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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Monday, April 29, 2024 On this two sol-planning day, the Curiosity science team logged in and found ourselves face to face with ‘Pinnacle Ridge’ (pictured above), part of the upper Gediz Vallis Ridge (uGVR). We saw two types of rocks in our workspace: light-toned layered rocks andContinue reading “Sols 4171-4172: Scoot Over!”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is set to begin launch operations mid-May for the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign. Four stadium-sized, scientific balloons carrying science missions and technology demonstrations are scheduled to lift off from Swedish Space Corporation’s Esrange Space Center, situated north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna, Sweden. The campaign willContinue reading “NASA Balloons Head North of Arctic Circle for Long-Duration Flights”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA engaged with fans, student robotics teams, and industry leaders at the 2024 FIRST Robotics World Championships held April 17-20, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The exhibit highlighted the future of technology and spaceflight, attracting over 50,000 participants from across the United States and worldwide.  TheContinue reading “NASA Showcases Innovations at the 2024 FIRST Robotics World Championships”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Johnson Space Center was recently involved in two major announcements with important implications for the future of space exploration and the aerospace industry. On Feb. 29, 2024, NASA announced that the American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation (ACMI) signed an agreement to become a tenant at Johnson’s 240-acre ExplorationContinue reading “Johnson Celebrates New Opportunities for Space Industry in Texas”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Updated April 30, 2024 Editor’s note: On April 30, 2024, NASA announced it restored the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope to science operations April 29. The spacecraft is in good health and once again operating using all three of its gyros. All of Hubble’s instruments are online, and the spacecraft has resumed taking science observations. Continue reading “NASA’s Hubble Pauses Science Due to Gyro Issue”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has awarded $3.9 million to 13 teams at under-resourced academic institutions across the country, to support collaborative projects with NASA that offer students mentorship and career development in science, technology, engineering, and math. This is the second round of seed funding awards given through the agency’s Science Mission DirectorateContinue reading “NASA Grants Support Academic Collaborations for STEM Student Success”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA battery safety exams influence commercial product testing

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY At a time when phone cameras are capable of taking snapshots with millions of pixels, an instrument on the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) satellite captures revolutionary science with just 36 of them. “That may sound impossible, but it’s actually true,” said Richard Kelley, the U.S. principal investigatorContinue reading “NASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixels”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA works on projects that often have never been done, or perhaps the way they are being done has never been tried. Living on the edge of innovation requires a high degree of risk. After organizational silence led to the loss of space shuttle Challenger and its crew in 1986,Continue reading “NASA’s Commitment to Safety Starts with its Culture”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “When people begin their careers, they start as an individual contributor. You’re a technical expert; your worth and your value are based on what you know and what you can do as an individual.  “Then there’s an interesting journey that you have to take from an individual contributor to aContinue reading “International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel”