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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A Florida redbelly turtle looks warily at the camera in this photo from Feb. 29, 2000. This image was captured on the grounds of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge contains 92,000 acres that are a habitatContinue reading “What Are You Looking At?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is moving forward with ten studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars’ surface back to Earth as part of the agency’s Mars Sample Return Program. As part of this effort, NASA will award a firm-fixed-price contract for up to $1.5 million to conductContinue reading “NASA Exploring Alternative Mars Sample Return Methods”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Following their safe arrival at the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will participate in a pair of Earth to space calls Monday, June 10, regarding their historic mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft: Known as NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, the duo will speak first atContinue reading “NASA Crew Flight Test Astronauts to Call White House, NASA Leaders”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Timothy Lang (ST11) is a coauthor on an article titled, “Employing Optical Lightning Data to identify lightning flashes associated to Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes,” which was recently accepted for publication in the Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology. Rich Blakeslee, formerly of the NASA MSFC Emeritus program, is also a coauthorContinue reading “Article On Using the Lightning Imaging Sensor to Search for Gamma-ray Flashes from Thunderstorms Accepted for Publication”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will roll the fully assembled core stage for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the first crewed Artemis mission out of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in mid-July. The 212-foot-tall stage will be loaded on the agency’s Pegasus barge for delivery to KennedyContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Rollout Event for Artemis II Moon Rocket Stage”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Patrick Duran (SPoRT/ST11) participated in the annual Tropical Cyclone Operations and Research Forum (TCORF) at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, FL 3/5-6/24. TCORF brings together hurricane researchers, forecasters, and aircraft reconnaissance personnel from NOAA, the US Navy, and the US Air Force to discuss recent research results andContinue reading “Participation in the Tropical Cyclone Operations and Research Forum”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Christopher Schultz (ST11) led a team consisting of Phillip Bitzer (UAH), Michael Antia (Jacobs), Jonathan Case (Ensco), and Christopher Hain (MSFC) to examine 26-years of lightning-initiated wildfires (LIW) to understand the types of lightning that were producing wildfire events within the United States. Twenty-six years of lightning data were pairedContinue reading “New Paper Redefining Characteristics of Lightning-Initiated Wildfire Ignition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, in combination with other NASA telescopes, is helping astronomers delve deeper into this galactic factory where stars are vigorously being produced. This is the first data to be publicly released from a project called the ExtendedContinue reading “‘Super’ Star Cluster Shines in New Look From NASA’s Chandra”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY What do you give to an ocean that has everything? This year, for National Ocean Month, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite— is gifting us a unique look at our home planet. The visualizations created with data from the satellite, which launched on Feb. 8, are already enhancingContinue reading “PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station will conduct three spacewalks targeted for June. NASA will discuss the upcoming spacewalks during a news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 11.Live coverage will air on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASAContinue reading “NASA to Discuss Upcoming Spacewalks for Station Repairs, Upgrades”