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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For 30 total minutes in February, NASA lit a beacon on the Moon – successfully testing a sophisticated positioning system that will make it safer for Artemis-era explorers to visit and establish a permanent human presence on the lunar surface. The Lunar Node 1 demonstrator, or LN-1, is an autonomousContinue reading “NASA Lights ‘Beacon’ on Moon With Autonomous Navigation System Test”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “If I knew that I was going to get to where I’m at [today], I would have gone through it all over again. I would have went through changing my major. I would have gone through the divorce. I would have went through the heartbreak of thinking, ‘I’m not going to be what IContinue reading “Icing Cloud Characterization Engineer Emily Timko”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The giant planet Jupiter, in all its banded glory, is revisited by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in these latest images, taken on January 5-6, 2024, capturing both sides of the planet. Hubble monitors Jupiter and the other outer solar system planets every year under the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program (OPAL).Continue reading “Hubble Tracks Jupiter’s Stormy Weather”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s TechFlights 2023 Selections Advance Space Science in Collaboration with Industry A new robot will be taking flight soon to test its ability to support biological and physical science experiments in microgravity.  As one of NASA’s 2023 TechFlights selections, this compact robot will have a chance to fly on aContinue reading “Compact Robot Takes Flight to Support CERISS Initiative”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Marshall Celebrates Alabama Space Day in Montgomery By Jessica Barnett Team members from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center joined Montgomery-area students, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, NASA’s aerospace partners, and elected officials in celebrating the aerospace industry’s impact in Alabama on March 5. This year’s event kicked off atContinue reading “The Marshall Star for March 13, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Fifty-five years ago today, NASA astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart splashed down 4.5 nautical miles from the USS Guadalcanal, concluding a successful 10-day Earth-orbital mission in space. In this image from March 13, 1969, a recovery helicopter hovers above the Apollo 9 spacecraft; theContinue reading “Apollo 9 Crew Comes Home”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA selected the first winners of the agency’s Space Tech Catalyst prize to expand engagement with underrepresented and diverse individuals in the space technology sector as part of the agency’s broader commitment to inclusivity and collaboration. The winners are receiving $25,000 each to create more inclusive space technology ecosystems. “AsContinue reading “NASA’s Space Tech Prize Bolsters Diversity, Inclusivity Champions “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA researchers are looking at the possibility of using a wingless, unpowered aircraft design from the 1960s to gather atmospheric data on other planets – doing the same work as small satellites but potentially better and more economically. John Bodylski, a principal investigator at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center inContinue reading “NASA Armstrong Updates 1960s Concept to Study Giant Planets”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A test version of the universal stage adapter for NASA’s more powerful version of its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket arrived to Building 4619 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Feb. 22 from Leidos in Decatur, Alabama. The universal stage adapter will connect the rocket’s upgraded in-spaceContinue reading “Evolved Adapter for Future NASA SLS Flights Readied for Testing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A NASA-funded team of scientists has discovered long-lasting radio signals emanating from the Sun that are similar to those associated with auroras – northern and southern lights – on Earth. Detected about 25,000 miles (40,000 km) above a sunspot – a relatively cool, dark, and magnetically active region on theContinue reading “NASA-Supported Team Discovers Aurora-Like Radio Bursts Above Sunspot”