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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s broad reach across digital platforms has been recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), which awarded NASA 6 Webbys in the 28th Annual Webby Awards. NASA was recognized today by the 28th Annual Webby Awards with six Webby Awards and seven Webby People’s Voice Awards,Continue reading “NASA Wins 6 Webby Awards, 7 Webby People’s Voice Awards”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The first crew to take part in a yearlong NASA Mars analog mission reached the 300-day mark of its mission on April 20. The team of four volunteers entered the CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on June 25, 2023, andContinue reading “First NASA Mars Analog Crew Nears End of Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Over the course of nearly two decades, its powerful radar provided never-before-seen details of clouds and helped advance global weather and climate predictions. CloudSat, a NASA mission that peered into hurricanes, tallied global snowfall rates, and achieved other weather and climate firsts, has ended its operations. Originally proposed as aContinue reading “NASA’s CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To celebrate the 34th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s launch, the telescope captured an image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, or M76. M76 is a planetary nebula, an expanding shell of glowing gases that were ejected from a dying red giant star that eventually collapses to an ultra-dense andContinue reading “Hubble Spots the Little Dumbbell Nebula”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY To commemorate a milestone anniversary for NASA’s Fermi spacecraft, the mission team has published an e-book called “Our High-Energy Universe: 15 Years with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.” Readers can download the e-book in PDF and EPUB formats. The e-book is aimed at general audiences with an interest in space.Continue reading “Explore the Universe with the First E-Book from NASA’s Fermi”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s legendary Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The photogenic nebula is a favoriteContinue reading “Hubble Celebrates 34th Anniversary with a Look at the Little Dumbbell Nebula”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has developed an advanced propulsion technology to facilitate future planetary exploration missions using small spacecraft. Not only will this technology enable new types of planetary science missions, one of NASA’s commercial partners is already preparing to use it for another purpose—to extend the lifetimes of spacecraft that are alreadyContinue reading “Pushing the Limits of Sub-Kilowatt Electric Propulsion Technology to Enable Planetary Exploration and Commercial Mission Concepts”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth planning date: Friday, April 19, 2024 Curiosity has a three-sol weekend plan coming up as it makes progress along the edge of upper Gediz Vallis ridge. We have observations planned to investigate multiple bedrock targets with interesting rippled textures, dark-toned float, and the ridge. With two contact science targets,Continue reading “Sols 4161-4163: Double Contact Science”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY April 22, 2024  NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, along with representatives from NASA and the International Space Station National Laboratory, will visit Boston on Wednesday, April 24, and Thursday, April 25, as part of the agency’s Destination Station to highlight research opportunities aboard the station. Destination Station was created to educateContinue reading “NASA Astronaut to Inspire Artemis Generation in Boston”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A new NASA mission is testing a new way to navigate our solar system by hoisting its sail into space – not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is led by the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The microwave oven-sizedContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Learn About New Tech Mission Powered by the Sun”