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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Voyager Project Scientist Ed Stone and other mission team members gave a framed copy of an iconic Voyager 1 solar system image that includes Earth as a “Pale Blue Dot” to President George H.W. Bush on June 7, 1990. The presentation was made at the White House in the OvalContinue reading “Space memory: Voyager gift for Pres. George H.W. Bush”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Full Experience: NASA, Marshall, and Arkansas Celebrate Total Solar Eclipse By Celine Smith More than 100,000 people from across the world gathered April 8 in Russellville, Arkansas, to witness an astronomical syzygy – the alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth – creating a solar eclipse with totality lastingContinue reading “The Marshall Star for April 17, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission has delivered its first operational data back to researchers, a feat made possible in part by innovative, data-storing technology from NASA’s Near Space Network, which introduced two key enhancements for PACE and other upcoming science missions. As a satellite orbits in space,Continue reading “NASA’s Near Space Network Enables PACE Climate Mission to ‘Phone Home’”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Riding in the back seat of a car can be boring. Riding in the back of a NASA aircraft is exhilarating, especially for photographers capturing NASA’s story. Jim Ross, photo lead at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was awarded first place for an image he took whileContinue reading “NASA Photographer Honored for Thrilling Inverted In-Flight Image”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space – not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is targeting launch on Tuesday, April 23 ( Wednesday, April 24 in NewContinue reading “NASA to Hoist Its Sail: Solar Sail Mission Gets Ready for Launch”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA announced the winners on Wednesday of the third annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the power of radioisotopes for space exploration. The competition asked students to learn about NASA’s Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), “nuclear batteries” the agency uses to exploreContinue reading “NASA Announces Winners of Power to Explore Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions, floods, and tornados can dramatically change the surface of Earth to the point where alterations are visible in space. Changes driven by human actions and interventions, such as mining and deforestation, are also visible in satellite imagery. For over 50 years, NASA’s Landsat satellites haveContinue reading “Tech Today: Taking Earth’s Pulse with NASA Satellites”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is planning to repair NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, during a spacewalk later this year. It will be the fourth science observatory in orbit serviced by astronauts. In May 2023, scientists discovered that NICER had developed a “light leak.” UnwantedContinue reading “Astronauts To Patch Up NASA’s NICER Telescope”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In anticipation of Earth Day, NASA invites media to a briefing at the agency’s headquarters on Friday, April 19, at 11 a.m. EDT. The event will share updates on NASA’s climate science and early data from the agency’s ocean-watching PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, as well as revealContinue reading “NASA Invites Media for Climate Update, New Earth Missions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This composite image shows the dazzling phases of the total solar eclipse, seen above the Flight Research Building at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on April 8, 2024. Glenn was the only NASA center in the eclipse path of totality, plunging into darkness for nearly four minutes as theContinue reading “Going Through Changes: Total Eclipse Over NASA Hangar”