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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Congrats to NASA partner Zooniverse for being named winners in the White House’s Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge! The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) designated 2023 as the year of Open Science, and invited innovators to submit stories of how they’ve advanced equitable open science. OSTP and its federal partners selectedContinue reading “NASA Partner Zooniverse Receives White House Open Science Award”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the Moon under Artemis, as well as future missions to Mars. Twenty-four projects from 21 organizations have been awarded under NASA’s Dual-Use TechnologyContinue reading “NASA Technology Grants to Advance Moon to Mars Space Exploration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected 40 undergraduate students for the first year of its Europa ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists) internship program, supporting the agency’s Europa Clipper mission. Europa ICONS matches students with mentors from the mission’s science team for a 10-week program to conduct original scientific research on topics relatedContinue reading “NASA Selects Students for Europa Clipper Intern Program”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC) has selected six visionary concept studies for additional funding and development. Each study has already completed the initial NIAC phase, showing their futuristic ideas – like a lunar railway system and fluid-based telescopes – may provide fresh perspectives and approaches as NASA explores theContinue reading “NASA Doubles Down, Advances Six Innovative Tech Concepts to New Phase”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore launches aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station Monday, May 6 on its first crewed flight, one of his best friends will have played a key role in getting him there.  Billy Stover, chief safety officer for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and WilmoreContinue reading “NASA Mission Strengthens 40-Year Friendship “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On May 4, 1989, space shuttle Atlantis took off on its third flight, STS-30, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Its five-person crew of Commander David M. Walker, Pilot Ronald J. Grabe, and Mission Specialists Mark C. Lee, Norman E. Thagard, and Mary L. Cleave flew a four-dayContinue reading “35 Years Ago: STS-30 Launches Magellan to Venus”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astronomers have discovered enormous circular radio features of unknown origin around some galaxies. Now, new observations of one dubbed the Cloverleaf suggest it was created by clashing groups of galaxies. Studying these structures, collectively called ORCs (odd radio circles), in a different kind of light offered scientists a chance toContinue reading “X-ray Satellite XMM-Newton Sees ‘Space Clover’ in a New Light”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Marshall Prepares for Strategic Facilities Updates  NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is getting ready for the next big step in the evolution of its main campus. Through a series of multi-year infrastructure projects, Marshall is optimizing its footprint to assure its place as a vibrant and vital hub for theContinue reading “The Marshall Star for May 1, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected BAE Systems (formerly known as Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation) of Boulder, Colorado, to develop an instrument to monitor air quality and provide information about the impact of air pollutants on Earth for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended ObservationsContinue reading “NASA Selects BAE Systems to Develop Air Quality Instrument for NOAA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Brianna ClementsHowe Industries The future of a space-faring civilization will depend on the ability to move both cargo and humans efficiently and rapidly. Due to the extremely large distances that are involved in space travel, the spacecraft must reach high velocities for reasonable mission transit times. Thus, a propulsion systemContinue reading “Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR): Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars”