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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Editor’s note: This article was updated Aug. 20, 2024, to reflect the latest information from NASA’s Office of Communications. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the orbiting laboratory on June 6 aboard the Boeing Starliner after lifting off on June 5 from Space Launch Complex-41 at CapeContinue reading “FAQ: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Return Status”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Aug. 10, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin completed their 21-day quarantine after returning from the Moon. The historic nature of their mission resulted in a very busy postflight schedule for Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin, starting with celebrations in New York,Continue reading “55 Years Ago: Apollo 11 Astronauts End Quarantine, Feted from Coast to Coast”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 Curiosity successfully completed the drill sequence at the Kings Canyon site within the Gediz Vallis channel. Today was a smooth planning day as we decided to stay put for sols 4280 and 4281 to obtain APXS data of the drill tailings (the crushed rock removedContinue reading “Sols 4280-4281: Last Call at Kings Canyon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 4879 or VV124. As this image illustrates, Hubble’s high resolution can detect individual stars, even in the densest parts of the galaxy. This allows astronomers to better determine the galaxy’s distance, and the composition and age of itsContinue reading “Hubble Examines a Possible Relic”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) instituted the Entrepreneurs Challenge to identify innovative ideas and technologies from small business start-ups with the potential to advance the agency’s science goals. Geolabe—a prize winner in the latest Entrepreneurs Challenge—has developed a way to use artificial intelligence to identify global methane emissions. MethaneContinue reading “Entrepreneurs Challenge Prize Winner Uses Artificial Intelligence to Identify Methane Emissions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Moon of August 30-31, 2023, is a full moon, a supermoon, and a blue moon. Here’s what it all means.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Solicitation Number: NNH16ZCQ001K-Appendix-R August 16, 2024 – Draft Solicitation Released Solicitation Overview The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to release a solicitation under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (Next STEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to seek industry-led concept definition and maturation studies that address lunar surfaceContinue reading “NextSTEP R: Lunar Logistics and Mobility Studies”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A pair of CubeSats from NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator, or PTD, series lifted off on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 rideshare mission at 11:56 a.m. PDT Friday, August 16, from Vandenburg Space Force Base in California. The two small satellites, PTD-4 and PTD-R, will help advance NASA’s efforts to validate novel technologies andContinue reading “NASA CubeSats Launch as Commercial Rideshares”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA works every day to improve air travel – and has been doing so since its creation decades ago. On National Aviation Day, NASA and all fans of aviation get the chance to celebrate the innovative research and development the agency has produced to improve capability and safety in flight.Continue reading “NASA Celebrates Ames’s Legacy of Research on National Aviation Day”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has awarded a total of $1.25 million to three U.S. teams in the third and final round of the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge. The teams delivered novel food production technologies that could provide long-duration human space exploration missions with safe, nutritious, and tasty food. The competitors’ technologies addressContinue reading “NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food Finale”