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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Susanne Schwenzer, Planetary Geologist at The Open University Earth planning date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 The Martian landscape never ceases to amaze me, there is so much variation in texture and color! As a mineralogist, I marvel at them, but my colleagues trained in sedimentology regularly teach meContinue reading “Sols 4473-4474: So Many Rocks, So Many Textures!”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA’s Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service module, deploy after Orion reaches space to power the spacecraft. Orion’s service module provides propulsion, thermal control, andContinue reading “Engineers Install Orion Solar Array Wings for Artemis II”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission with agency astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is preparing to return to Earth following their science mission aboard the International Space Station. Hague, Williams, and Wilmore completed more than 900 hours of research between over 150 unique scientificContinue reading “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Scientific Mission on Space Station Concludes”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 captured an image of Kachemak Bay’s turbid, cloudy waters on September 20, 2024. This cloudiness comes from glacial flour: bits of pulverized rock ground down by glaciers that has the consistency of flour. Several meltwater streams rich with the particles, sometimes called suspended sediment, absorb and scatter sunlight inContinue reading “Kachemak Bay’s Stony Waters”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA invites the public to take part in virtual activities for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov,Continue reading “NASA Invites You to Share Excitement of Agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launch”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill PeskovContinue reading “What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA continues to enable a sustainable, cost-effective commercial space economy, the agency is seeking partnership proposals for the operations, sustaining engineering, and utilization of Astrobee, a free-flying robotic system aboard the International Space Station. The Announcement for Partnership Proposal contains instructions and criteria for transferring responsibility of the AstrobeeContinue reading “NASA Seeks Commercial Partner for Robots Aboard Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The ARMD 2024 Associate Administrator Awards were presented to NASA employees, contractors, and students or interns who distinguished themselves, either individually or as part of a group, through their overall approach to their work and through results they achieved during the award year. LEGEND: ARMD NASA CENTERS ARC = AmesContinue reading “2024 Associate Administrator Awards Honorees”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Advanced Power Electronics Team * Denotes Team Lead NASA Glenn Research CenterDavid AvanesianJulie A. BlystoneRebecca A. BuehrleMarc A. CarboneAriel E. DimstonMatthew G. Granger*Susanah R. KowalewskiAlex M. LearyJohn M. MaroliErik J. Stalcup HX5Gregor LiederbachScott L. MetzgerWesley A. Miller Peraton Inc.Nicholas C. Purpera 2024 AA Award Honorees 2024 AA Award Honorees PDFContinue reading “2024 AA Awards for Pushing the Envelope Honoree (Group)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Airspace Operations Safety Program (AOSP) Resource Analyst Group * Denotes Team Lead NASA Ames Research CenterWarcquel D. FriesonMary NguyenSandra E. RamirezTiana (Thuy) D. Vo NASA Glenn Research CenterJulie A. Blackett NASA HeadquartersMichele D. Dodson*Jeffrey S. Farlin* NASA Langley Research CenterYolanda Keiller 2024 AA Award Honorees 2024 AA Award Honorees PDFContinue reading “2024 AA Awards for Program and Mission Support (Group)”