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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Instead of a winter wonderland, the Red Planet’s northern hemisphere goes through an active — even explosive — spring thaw. While New Year’s Eve is around the corner here on Earth, Mars scientists are ahead of the game: The Red Planet completed a trip around the Sun on Nov. 12,Continue reading “Avalanches, Icy Explosions, and Dunes: NASA Is Tracking New Year on Mars”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The ground test, conducted at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, marks a significant milestone as the X-59 team progresses toward flight. An afterburner is a component of someContinue reading “NASA Runs X-59 Engine with Maximum Afterburner for First Time”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Moon may look like barren rock, but it’s actually covered in a layer of gravel, pebbles, and dust collectively known as “lunar regolith.” During the Apollo Moon missions, astronauts learned firsthand that the fine, powdery dust – electromagnetically charged due to constant bombardment by solar and cosmic particles –Continue reading “NASA Science Payload to Study Sticky Lunar Dust Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY  “Trying to do stellar observations from Earth is like trying to do birdwatching from the bottom of a lake.” James B. Odom, Hubble Program Manager 1983-1990. The third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, placed in orbit in 1990, occurred during the STS-103 mission in December 1999. During theContinue reading “25 Years Ago: STS-103, The Hubble Servicing Mission-3A”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY High school students in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s groundbreaking research to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft engines. Their learning experience is a collaboration between aircraft noise researchers from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and educators from the University of Notre Dame’s Turbomachinery Laboratory. The collaboration aims to encourageContinue reading “NASA, Notre Dame Connect Students to Inspire STEM Careers”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY It’s the holiday season — which means many are taking to the skies to join their loved ones. If you’ve ever used an app to navigate on a road trip, you’ve probably noticed how it finds you the most efficient route to your destination, even before you depart. To thatContinue reading “NASA Flight Rerouting Tool Curbs Delays, Emissions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the center of this galaxy, and spiral arms emerge from each end of the bar. Because NGC 2566 appears tilted fromContinue reading “Hubble Spies a Cosmic Eye”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 It’s almost holiday time, and preparations are going ahead on Earth and Mars! For myself that means having a packed suitcase sitting behind me to go on my holiday travels tomorrow morning. For Curiosity that means looking forward to a long semi-rest, asContinue reading “Sols 4398-4401: Holidays Ahead, Rocks Under the Wheels”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Say cheese again, Moon. We’re coming in for another close-up. For the second time in less than a year, a NASA technology designed to collect data on the interaction between a Moon lander’s rocket plume and the lunar surface is set to make the long journey to Earth’s nearest celestialContinue reading “NASA Cameras to Capture Interaction Between Blue Ghost, Moon’s Surface”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY I have always loved the mountains. Growing up on the flat plains of Midwestern USA, every summer I looked forward to spending a few days on alpine trails while on vacation. Climbing upward from the trailhead, the views changed constantly. After climbing a short distance, the best views were oftenContinue reading “Perseverance Blasts Past the Top of Jezero Crater Rim”