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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In 2024, NASA selected 25 new citizen science proposals for funding that will lead to new projects and new results to look forward to in 2025 and beyond. Here’s a roundup of those selections and the principal investigators (PIs) of each team—a sneak peek at what’s coming next in NASAContinue reading “Newly Selected Citizen Science Proposals: A Peek at What’s Next”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company. Before commercial airliners are deemed safe to fly before each trip, a pre-flight inspection mustContinue reading “NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An effort to find some of the biggest, most active black holes in the universe provides a better estimate for the ratio of hidden to unhidden behemoths. Multiple NASA telescopes recently helped scientists search the sky for supermassive black holes — those up to billions of times heavier than theContinue reading “How Many Black Holes Are Hiding? NASA Study Homes in on Answer”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Following the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening federal budgets forced NASA to rescope its future lunar landing plans. The need for a Saturn V to launch an experimental space station in 1972 forced the cancellation of theContinue reading “55 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Prepares for Third Moon Landing “

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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force to offer a set of hands-on learning engagements that will help higher education institutions, faculty, and students learn more about what it takes to build small satellites and enhance the potential to be selected for flight opportunities.  TeamsContinue reading “NASA, Partners Open Applications for CubeSat Summer Program”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center in Houston offers students a unique gateway to opportunity through the High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program. The initiative provides Texas juniors with hands-on experience in space exploration, working on projects ranging from rocket building to problem-solving in collaborative teams.  TheContinue reading “High School Aerospace Scholars Propel STEM Leaders Forward “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Science Activation Program’s NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) project sponsors a summer internship program for high school students, in which learners on the autism spectrum are matched with NASA Subject Matter Experts. N3 intern Lillian Hall and mentor Dr. Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros presented Lilly’s summer research project onContinue reading “First NASA Neurodiversity Network Intern to Present at the American Geophysical Union Annual Conference”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA missions will be highlighted at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting will take place Jan. 12-16 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in NationalContinue reading “NASA Research To Be Featured at American Astronomical Society Meeting”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Jan. 10, 2025, NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted two images of the Los Angeles fires from the International Space Station. Multiple destructive fires broke out in the hills of Los Angeles County in early January 2025, fueled by a dry landscape and winds that gusted up to 100 miles perContinue reading “Los Angeles Fires Seen from International Space Station”