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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Now that its reflective sail has deployed fully open in orbit, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System can be seen in the night sky from many locations across the world! Stargazers can join NASA’s #SpotTheSail campaign by using the NASA app on mobile platforms to find out when the spacecraft will be visibleContinue reading “Like a Diamond in the Sky: How to Spot NASA’s Solar Sail Demo in Orbit”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Artemis campaign is a series of lunar missions to further explore the lunar landscape to prepare for future missions to Mars. The Artemis missions will send humans to land on the moon and explore the lunar south pole. This will be NASA’s first human lunar landing since the ApolloContinue reading “Find Me on the Moon: NASA Lunar Navigation Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The public is invited to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. EDT at NASA Goddard’s Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. International Observe the Moon Night is a time to come together with fellow Moon enthusiasts and curious people around the world.Continue reading “Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night at NASA Goddard”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The summer season for educators can be a time of rest and rejuvenation, but it can also offer opportunities for professional learning with new colleagues beyond your own school. The following programs from NASA’s Science Activation Program offer end-of-summer/early-fall curricular resources and connections with other educators that can help youContinue reading “NASA Science for Your Classroom: Opportunities for Educators”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and Boeing safely returned the uncrewed Starliner spacecraft following its landing at 10:01 p.m. MDT Sept. 6 at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station. “I am extremely proud of the work our collective team put into this entireContinue reading “NASA, Boeing Welcome Starliner Spacecraft to Earth, Close Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract with a maximum value of $476 million, cumulatively amongst all the selectedContinue reading “NASA Selects Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Externships with NASA Headquarters Office of the General Counsel NASA’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) periodically has externships for highly qualified law students. OGC offers unpaid, part-time and full-time externships during the law school academic year (for law school credit). These externships are intended to expose law students toContinue reading “Academic Semester Legal Externships (HQ)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will represent the agency during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 18, recognizing the women who contributed to the space race, including the NASA mathematicians who helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the agency’s Apollo Program. Hosted byContinue reading “NASA to Take Part in Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program’s fifth balloon mission of the 2024 fall campaign took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the agency’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Student Platform) mission remained in flight over 11 hours before it safely touched down. Recovery isContinue reading “NASA Scientific Balloon Takes Flight With Student-Built Payloads”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Don Pettit will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will join the Expedition 71 crew in advancing scientific research. Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will lift off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept.Continue reading “NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 71”