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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Overview NASA’s Communications Services Project, known as CSP, is pioneering a new era of space communications by partnering with industry to provide commercial space relay communications services for NASA missions near Earth. CSP’s goal is to validate and deliver these commercial communication services to the Near Space Network by 2030.Continue reading “Communications Services Project”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this image from Jan. 12, 2024, NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli (left) and Loral O’Hara pose with a copy of “First Woman”, NASA’s first graphic novel, inside the International Space Station’s cupola. The interactive graphic novel chronicles the adventures of fictional astronaut Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to explore theContinue reading “NASA Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara Read “First Woman””

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Do we have enough fuel to get to our destination? This is probably one of the first questions that comes to mind whenever your family gets ready to embark on a road trip. If the trip is long, you will need to visit gas stations along your route to refuelContinue reading “Zero-Boil-Off Tank Experiments to Enable Long-Duration Space Exploration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has announced plans for an unprecedented survey of the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. It will peer deeper into this region than any other survey, mapping more of our galaxy’s stars than all previous observations combined. “There’s a really broad range ofContinue reading “NASA’s Roman Team Selects Survey to Map Our Galaxy’s Far Side”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The software discipline has broad involvement across each of the NASA Mission Directorates. Some recent discipline focus and development areas are highlighted below, along with a look at the Software Technical Discipline Team’s (TDT) approach to evolving discipline best practices toward the future. Understanding Automation Risk Software creates automation. RelianceContinue reading “Understanding Risk, Artificial Intelligence, and Improving Software Quality”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 completed the agency’s seventh commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday after splashing down safely in a Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. The international crew of four spent 199 days in orbit. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronautContinue reading “Splashdown! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Finishes Mission, Returns to Earth”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Interview with NESC Director, Tim Wilson  Upon reaching its 20th year of operations at NASA in 2023, the NESC is busier than it has ever been. With a portfolio of more than 160 in-progress requests from Agency programs, NESC Director Tim Wilson spends much of his day prioritizing, allocating fundsContinue reading “Looking Back, Moving Forward “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Andrew Chaikin, Independent Space Historian and member of the NESC Human Factors Technical Discipline Team  I recently watched NESC Deputy Director Mike Kirsch stand before a roomful of engineers at the Langley Research Center and tell them that with every passing day, NASA breaks a record: the longest stretchContinue reading “The Next Accident: How Do We Prevent It? “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NESC Honor Awards are given each year to NASA employees, industry representatives, and other stakeholders for their efforts and achievements in engineering, leadership, teamwork, and communication. These awards formally recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to the NESC mission, demonstrate engineering and technical excellence, and foster an open environment. Continue reading “NESC Honor Awards”

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