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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Continuing their significant engagement with key government officials around the world to deepen ties and strengthen space collaboration, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will visit Mexico City on Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23.  Nelson and Melroy willContinue reading “NASA Leadership to Visit Mexico, Strengthen Cooperation”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY PACE Systems Engineer Kate A. McGinnis spent years planning the vibration, acoustic, and shock tests for the PACE spacecraft before saying “Systems is ‘go’” to start each test. Name: Kate A. McGinnisTitle: Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and Ocean Ecosystem Mission (PACE) Systems EngineerFormal Job Classification: Systems engineerOrganization: Mission Systems Engineering Branch,Continue reading “Kate A. McGinnis: Ready to “Go” with PACE Testing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Events Upcoming Events and Activities To explore deeper into space, it is crucial that we learn how our bodies change and adapt to the unique environment of space. The Open Science Data Repository (a combination of GeneLab and Ames Life Sciences Data Archive – ALSDA – datasets) helps scientists understandContinue reading “Space Biosciences Events”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this image from Feb. 12, 2024, engineers lift a mast into place on NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) robotic Moon rover. VIPER’s mast and the suite of instruments affixed to it look a lot like the rover’s “neck” and “head.” The mast instruments are designed to helpContinue reading “NASA’s VIPER Gets Its Head and Neck”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will build a moonquake detector for astronauts to deploy on the Moon in 2026 during the Artemis III mission, which will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years.   NASA selected the instrument, theContinue reading “NASA Goddard to Build Quake Detector for Artemis III Moon Landing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Human Exploration Rover Challenge when the competition returns to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Aviation Challenge Course in Huntsville, Alabama, Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20. The event is free and open to the public with rover excursions occurring each day fromContinue reading “Media Invited to NASA’s 30th Anniversary of International Rover Competition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Tuesday, April 16, NASA welcomed Sweden as the 38th country to sign the Artemis Accords and commit to peaceful and safe space exploration. Minister for Education Dr. Mats Persson signed the accords on behalf of Sweden at an event in Stockholm. “NASA welcomes Sweden to the Artemis Accords family,”Continue reading “NASA Embraces Sweden as Newest Member of Artemis Accords Family”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Space Biosciences Staff Awards NASA Honor Award Recipients Distinguished Service Medal James Connolly (2013) Early Career Achievement Medal Nicole A. Rayl (2012)David J. Smith (2016)Jonathan M. Galazka (2017) Equal Employment Opportunity Medal Dana G. Bolles (2014) Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal David L. Pletcher (2015) Exceptional Achievement Medal Janet E. BeegleContinue reading “SC Division Awards & Recognition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The research teams who help sustain the largest freshwater reserve in the world are developing a new tool to promote more resilient farming systems in Brazil. The goal is to help farmers better handle changes in the water cycle, deal with droughts, and adapt to a changing climate.  The Large-ScaleContinue reading “NASA Open Science Initiative Expands OpenET Across Amazon Basin  “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near light-speed. But surprisingly, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light those particles should produce. On May 18, 2023, aContinue reading “NASA’s Fermi Mission Sees No Gamma Rays from Nearby Supernova”