official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on May 17, 2026. The orbital outpost wasContinue reading “Look Up!”
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NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that can help prepare for long-duration missions on the Moon and Mars departed the spaceport and arrived at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Graduate students at the university will test the technology under conditionsContinue reading “NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base “
Be a Clump Scout and Help Reveal Secrets of Stellar Nurseries
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Help identify star-forming clumps in galaxy images, and help train machines to do the same.
Spacewalking With Scott Wray, Artemis EVA Training Lead
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Scott Wray’s experience with spacewalks started when he was about 6 years old. A tent resembling a lunar lander provided the perfect imaginary spacecraft. “I would lie on my back with my feet propped up on a pillow as I imagined going through a launch countdown sequence,” he said. “ThenContinue reading “Spacewalking With Scott Wray, Artemis EVA Training Lead”
Fire’s Footprint on Santa Rosa Island
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A wildland fire charred grassland, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral across one-third of the island, the second largest of the Channel Islands.
NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance, and testing services to the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and Johnson Space Center in Houston. The award is a firm-fixed-price contract and will be time and material for anyContinue reading “NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft”
NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Registration is open for media to cover the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the coming weeks. The observatory will arrive aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where teams completed its construction,Continue reading “NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy”
NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Five research aircraft will support a Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) mission out of Ellington Field in Houston. Flights are expected from Wednesday, June 3 to Saturday, June 13. During the mission, select maneuvers will be conducted at low altitudes over the Houston area. Pilots will fly remote sensing payloads in raster patterns, or parallel back-and-forth lines.Continue reading “NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston “
Pilot Flight Logs
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Pilot Flight Logs Pilot flight logs, which have been around in one form or another since the beginning of flight, have served several purposes. Today, pilot logbooks are used by aviators to provide a record of their flights, including current and accumulated flight time, number and locations of takeoffs andContinue reading “Pilot Flight Logs”
Flight Log—About Pilots
official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Introduction From the first glider flight to the first powered flight, aviation pioneers have paved the way for remarkable innovations in flight. At NASA, our pilots conduct research, study wildfires, and support unmanned aircraft missions. In fact, out of the 360 astronauts who have been selected, 191 of them have been pilots! Continue reading “Flight Log—About Pilots”