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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents a visually striking collection of interstellar gas and dust. Named RCW 7, the nebula is located just over 5,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. Nebulae are areas rich in the raw material needed to form new stars. Under the influence of gravity, parts ofContinue reading “Hubble Captures Infant Stars Transforming a Nebula”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Experienced spacewalkers, university students, flight controllers, and NASA team members at all stages of their career recently came together at Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) for an anniversary celebration that looked to the future as much as the past. The Office of STEM Engagement’s Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy ExperimentContinue reading “NASA Celebrates 10 Years of Human Spaceflight’s NExT Pioneers”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The San Francisco Bay Area has a new and interactive way to learn more about the innovative work of NASA’s Ames Research Center.  A newly redesigned NASA Ames Visitor Center at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California, reopened to the public June 22 at the NASA Fest atContinue reading “Liftoff! Redesigned NASA Ames Visitor Center Engages Kids, Families”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Saturday, June 1, 2024, thousands of community members attended the Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Community Day hosted by Christopher Newport University in partnership with Newport News Public Schools in Virginia. The event showcased many different facets of STEM fields and careers and offered hands-on experiences by nearlyContinue reading “NASA eClips Engages Families at 2024 STEM Community Day”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The 23-year-old orbiter is taking images that offer horizon-wide views of the Red Planet similar to what astronauts aboard the International Space Station see over Earth. NASA’s longest-lived Mars robot is about to mark a new milestone on June 30: 100,000 trips around the Red Planet since launching 23 yearsContinue reading “NASA’s Mars Odyssey Captures Huge Volcano, Nears 100,000 Orbits”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Who knew Earth’s upper atmosphere was like alphabet soup? NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has revealed unexpected C- and X-shaped formations in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere. While these alphabetical shapes have been observed before, GOLD sees themContinue reading “Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Blasting into Summer: Thousands Enjoy NASA in the Park By Wayne Smith It was a super Saturday in the park to celebrate space and the Rocket City. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center joined Downtown Huntsville Inc. and other community partners to host NASA in the Park, a public outreach eventContinue reading “The Marshall Star for June 26, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is fostering continued scientific, educational, and technological developments in low Earth orbit to benefit humanity, while also supporting deep space exploration at the Moon and Mars. As the agency transitions to commercially owned space destinations closer to home, it is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbitContinue reading “NASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In 1983, NASA received delivery of Discovery, the third space qualified vehicle in the agency’s space shuttle fleet. During the launch attempt for the STS-41D mission on June 26, 1984, Discovery’s onboard computers halted the countdown four seconds before liftoff, and after two of its main engines had already ignited.Continue reading “40 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Space Shuttle Launch Pad Abort”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 25, 2024. GOES-U is the fourth and final satellite in the current series of advanced weather satellites; it will provide continuous coverageContinue reading “NOAA’s GOES-U Satellite Launches”