Tag Archives: Nasa

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In a fast-paced competition, students showcased their knowledge across a wide range of science and math topics. What is the molecular geometry of sulfur tetrafluoride? Which layer of the Sun is thickest? What is the average of the first 10 prime numbers? If you answered “see-saw,” “radiation zone,” and “12.9,”Continue reading “University High Knows the Answers at NASA JPL Regional Science Bowl”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this 1957 photo, George Cooper, a test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA, stands next to a North American F-100, a supersonic fighter tested by the NACA. Cooper served as a pilot in World War II before being hired at the NACA’s Ames Aeronautical LaboratoryContinue reading “NACA Test Pilot Poses with Plane”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Students from Ohio and Texas will have the chance to hear NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions this week. At 12:55 p.m. EST, Wednesday, March 5, NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit will respond to questions submitted by students fromContinue reading “NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Ohio, Texas”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On March 3, 1915, the United States Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Although the NACA’s founding took place just over 11 years after the Wright Brothers’ first powered flightfirst powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Congress took the action in response to America lagging behindContinue reading “110 Years Ago: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Founded “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Preventing biofilm formation in space Two anti-microbial coatings reduced formation of biofilms in microgravity and have potential for use in space. Controlling biofilms could help protect human health and prevent corrosion and degradation of equipment on future long-duration space missions. Biofilms, communities of microorganisms that attach to a surface, canContinue reading “Station Science Top News: Feb. 27, 2025”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Feb. 28, 1990, space shuttle Atlantis took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on STS-36, the sixth shuttle mission dedicated to the Department of Defense. As such, many of the details of the flight remain classified. The mission marked the 34th flight of the space shuttle, theContinue reading “35 Years Ago: STS-36 Flies a Dedicated Department of Defense Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This data visualization showing ocean currents around the world uses data from NASA’s Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean model.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA scientists and collaborators built the ECCO model to be the most realistic, detailed, and continuous depiction of the ocean ever developed

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An international team of researchers has discovered that previously observed variations in brightness of a free-floating planetary-mass object known as SIMP 0136 must be the result of a complex combination of atmospheric factors, and cannot be explained by clouds alone. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to monitor a broadContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Exposes Complex Atmosphere of Starless Super-Jupiter”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected Norman Knight as acting deputy director of Johnson Space Center. Knight currently serves as Director of Johnson’s Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), responsible for astronaut training and for overall planning, directing, managing, and implementing overall mission operations for NASA human spaceflight programs. This also includes management for allContinue reading “NASA Names Norman Knight as Acting Deputy Director of Johnson Space Center”