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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Fall back to school with this edition of the NASA eClips newsletter! Educators are provided with a host of resources to help engineer a great school year! Videos and activities focus on comparing science and engineering practices. Two new Spotlite Design Challenges are launched on climate change and Earth-observing satellites!Continue reading “September 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of multiple gas giant planets within an iconic planetary system. HR 8799, a young system 130 light-years away, has long been a key target for planet formation studies. The observations indicate that the well-studied planets of HR 8799 are rich inContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with Dragon spacecraft hatch closure preparations at 10:45 p.m. EDT Monday, March 17. NASA and SpaceX met on Sunday to assess weather and splashdown conditions off Florida’s coast for the returnContinue reading “NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-9 Return, Splashdown”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Under the nighttime California sky, NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14. Taking off from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara, the EZIE mission’s trio of small satellites will fly in a pearls-on-a-string configuration approximately 260 to 370Continue reading “NASA’s EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth’s Electrojets”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission launched at 7:03 p.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClainContinue reading “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launches to International Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In October 2024, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review the status and progress of research and clinical activities intended to mitigate the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) during spaceflight. The working group took place over two days at NASA’s JohnsonContinue reading “Risk of Venous Thromboembolism During Spaceflight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 The days are getting shorter and colder for Curiosity as we head into winter. So our rover is sleeping in a bit before waking up to a busy plan. Today IContinue reading “Sols 4479-4480: What IS That Lumpy, Bumpy Rock?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities from looking out at our universe to breakthroughs in medical research, and is an active proving ground for technology for future Moon exploration missions and beyond. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission-1 landed on the Moon on March 2, 2025,Continue reading “NASA Space Station Research Helps Power Moon Science”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY What does an engineer do? An engineer applies scientific principles to design, build, and test machines, systems, or structures to meet specific needs. They follow the steps of the engineering design process to ensure their designs work as planned while meeting a variety of requirements, including size, weight, safety, andContinue reading “Career Spotlight: Engineer (Ages 14-18)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days or more.  Launch operations are scheduled to begin in lateContinue reading “NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights”