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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In May, the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility, located at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, celebrated the newest generation of its hyperwall system, a wall of LCD screens that display supercomputer-scale visualizations of the very large datasets produced by NASA supercomputers and instruments.  The upgrade is theContinue reading “NASA’s Upgraded Hyperwall Offers Improved Data Visualization”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected 23 minority-serving institutions to receive $1.2 million to grow their research and technology capabilities, collaborate on research projects, and contribute to the agency’s missions for the benefit of humanity. Through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Partnership Learning Annual Notification (MPLAN) award, selected institutions willContinue reading “NASA Awards Support STEM Research at Minority Serving Institutions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas recently performed four moonwalk simulations to help NASA prepare for its Artemis III mission. Due to launch in September 2026, Artemis III will land two, yet-to-be-selected, astronauts at the Moon’s South Pole for the first time. Traveling to space requires immense preparation, notContinue reading “Behind the Scenes of a NASA ‘Moonwalk’ in the Arizona Desert”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency and will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. NASA, NorthropContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s 21st Station Resupply Launch”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. The Management and Operations of NASA’s IRTF is a hybrid firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision. The contract has a maximum potential value of approximatelyContinue reading “NASA Awards Contract for Infrared Telescope Facility Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Forum brought 12 university teams from across the United States to Huntsville, Alabama, near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center, to showcase their innovative concepts for addressing the complex issue of managing lunar dust. The 12 finalists, selected in March 2024, presented their finalContinue reading “NASA Announces Winners of Inaugural Human Lander Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This labyrinth – with a silhouette of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes at its center – is used as a calibration target for the cameras and laser that are part of SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals), one of the instruments aboard NASA’s PerseveranceContinue reading “The Maze is Afoot”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s public competitions can catalyze big changes – not just for the agency but also for participants. Bronco Space, the CubeSat laboratory at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California, matured more than just space technology as a result of winning funds from NASA’s TechLeap Prize competition. It grew fromContinue reading “NASA Opportunities Fuel Growth and Entrepreneurship for Bronco Space Club Students”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Technological innovations make headlines every day, and NASA’s In Space Production Applications (InSPA) Portfolio of awards are driving these innovations into the future. InSPA awards help U.S. companies demonstrate in-space manufacturing of their products and move them to market, propelling U.S. industry toward the development of a sustainable, scalable, and profitable non-NASAContinue reading “In Space Production Applications News”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Space Science Institute, with funding from the NASA Science Mission Directorate and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, provided unprecedented training, support, and supplies to 15,000 libraries in the U.S. and territories in support of public engagement during the 2023 and 2024 eclipses. From September 2022 to September 2024, theseContinue reading “NASA@ My Library and Partners Engage Millions in Eclipse Training and Preparation”