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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY _________________________________________________________________________________________ In the following interview, questions from the interviewer, Fred Van Wert, are in bold, and Caleb Scharf’s responses are in regular text. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Let’s begin with your early years. Where you were born, something about your family, what your mother and father did, your early schooling, what got youContinue reading “Interview with Dr. Caleb Scharf”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) is an initiative supporting its Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate’s (ESDMD’s) efforts to explore innovative solutions for a variety of known technology development areas for human landing systems (HLS). Landers are used to safely ferry astronauts to and from the lunar surface as part of theContinue reading “NASA 2026 Human Lander Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lydia Rodriguez is an office administrator in the Flight Operations Directorate’s Operations Division and Operations Tools and Procedures Branch at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.  Over nearly two decades, she has supported nine organizations, helping enable NASA’s missions and forming lasting relationships along the way.  “I’ve had the opportunityContinue reading “Lydia Rodriguez Builds a Career of Service and Support at NASA “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Saturn’s spectacle, a Conjunction, and the Autumnal Equinox Saturn shines throughout the month, a conjunction sparkles in the sky, and we welcome the autumnal equinox.  Skywatching Highlights Transcript What’s Up for September? Saturn puts on a spectacular show, a sunrise conjunction shines bright, and we ring in the autumnal equinox.Continue reading “What’s Up: September 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On July 26, 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took this long-exposure photograph – taken over 31 minutes from a window inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module – capturing the circular arcs of star trails. In its third decade of continuous human presence, the space station has a far-reachingContinue reading “Circular Star Trails”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Advancing Single-Photon Sensing Image Sensors to Enable the Search for Life Beyond Earth A NASA-sponsored team is advancing single-photon sensing Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) detector technology that will enable future NASA astrophysics space missions to search for life on other planets. As part of their detector maturation program, the team isContinue reading “Advancing Single-Photon Sensing Image Sensors to Enable the Search for Life Beyond Earth”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA science and American industry have worked hand-in-hand for more than 60 years, transforming novel technologies created with NASA research into commercial products like cochlear implants, memory-foam mattresses, and more. Now, a NASA-funded device for probing the interior of storm systems has been made a key component of commercial weatherContinue reading “Tech From NASA’s Hurricane-hunting TROPICS Flies on Commercial Satellites”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Operational Land Imager on Landsat 9 captured this image of Buccaneer Archipelago on June 11, 2025. The scene encapsulates the striking interactions between land and water in the area where King Sound opens to the Indian Ocean. The powerful tidal currents stir up sediment in shallow areas, producing the beautiful turquoise swirlsContinue reading “Landsat 9 Sees Buccaneer Archipelago”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Megan McArthur has retired, concluding a career spanning more than two decades. A veteran of two spaceflights, McArthur logged 213 days in space, including being the first woman to pilot a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the last person to “touch” the Hubble Space Telescope with the space shuttle’sContinue reading “NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur Retires”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy whose asymmetric appearance may be the result of a galactic tug of war. Located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo, the spiral galaxy Messier 96 is the brightest of the galaxies in its group. The gravitational pull of itsContinue reading “Hubble Homes in on Galaxy’s Star Formation”