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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Information from the PREFIRE mission will illuminate how clouds and water vapor in the Arctic and Antarctic influence the amount of heat the poles radiate into space. A pair of new shoebox-size NASA satellites will help unravel an atmospheric mystery that’s bedeviled scientists for years: how the behavior of cloudsContinue reading “Twin NASA Satellites Ready to Help Gauge Earth’s Energy Balance”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NSSC provides travel reimbursement services for all authorized Agency travel including: domestic, foreign, local, ETDY, and Change of Station (COS). References Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) Traveler Extended TDY and Taxes Domestic Per Diem Rates Foreign Per Diem Rates Change of Station NSSC Travel now has another way that aContinue reading “Travel”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Administrator Bill Nelson welcomed Peru as the newest nation to sign the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony with the U.S. State Department at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Peru joins 40 other countries in a commitment to advancing principles for the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon,Continue reading “NASA Welcomes Peru as 41st Artemis Accords Signatory”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Felix Landerer, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, felix.w.landerer@jpl.nasa.gov Introduction In October 2023, the annual gathering of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On [G-FO] Science Team took place in Boulder, CO, hosted at University Corporation for Atmospheric Research’s (UCAR) Center Green campus. The event had 70 in-person participant andContinue reading “Summary of the 2023 GRACE Follow-On Science Team Meeting”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY How does spaceflight affect tumor-bearing fruit fly hosts and their parasites? Background: Like humans, fruit flies (a model organism for spaceflight research) also exhibit immune system dysfunction in space. Despite decades of studies on fruit flies and wasps, little was known about how their immune systems interact with natural parasitesContinue reading “Spaceflight effects tumor-bearing fruit fly hosts and their parasites”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY More to Marshall: Center Leadership Provides Updates During Spring All-Hands Meeting By Wayne Smith NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will celebrate its 65th birthday next summer, and while there are plans to honor the center’s rich history, there is also More to Marshall ahead. That was part of the messageContinue reading “The Marshall Star for May 29, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To foster growth in Maryland’s aerospace industry, the state’s Department of Commerce signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NASA at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Wednesday, May 28, 2024. The agreement commits the two organizations to develop the state’s aerospace economy, particularly in the area surrounding Goddard’sContinue reading “NASA Goddard, Maryland Sign Memo to Boost State’s Aerospace Sector”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On May 27, 1999, the second space station assembly and logistics mission began. The main goals of STS-96, designated as the 2A.1 mission in the overall assembly sequence, included resupplying and repairing the fledgling orbital facility, consisting of the Zarya and Node 1 modules assembled during STS-88 in December 1998.Continue reading “25 Years Ago: STS-96 Resupplies the Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A grass field and tile display of NASA’s iconic “meatball” is all that remains of the structure that stood for over 50 years during America’s most monumental launches to space. Now, a large bronze plaque at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida marks the location of this original headquartersContinue reading “Historic Marker Celebrates NASA Kennedy’s Old Center Headquarters “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After ten months in orbit, the Starling spacecraft swarm successfully demonstrated its primary mission’s key objectives, representing significant achievements in the capability of swarm configurations.  Swarms of satellites may one day be used in deep space exploration. An autonomous network of spacecraft could self-navigate, manage scientific experiments, and execute maneuversContinue reading “Swarming for Success: Starling Completes Primary Mission”