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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston to provide safety and mission assurance services for the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Safety and Mission Assurance II (SMAS II) award is a performance-based, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of $400 million. A phase-in periodContinue reading “NASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance Services Contract”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY It looked like the Sun was heading toward a historic lull in activity. That trend flipped in 2008, according to new research. The Sun has become increasingly active since 2008, a new NASA study shows. Solar activity is known to fluctuate in cycles of 11 years, but there are longer-termContinue reading “NASA Analysis Shows Sun’s Activity Ramping Up”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Friday Sept. 12, 2025 Curiosity continues to image, analyze, and traverse through a landscape characterized by higher standing ridges separating low-lying depressions (hollows) — a surface known as the boxwork terrain onContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4655-4660: Boxworks With a View”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY One of the challenges many teachers face year after year is a sense of working alone. Despite the constant interaction with students many questions often linger: Did the lesson stick? Will students carry this knowledge with them? Will it shape how they see and engage with the world? What canContinue reading “Connecting Educators with NASA Data: Learning Ecosystems Northeast in Action”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick (left) and Mark Vande Hei (right) prepare to fly out to a landing zone in the Rocky Mountains as part of the certification run for the NASA Artemis course on Aug. 26, 2025. The mountains in northern Colorado offer similar visual illusions and flight environments toContinue reading “Helicopter Training for Artemis Missions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA announced a trailblazing experiment that aims to take personalized medicine to new heights. The experiment is part of a strategic plan to gather valuable scientific data during the Artemis II mission, enabling NASA to “know before we go” back to the lunar surface and on to Mars. The AVATARContinue reading “Avatars for Astronaut Health to Fly on NASA’s Artemis II”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is sending more science, technology demonstrations, and crew supplies to the International Space Station following the successful launch of the agency’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-23. The company’s Cygnus XL spacecraft, carrying more than 11,000 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory, liftedContinue reading “NASA Science, Cargo Launches Aboard Northrop Grumman CRS-23”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As an IT security administrator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Mechele Elliott protects the information systems that support astronaut health and mission readiness. The encouragement of a family friend set her on this path, leading to a rewarding and somewhat unexpected career in human spaceflight. “While I wasContinue reading “Mechele Elliott Safeguards Agency Information Systems at Johnson”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Scientist and APXS Team Member, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 Curiosity is in the midst of the boxwork campaign, trying to decipher why we see such pronounced ridges and hollows in this area of Mount Sharp. When thisContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4649-4654: Ridges, Hollows and Nodules, Oh My”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected Troy Sierra JV, LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide engineering, research, and scientific support at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.   The Test Facility Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering Services III contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of approximately $388.3 million.Continue reading “NASA Awards Third Glenn Facility and Engineering Services Contract”