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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the organization that ultimately became NASA, the agency released a new collection of videos to highlight the history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the ways it transformed flight over four decades. Not long after the beginning of World War I,Continue reading “NASA Marks 110 Years Since Founding of Predecessor Organization”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the northeast quadrant of the Moon’s near side. The Blue GhostContinue reading “Touchdown! Carrying NASA Science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Henry Manelski, Ph.D. student at Purdue University The Perseverance team is always looking for creative ways to use the tools we have on Mars to maximize the science we do. On the arm of the rover sits the SHERLOC instrument, which specializes in detecting organic compounds and isContinue reading “Smooshing for Science: A Flat-Out Success”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The January wildfires in California devastated local habitats and communities. In an effort to better understand wildfire behavior, NASA scientists and engineers tried to learn from the events by testing new technology. The new instrument, the Compact Fire Infrared Radiance Spectral Tracker (c-FIRST), was tested when NASA’s B200 King AirContinue reading “NASA Uses New Technology to Understand California Wildfires”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An apprentice at Langley Laboratory (now NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia) inspects wind tunnel components in this image from May 15, 1943. During World War II, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the precursor to NASA, employed apprentices (which NASA has since transitioned into internships) to supportContinue reading “Langley Laboratory Apprentice at Work”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun that exploded about 10,000 years ago, the Veil Nebula is situatedContinue reading “Hubble Captures New View of Colorful Veil”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Science at AMS Hyperwall Schedule, January 13-16, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #401) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. MONDAY, JANUARY 13 6:10 – 6:25 PMThe Golden Age of Ocean Science: How NASA’s Newest Missions Advance the Study of Oceans in ourContinue reading “Commodity Classic Hyperwall Schedule”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, Bohdan Wesely, right, and Eli Hiss, left, complete a fit check of the two halves of a space capsule that will study the clouds of Venus for signs of life. Led by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California, and theirContinue reading “NASA Installs Heat Shield on First Private Spacecraft Bound for Venus”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander (IM-2) soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The lander is set to land on the Moon on March 6. The NASA science and technology demonstrationsContinue reading “Intuitive Machines-2 Lifts Off”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected eight participating scientists to join its Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These asteroids are remnants of our early solar system trapped on stable orbits associated with – but not close to – the planet Jupiter.  NASA’s Lucy in the L4 Trojans Participating Scientist Program supports scientistsContinue reading “NASA Selects Participating Scientists to Join Lucy Asteroid Mission”