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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Stephen PollyRochester Institute of Technology In this project we will continue our Phase I efforts to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of a revolutionary power source for missions to the outer planets utilizing a new paradigm in thermal power conversion, the thermoradiative cell (TRC). Operating like a solar cell inContinue reading “Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Edward BalabanNASA ARC The future of space-based UV/optical/IR astronomy requires ever larger telescopes. The highest priority astrophysics targets, including Earth-like exoplanets, first generation stars, and early galaxies, are all extremely faint, which presents an ongoing challenge for current missions and is the opportunity space for next generation telescopes: larger telescopesContinue reading “Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Ethan SchalerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory We want to build the first lunar railway system, which will provide reliable, autonomous, and efficient payload transport on the Moon. A durable, long-life robotic transport system will be critical to the daily operations of a sustainable lunar base in the 2030’s, as envisioned inContinue reading “Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Mahmooda SultanaNASA Goddard Space Flight Center Missions to the outer solar system are an important part of NASA’s goals because these scarcely visited worlds, particularly the ice giants Neptune and Uranus, hold secrets about the formation and evolution of our solar system and countless others. However, due to the highContinue reading “ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration (SCOPE)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This April 20, 2024, image shows a first: all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), carried out a test to receive data from the agency’s Voyager 1 spacecraft at the same time. Combining the antennas’ receiving power, orContinue reading “By Their Powers Combined”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Ames Research CenterFemy McGrath*650-604-5116femy.d.mcgrath@nasa.gov Armstrong Flight Research CenterAlex Ray661-276-3162alex.m.ray@nasa.gov Glenn Research CenterLinda Hastings216-433-2315linda.m.hastings@nasa.gov Goddard Space Flight CenterRoberta Williams*301-286-9181roberta.m.williams@nasa.gov or gsfc-legal@mail.nasa.gov HeadquartersVictor Robinson*202-358-0550victor.t.robinson@nasa.gov or hq-ethicsteam@nasa.gov Johnson Space CenterJae Choi281-483-6727jaewon.choi-1@nasa.gov or JSCLegal@nasa.gov Kennedy Space CenterRoberto Sepulveda*321-867-0272roberto.a.sepulveda@nasa.gov Langley Research Center757-864-3221LaRC-DL-Ethics@mail.nasa.gov Marshall Space Flight CenterPam Bourque256-544-0024pam.bourque@nasa.gov NASA Management Office at Jet Propulsion LaboratoryHema Sresty818-354-2562hema.j.sresty@nasa.gov NASAContinue reading “Headquarters and Centers Ethic Contacts”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Nine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to the Red Planet. NASA has identified nine U.S. companies to perform a total of 12 concept studies of how commercial services can be applied to enable science missions to Mars.Continue reading “NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Explore the NASA Stennis newsletter, Lagniappe for May 2024. This issue features NASA’s announcement of the new center director of NASA Stennis, participation in solar eclipse events by NASA Stennis and more!

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY What to look for: Morning Meteors and May Planets See Mars, Saturn, and Mercury in the May morning sky. Antares slips behind the Moon for East Coast U.S. skywatchers. And the eta Aquariid meteors peak May 6th. Transcript What’s Up for May? The Moon hangs out with Saturn twice thisContinue reading “What’s Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Friday, April 26, 2024 Today we had a typically challenging Friday for planning. We are parked at the base of Pinnacle Ridge, with an interesting dark block named “Bilko Pinnacle” in our workspace (shown in the image).  This is the first block that is part of theContinue reading “Sols 4168-4170 Reaching the “Pinnacle” of Gediz Vallis Ridge (Pinnacle Ridge)”