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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On March 25, 2013, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photo of the Great Sandy Desert in northwest Australia, showcasing linear dunes separated in a roughly regular fashion. When you fly over such dune fields—either in an airplane or the space station—the fire scars stand out. WhereContinue reading “Linear Sand Dunes in the Great Sandy Desert”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Nick Kopp is a Dragon flight lead in the Transportation Integration Office at Johnson Space Center in Houston. He is currently leading NASA’s efforts to prepare, launch, and return the agency’s 32nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. He works directly with SpaceX and collaborates with NASA’s many internal, external, andContinue reading “Station Nation: Meet Nick Kopp, SpaceX Dragon Flight Lead “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The diversity of rock types along the rim of Jezero Crater offers a wide glimpse of Martian history. Scientists with NASA’s Perseverance rover are exploring what they consider a veritable Martian cornucopia full of intriguing rocky outcrops on the rim of Jezero Crater. Studying rocks, boulders, and outcrops helps scientistsContinue reading “NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and SpaceX are launching the company’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station later this month, bringing a host of new research to the orbiting laboratory. Aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft are experiments focused on vision-based navigation, spacecraft air quality, materials for drug and product manufacturing,Continue reading “NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Resupply Mission Launches New Research to Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is launching the NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute this summer. The free, work-based learning experience is designed to help high school students prepare for a future in the aerospace workforce. Rising high school juniors and seniors in Northeast Ohio can submit applications forContinue reading “NASA Offers Free High School Engineering Program This Summer”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The spacecraft was making its 71st close approach to Jupiter when it unexpectedly entered into a precautionary status. Data received from NASA’s Juno mission indicates the solar-powered spacecraft went into safe mode twice on April 4 while the spacecraft was flying by Jupiter. Safe mode is a precautionary status thatContinue reading “NASA’s Juno Back to Normal Operations After Entering Safe Mode”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made new measurements of Uranus’ interior rotation rate with a novel technique, achieving a level of accuracy 1,000 times greater than previous estimates. By analyzing more than a decade of Hubble observations of Uranus’ aurorae, researchers have refinedContinue reading “Hubble Helps Determine Uranus’ Rotation Rate with Unprecedented Precision”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Data – and our ability to understand and use it – shapes nearly every aspect of our world, from decisions in our lives to the skills we need in the workplace and more. All of us, as either producers or consumers of data, will experience how it can be usedContinue reading “NASA Science Supports Data Literacy for K-12 Students”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 73 crew members including NASA astronaut Jonny Kim on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew arrived at the space station the same day, bringing the number of residents to 10 for the nextContinue reading “Expedition 73 Crew Launches to International Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Deputy Integration and Testing Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Mike Drury began at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, as a temporary technician — a contractor hired for six weeks to set up High Capacity Centrifuge tests. Six weeks then turned into three months and, eventually, overContinue reading “Mike Drury: A 40-Year Legacy of Precision”