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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Transform to Open Science (TOPS; https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/) initiative aims to transform agencies, organizations, and communities to an inclusive culture of open science. TOPS’s first priority is to develop an open science curriculum to train scientists and researchers as part of our 5-year program. A set of TOPS Champions at selectedContinue reading “Instructor-Led TOPS Workshop at MSFC”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Rahul Ramachandran (ST11) met with the World Food Program’s Head of Geospatial Support Unit. The focus was on his team’s work in Geospatial AI Foundation Models, specifically discussing the upcoming second version of the HLS Foundation Model. This new iteration promises an advanced architecture and extended training on global timeContinue reading “Meeting with World Food Program’s Head of Geospatial Support Unit”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The National Weather Service in Huntsville hosted a visit by the NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration. OSTI is the main office within the NWS that manages and plans research to operations projects for the NWS and the integration of technology across NWS field offices. The visit by OSTIContinue reading “National Weather Service Office of Science and Technology Integration Visit to Learn about SPoRT”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On 3/7/24, Astrophysical Journal published online “X-ray Polarimetry of the Dipping Accreting Neutron Star 4U 1624–49” by M. Lynne Saade (Astrophysics Branch) et al. This is the 51st discovery paper published by the IXPE Science Team. The first author, Lynnie Saade, is a new postdoc working on IXPE and thisContinue reading “New Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Discovery Papers Published”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Dennis Gallagher (ST13) reports receiving on 3/1/24, one gram of Apollo 16 regolith of 1 mm and smaller dust regolith from the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Apollo Archive. The material request is motivated by the planned NASA Artemis missions to the Moon’s south polar region where the surface is generallyContinue reading “Receipt of a Small Apollo 16 Regolith Dust Sample for the Dusty Plasma Lab”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Transform to Open Science (TOPS) initiative aims to transform agencies, organizations, and communities to an inclusive culture of open science. A set of TOPS Champions at selected NASA Centers have developed the open science curriculum that they will teach at Centers, conferences, science meetings, etc. A first TOPS meetingContinue reading “Participation in the First TOPS Symposium at KSC”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As part of his NASA SERVIR research project, Pontus Olofsson (ST11) co-authored a paper for publication in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. The paper, titled Applications of Remote Sensing for Land Use Planning Scenarios With Suitability Analysis, presents results from a suitability analysisContinue reading “Paper on Land-Use Planning in West Africa Published in IEEE J-STARS”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its Break the Ice Lunar Challenge on Wednesday, June 12 at Alabama A&M University’s (AAMU) Agribition Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The challenge aims to develop new technologies that could support a sustained human presence on the Moon by the endContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Watch Agency’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge Final Phase”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Patrick Duran and Anita LeRoy (ST11) met with Samir Belabbes from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to investigate ways for SPoRT to provide NASA remote sensing products to the UN Satellite Centre. The new collaboration springs from a presentation given by Belabbes at last year’s Joint ApplicationsContinue reading “SPoRT Undertakes New Collaboration with the United Nations (U.N.) Satellite Centre”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From 2/12-16/24, representatives of SERVIR’s Science Coordination Office participated in an Inclusive Climate Action Workshop in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Hosted by SERVIR’s Southeast Asia program, along with USAID, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, and the World Wildlife Fund, the event was organized as a space to exchange ideas on howContinue reading “SERVIR Co-hosts Regional Workshop on Inclusive Climate Action”