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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Jan. 19, 2024, at 10:20 a.m. EST, the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed on the lunar surface. Five days later, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft passed over the landing site and photographed SLIM. LRO acquired the image at an altitude ofContinue reading “NASA’s LRO Spots Japan’s Moon Lander “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Ten teams from around the world have been named the Global Winners of the 2023 NASA International Space Apps Challenge. The Challenge is the largest annual global hackathon, and gives participants the opportunity to engage with real world problems we face on Earth and in space.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program began installing the four emergency egress baskets at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the event of an emergency at the pad during the launch countdown, these baskets, similarContinue reading “Artemis Teams Install Emergency Escape Baskets at NASA Kennedy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Four new crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to performContinue reading “What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “I have been interested in aviation for as long as I can remember. There are pictures of me at two years old and younger with my face pinned against the window, watching airplanes taxi around the airport. I had never not known that I wanted to be a pilot. TheContinue reading “Astronaut Bob Hines”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NGC 3384, visible in this image, has many of the characteristic features of so-called elliptical galaxies. Such galaxies glow diffusely, are rounded in shape, display few visible features, and rarely show signs of recent star formation. Instead, they are dominated by old, aging, and red-hued stars. This stands in contrast to theContinue reading “Hubble Views a Galaxy Settling into Old Age”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Why is landing on Mars so difficult? Learn more about the challenges with a special late-month edition of Night Sky Notes!

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In honor of the members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery for the benefit all, the agency hosted its annual Day of Remembrance Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Traditionally held on the fourth Thursday in January each year, NASA Day ofContinue reading “NASA’s Day of Remembrance: Honoring Fallen Heroes”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Filled with more than 7,800 pounds of supplies, the Cygnus cargo spacecraft, carried atop the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, willContinue reading “Overview for NASA’s Northrop Grumman 20th Commercial Resupply Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Family members of fallen astronauts Kathie Scobee Fulgham, Lowell Grissom, Sheryl Chaffee, and Karen Bassett Stevenson place a wreath at the Space Mirror Memorial at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, during the agency’s Day of Remembrance. The annual tradition pays tribute toContinue reading “Kennedy Honors Fallen During Day of Remembrance”