official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astronomers have revolutionized our understanding of a collection of stars in the northern sky called the Pleiades. They used data from NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and other observatories as NASA explores the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all, from the Moon to Mars and beyond.Continue reading “NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Triples Size of Pleiades Star Cluster”
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New Citizen Science Proposals Funded in 2025
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected 10 new citizen science proposals for funding in 2025. These selections provide a preview of what’s coming next for NASA citizen science. Note that these investigations are research grants: some of them will result in new opportunities for the public, while others will analyze or build onContinue reading “New Citizen Science Proposals Funded in 2025”
NASA Stennis Engineer Follows Family Footsteps into NASA’s Artemis Era
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Huy Nguyen grew up hearing about rocket engines and space flight around the family table. His parents worked for NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, and those early conversations eventually started his path to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. “They both created a household thatContinue reading “NASA Stennis Engineer Follows Family Footsteps into NASA’s Artemis Era”
Celebrating 25 Years of Humanity in Space
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In 2025, NASA and its international partners celebrate 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. Since November 2, 2000, more than 290 people from 26 countries have lived and worked aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting thousands of experiments that have advanced science and technology on EarthContinue reading “Celebrating 25 Years of Humanity in Space “
NASA’s X-59 Completes First Flight, Prepares for More Flight Testing
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After years of design, development, and testing, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for the field of aeronautics research and the agency’s Quesst mission. The X-59, designed to fly at supersonic speeds and reduce the soundContinue reading “NASA’s X-59 Completes First Flight, Prepares for More Flight Testing”
SARP West 2025 Land Group
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Faculty Advisors: Daniel Sousa, San Diego State University Graduate Mentor: Megan Ward-Baranyay, San Diego State University Land Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Daniel Sousa Robert Purvis Fractional cover estimates of the epiphytic macrolichen Ramalina menziesii in oak canopies from simulated mixed spectra and airborne imaging spectroscopy Robert Purvis, Western Kentucky University Continue reading “SARP West 2025 Land Group”
SARP 2025 Closeout
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In August 2025, 47 students from NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) culminated a summer of science by presenting their research to an audience of mentors, professors, family, friends, and NASA personnel. SARP is a summer internship for undergraduate students, hosted in two cohorts: this year SARP West operated out of Guardian JetContinue reading “SARP 2025 Closeout”
SARP East 2025 Terrestrial Fluxes Group
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Faculty Advisors: Lisa Haber, Virginia Commonwealth University Brandon Alveshere, Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Mentor: Kayla Preisler, University of Arizona Terrestrial Fluxes Group Introduction Rice Rivers Center Director Chris Gough and Graduate Mentor Kayla Preisler Quinn Koch Monitoring Postfire Ecosystem Recovery With Spectral Indices and Eddy-Covariance Flux Towers Quinn Koch, UniversityContinue reading “SARP East 2025 Terrestrial Fluxes Group”
SARP East 2025 Oceans Group
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Faculty Advisors: Tom Bell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Graduate Mentor: Sarah Lang, University of Rhode Island Oceans Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Tom Bell and Graduate Mentor Sarah Lang Isabella Showman Detecting Coastal Sea Ice Extent and Freshet Event Timing in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Using Sentinel-1 C-SAR Isabella Showman, University ofContinue reading “SARP East 2025 Oceans Group”
SARP West 2025 Aerosols Group
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Faculty Advisors: Andreas Beyersdorf, California State University, San Bernardino Graduate Mentor: Bradley Ries, University of California, Riverside Aerosols Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Andreas Beyersdorf Martha Santiago Aerosol Pollution in Two Coastal Agricultural Regions in the United States Martha Santiago, Northwestern University Although air quality has improved across the United StatesContinue reading “SARP West 2025 Aerosols Group”