEOWISE is nearing its conclusion. But its work will carry on with NASA’s next-generation infrared mission: NEO Surveyor. After more than 14 successful years in space, NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission will end on July 31. But while the mission draws to aContinue reading “NASA’s NEOWISE Infrared Heritage Will Live On”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth Planning Date: Friday, June 28, 2024 After reviewing results from the Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA) experiment that were downlinked yesterday afternoon (Sols 4226-4228: A Powerful Balancing Act), the SAM team decided they’d like to go ahead with a second experiment to analyze the Mammoth Lakes 2 drilled sample. ThisContinue reading “Sols 4229-4231: More Analyses of the Mammoth Lakes 2 Sample!”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft captured this last “eyeful” of Saturn and its rings on March 27, 2004, as it continued its way to orbit insertion. This natural color image shows the color variations between atmospheric bands and features in the southern hemisphere of Saturn, subtle color differences across the planet’s middleContinue reading “Cassini Sees Saturn”