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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This article is for students grades 5-8. Aerodynamics is the way objects move through air. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air is affected by aerodynamics, from a rocket blasting off, to a kite flying. Since they are surrounded by air,Continue reading “What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades 5-8)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This article is for students grades K-4. What Are the Four Forces of Flight? Aerodynamics is the way air moves around things. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air reacts to aerodynamics. A rocket blasting off the launch pad andContinue reading “What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades K-4)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is loaded into the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in this photo from March 20, 2025. There, the spacecraft will undergo testing such as dramatic temperature changes to simulate the harshContinue reading “Testing NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. This will be the 15th time a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launched by a Falcon 9Continue reading “Experience the Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Why do we grow plants in space? Plants are such versatile organisms that they can fulfill many roles in our exploration of space. Plants provide us with food, with oxygen, they can recycle water and waste, and they can even provide us with psychological benefits. So all these functions willContinue reading “Why Do We Grow Plants in Space?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the Sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the Moon. When a stream of charged particles known as the solar wind smashes into the lunar surface, the idea goes, it triggers a chemical reaction that could make water molecules.    Now,Continue reading “Can Solar Wind Make Water on Moon? NASA Experiment Shows Maybe “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY When Michael Ciancone joined NASA in 1983, he could hardly imagine what his 40-plus-year career would entail. From honoring and preserving spaceflight history to advancing safety standards, he has undoubtedly woven his knowledge and experience into NASA’s history as well as its future.   Ciancone currently serves as the Orion ProgramContinue reading “Michael Ciancone Builds a Lasting Legacy in Human Spaceflight “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy from an unknown place of origin. Researchers say that this runaway magnetar is the likeliest candidate in our Milky Way galaxy for a magnetar that was not born in a supernova explosion asContinue reading “NASA’s Hubble Tracks a Roaming Magnetar of Unknown Origin”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Exploring the unknown and preparing for humanity’s next giant leap really works up an appetite. Thankfully, employees at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston can count on Tina Preyan to help them fuel up and stay focused. Preyan is a food service specialist at Starport, a quality-of-life program that contributesContinue reading “In the Starlight: Tina Preyan Fuels the Future at Johnson”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility commemorated the start of construction of its new Wallops Island causeway bridge during a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m., Monday, April 14, 2025, on the island.   The ceremony was held at the base of the old Wallops Island causeway bridge. Virgina state Sen. Bill DeSteph attendedContinue reading “NASA Wallops Breaks Ground on New Causeway Bridge”