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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA recently welcomed more than 50 commercial food and commercial space companies to learn about the evolving space food system supporting NASA missions, including unique requirements for spaceflight, menu development, and food provisioning – essential elements for human spaceflight and sustainable living in space. The event, held at the agency’sContinue reading “NASA Shares Space Food Insight with Commercial Food Industry”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on Oct. 24, 2024. The green glow of Earth’s atmosphere is also visible on the horizon. Since the station became operational in November 2000, crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images like thisContinue reading “Earth Below”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Sept. 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Gulf Coast of Florida, inducing storm surges and widespread impacts on communities in its path. At the same time, NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, recorded enormous swells in the atmosphere that the hurricane produced roughly 55 miles above the ground.Continue reading “Hurricane Helene’s Gravity Waves Revealed by NASA’s AWE”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In July 2024, five student-built capsules endured the scorching heat of re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere as part of the second Kentucky Re-Entry Probe Experiment (KREPE-2). Scientists are now analyzing the data from the KREPE-2 experiments, which could advance the development of heat shields that protect spacecraft when they return toContinue reading “Student-Built Capsules Endure Heat of Re-entry for NASA Science”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Wayne Smith As NASA plans for humans to return to the Moon and eventually explore Mars, a laser beam welding collaboration between NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and The Ohio State University in Columbus aims to stimulate in-space manufacturing. The multi-year effort seeks to understand theContinue reading “NASA to Transform In-Space Manufacturing with Laser Beam Welding Collaboration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will help interpret data from missions like NASA’s Europa Clipper.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge kicked off November 7, 2024. The science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) writing challenge invites kindergarten through 12th grade students in the United States to learn about radioisotope power systems, a type of nuclear battery integral to many of NASA’s far-reaching spaceContinue reading “Attention Students: NASA Launches Power Systems Student Essay Contest”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For three weeks in August, over 100 migrant children (ages 3-15) got to engage in hands-on activities involving blueberries, pollinators, and eDNA as part of their time with The Blueberry Harvest School (BHS). BHS is a summer school program for migrant children whose families work in Washington County, Maine duringContinue reading “Integrating Relevant Science Investigations into Migrant Children Education”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission has recently joined the NASA Here to Observe (H2O) program, where NASA planetary missions are partnered with universities to encourage undergraduate students from historically marginalized groups to pursue a career in STEM.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, in this image from Oct. 30, 2024. The engine-run tests, which began Oct. 30, allow the X-59 team to verify the aircraft’s systems are working together while powered by itsContinue reading “X-59’s Engine Started for Testing”