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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s near-Earth-object-hunting mission NEOWISE is nearing its conclusion. But its work will carry on with NASA’s next-generation infrared mission: NEO Surveyor. After more than 14 successful years in space, NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission will end on July 31. But while the mission draws to aContinue reading “NASA’s NEOWISE Infrared Heritage Will Live On”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth Planning Date: Friday, June 28, 2024 After reviewing results from the Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA) experiment that were downlinked yesterday afternoon (Sols 4226-4228: A Powerful Balancing Act), the SAM team decided they’d like to go ahead with a second experiment to analyze the Mammoth Lakes 2 drilled sample. ThisContinue reading “Sols 4229-4231: More Analyses of the Mammoth Lakes 2 Sample!”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft captured this last “eyeful” of Saturn and its rings on March 27, 2004, as it continued its way to orbit insertion. This natural color image shows the color variations between atmospheric bands and features in the southern hemisphere of Saturn, subtle color differences across the planet’s middleContinue reading “Cassini Sees Saturn”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In May, the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility, located at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, celebrated the newest generation of its hyperwall system, a wall of LCD screens that display supercomputer-scale visualizations of the very large datasets produced by NASA supercomputers and instruments.  The upgrade is theContinue reading “NASA’s Upgraded Hyperwall Offers Improved Data Visualization”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected 23 minority-serving institutions to receive $1.2 million to grow their research and technology capabilities, collaborate on research projects, and contribute to the agency’s missions for the benefit of humanity. Through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Partnership Learning Annual Notification (MPLAN) award, selected institutions willContinue reading “NASA Awards Support STEM Research at Minority Serving Institutions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas recently performed four moonwalk simulations to help NASA prepare for its Artemis III mission. Due to launch in September 2026, Artemis III will land two, yet-to-be-selected, astronauts at the Moon’s South Pole for the first time. Traveling to space requires immense preparation, notContinue reading “Behind the Scenes of a NASA ‘Moonwalk’ in the Arizona Desert”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency and will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. NASA, NorthropContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s 21st Station Resupply Launch”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. The Management and Operations of NASA’s IRTF is a hybrid firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision. The contract has a maximum potential value of approximatelyContinue reading “NASA Awards Contract for Infrared Telescope Facility Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Forum brought 12 university teams from across the United States to Huntsville, Alabama, near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center, to showcase their innovative concepts for addressing the complex issue of managing lunar dust. The 12 finalists, selected in March 2024, presented their finalContinue reading “NASA Announces Winners of Inaugural Human Lander Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This labyrinth – with a silhouette of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes at its center – is used as a calibration target for the cameras and laser that are part of SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals), one of the instruments aboard NASA’s PerseveranceContinue reading “The Maze is Afoot”