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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Researchers have utilized infrared survey data to refine the asteroid’s size and surface brightness in support of the Nov. 1 encounter by NASA’s Lucy mission. NASA’s Lucy mission will soon have its first asteroid encounter as the spacecraft travels through deep space en route to Jupiter’s orbit. But before theContinue reading “Data From NASA’s WISE Used to Preview Lucy Mission’s Asteroid Dinkinesh”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Contrails, the lines of clouds left by high-flying aircraft that crisscross the skies, are familiar sights, but they may have an unseen effect on the planet – trapping heat in the atmosphere. Working with Boeing, United Airlines, and other industry, government, and international partners, NASA researchers are collecting data toContinue reading “NASA, Partners Explore Sustainable Fuel’s Effects on Aircraft Contrails”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Iron-rich sediment colors the red-orange waters of the Betsiboka River Delta in Madagascar in this image taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station on Sept. 30, 2023. The sediment can clog waterways in the delta’s estuarial environment, but it can also form new islands that become colonized byContinue reading “Rusty Red Waters in Madagascar”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Data on sea surface heights around the world from the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission yields a mesmerizing view of the planet’s ocean. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is sending down tantalizing views of Earth’s water, including a global composite of sea surface heights. TheContinue reading “See SWOT Mission’s Unprecedented View of Global Sea Levels”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Exquisite, never-before-seen details help unravel the supernova remnant’s puzzling history. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has gazed at the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. Since the recording of this energetic event in 1054 CE by 11th-century astronomers, the Crab Nebula has continuedContinue reading “The Crab Nebula Seen in New Light by NASA’s Webb”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Oct. 28, 2023, NASA’s C-130 Hercules and crew safely touched down at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, after an around-the-globe journey to deliver the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO). The United States research station, operated by the National Science Foundation, is host to NASA’s Antarctic long-duration balloon campaign in which the GUSTOContinue reading “NASA C-130 Makes First-Ever Flight to Antarctica for GUSTO Balloon Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Growing up, Sarah Tipler always felt out of place. She had trouble with time management, structuring her day, and focusing her attention, but she didn’t know why. “For all of my undergraduate education, I really struggled to keep up despite understanding the material,” Tipler said. “It took a ton ofContinue reading “NASA’s Modern History Makers: Sarah Tipler”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY University of Central Florida researchers tested an instrument designed to measure the size and speed of surface particles kicked up by the exhaust from a rocket-powered lander on the Moon or Mars. The four tethered flights on Astrobotic’s Xodiac rocket-powered lander took place in Mojave, California, from Sept. 12 throughContinue reading “NASA Supports Tests of Dust Sensor to Aid Lunar Landings”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA explores, innovates, and inspires through its work, agency inventions aimed at monitoring atmospheric pollution, studying samples from asteroids, extracting oxygen from the Martian atmosphere, and revolutionizing flight have been named TIME’s Inventions of 2023. TIME announced the honorees on Oct. 24. “For more than 65 years, NASA hasContinue reading “NASA Technologies Receive Multiple Nods in TIME Inventions of 2023”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A yearlong journey of cultural and professional development overseas has a NASA Deep Space Logistics employee excited about current and future collaboration with one of America’s key international partners in the agency’s Artemis program.    Katherine Cook, who develops cargo delivery services for NASA’s Gateway, recently returned to the agency’s KennedyContinue reading “NASA, JAXA Benefit from Collaborative Fellowship Experience”