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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Brayden McBee Humans living in space have confronted the challenge of maximizing the physical space available to them. As NASA works to return astronauts to the Moon with its Artemis campaign and chart a new era of deep space exploration with Gateway, humanity’s first space station in lunar orbit,Continue reading “NASA Names Winners in Lunar Gateway Packing and Storing Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An international crew of four reached orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 10:53 p.m. EST Sunday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is the agency’s eighth commercial crew rotation mission with the company to the spaceContinue reading “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launches to International Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Rae Anderson never set out to have a career with NASA, but the pursuit of opportunities around her interest in computer science led the Union City, Tennessee native to the agency that explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. In turn, Anderson’s desire to expand herContinue reading “NASA Stennis Software Assurance Expert Enjoys the Challenge Her Work Provides”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available opportunities with key dates requiring action are listed first. More information about each opportunity is detailed lower on this page.Continue reading “ARMD Solicitations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On 12/20/23, the Japanese Aerospace Agency (JAXA) conducted a series of special operations that reset the rotation speed of the Hinode momentum wheel (MW). The primary purpose of this exercise was to reduce/dampen disturbances to the Solar Optical Telescope focal plane images. This same MW maintenance operation was last performedContinue reading “Hinode Attitude and Control System (AOCS) Maintenance Operation”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For the first time in more than 50 years, NASA was able to collect data from new science instruments and technology demonstrations on the Moon. The data comes from the first successful landing of a delivery through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. The six instrumentsContinue reading “NASA Collects First Surface Science in Decades via Commercial Moon Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.” – Valentina Tereshkova “If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.” – Sally Ride “International cooperation isContinue reading “Women’s History Month: Celebrating Women Astronauts 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY New research suggests that sunlight-blocking particles from an extreme eruption would not cool surface temperatures on Earth as severely as previously estimated.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Harsh, low-angle sunlight, long and dark shadows, and a featureless terrain will make navigation difficult when NASA’s ISRU Pilot Excavator (IPEx) is sent to the Moon. Because of this, the IPEx team has begun testing various approaches to autonomously drive the excavator in a specially constructed rock yard that mimicsContinue reading “IPEx Autonomy Testing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This densely populated group of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1841, which is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way galaxy that lies about 162,000 light-years away. Satellite galaxies are bound by gravity in orbits around a more massive host galaxy. WeContinue reading “Hubble Uncovers a Celestial Fossil”