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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The 23-year-old orbiter is taking images that offer horizon-wide views of the Red Planet similar to what astronauts aboard the International Space Station see over Earth. NASA’s longest-lived Mars robot is about to mark a new milestone on June 30: 100,000 trips around the Red Planet since launching 23 yearsContinue reading “NASA’s Mars Odyssey Captures Huge Volcano, Nears 100,000 Orbits”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Who knew Earth’s upper atmosphere was like alphabet soup? NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has revealed unexpected C- and X-shaped formations in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere. While these alphabetical shapes have been observed before, GOLD sees themContinue reading “Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Blasting into Summer: Thousands Enjoy NASA in the Park By Wayne Smith It was a super Saturday in the park to celebrate space and the Rocket City. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center joined Downtown Huntsville Inc. and other community partners to host NASA in the Park, a public outreach eventContinue reading “The Marshall Star for June 26, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is fostering continued scientific, educational, and technological developments in low Earth orbit to benefit humanity, while also supporting deep space exploration at the Moon and Mars. As the agency transitions to commercially owned space destinations closer to home, it is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbitContinue reading “NASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In 1983, NASA received delivery of Discovery, the third space qualified vehicle in the agency’s space shuttle fleet. During the launch attempt for the STS-41D mission on June 26, 1984, Discovery’s onboard computers halted the countdown four seconds before liftoff, and after two of its main engines had already ignited.Continue reading “40 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Space Shuttle Launch Pad Abort”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 25, 2024. GOES-U is the fourth and final satellite in the current series of advanced weather satellites; it will provide continuous coverageContinue reading “NOAA’s GOES-U Satellite Launches”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After six months of effort, an instrument that helps the Mars rover look for potential signs of ancient microbial life has come back online. The SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals) instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has analyzed a rock target with itsContinue reading “Detective Work Enables Perseverance Team to Revive SHERLOC Instrument”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA prepares for long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars for the benefit of all, a habitat-growing concept selected Wednesday by the agency could help “grow” homes using fungi for future explorers. A team of researchers at NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will receive new funding underContinue reading “NASA Advances Research to Grow Habitats in Space from Fungi”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Scientists have eagerly awaited the opportunity to dig into the 4.3-ounce (121.6-gram) pristine asteroid Bennu sample collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission since it was delivered to Earth last fall. They hoped the material would hold secrets of the solar system’sContinue reading “Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Infrared imagery from the solar-powered spacecraft heats up the discussion on the inner workings of Jupiter’s hottest moon. New findings from NASA’s Juno probe provide a fuller picture of how widespread the lava lakes are on Jupiter’s moon Io and include first-time insights into the volcanic processes at work there.Continue reading “NASA’s Juno Gets a Close-Up Look at Lava Lakes on Jupiter’s Moon Io”