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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Marshall Managers Win Top Federal Award for DART Asteroid Deflection Mission By Rick Smith Brian Key and Scott Bellamy of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center accepted the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, presented by Partnership for Public Service Oct. 17 during a ceremony at the John F. KennedyContinue reading “The Marshall Star for October 18, 2023”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY HAMPTON, Virginia – Members of the media are invited to cover the Open House at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The event takes place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Media will have photo, video, and interview opportunities. Center Director Clayton Turner and NASA astronaut Victor Glover willContinue reading “News Media Invited to NASA Langley’s Open House”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA plans missions to the Moon and Mars, a key factor is figuring out how to feed crew members during their weeks, months, and even years in space. Astronauts on the International Space Station primarily eat prepackaged food, which requires regular resupply and can degrade in quality and nutrition.Continue reading “Station Science 101: Growing Plants in Space”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) provides undergraduate students entering their junior or senior years, and entering graduate students, with professional experience in space life science disciplines. This challenging ten-week summer program is hosted by NASA’s Ames Research Center

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In October 1968, the American human spaceflight program took significant steps toward achieving President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade. American astronauts returned to space after a 23-month hiatus. The success ofContinue reading “55 Years Ago: Nine Months Before the Moon Landing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the latest satellite contributing to a 30-year sea level record that researchers are using to compare this year’s El Niño with those of the past. Not all El Niño events are created equal. Their impacts vary widely, and satellites like the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich helpContinue reading “International Ocean Satellite Monitors How El Niño Is Shaping Up”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Brian Key and Scott Bellamy accepted the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal on behalf of a mission team for the first planetary defense test during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington on Oct. 17. The awards program for career federalContinue reading “NASA Employees Win Top Federal Award for Asteroid Deflection Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY While aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli took this picture of the Moon passing in front of the Sun during the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023. As the space station orbits Earth, astronauts take images of the planet below and phenomena in space. Visible in partsContinue reading “The Start of an Eclipse”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A team of engineers from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and Honeybee Robotics in Altadena, California, inspect TRIDENT – short for The Regolith Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain – shortly after its arrival at the integration and test facility. In the coming months, the team will integrate theContinue reading “All Together Now: Drill Joins Other Moon Rover Science Instruments”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA conducted the first hot fire of a new RS-25 test series Oct. 17, beginning the final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated set of the engines for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The engines will help power future Artemis missions to the Moon andContinue reading “NASA Conducts 1st Hot Fire of New RS-25 Certification Test Series”