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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shared on Monday the agency’s path forward on the Mars Sample Return program, including seeking innovative designs to return valuable samples from Mars to Earth. Such samples will not only help us understand the formation and evolution of our solar system but can be used toContinue reading “NASA Sets Path to Return Mars Samples, Seeks Innovative Designs”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As the Moon blotted out the Sun to viewers across the United States during the April 8 solar eclipse, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured an image from some 223,000 miles away of the highly anticipated celestial event. There are three cameras that comprise the LRO camera (LROC) suite: twoContinue reading “NASA’s LRO Observes 2024 Solar Eclipse Shadow”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected a new crew of four volunteers to participate in a simulated mission to Mars within a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef Al Romaithi, and Piyumi Wijesekara will step into the agency’s Human Exploration Research Analog, or HERA, onContinue reading “NASA Selects New Crew for Next Simulated Mars Journey”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Current partners are encouraged to share their stories with NASA and our local communities. If partners do not have the time to prepare a story for the NRP post, the NRP team encourages partners to submit their latest press release and it can be included in the Post! Please submitContinue reading “The NRP Post”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On April 8, 2024, the Moon’s shadow swept across North America, treating millions to a breathtaking view of a total solar eclipse. As the Moon passed in front of the Sun, it revealed the Sun’s wispy white outer atmosphere — the corona. Pictures of total solar eclipses are beautiful —Continue reading “The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Enterprise, the first space shuttle orbiter that NASA built, arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on April 10, 1979. Although not space worthy, as a pathfinder Enterprise carried out tasks critical to ensuring the success of the space shuttle program. During its four-month stay at KSC, EnterpriseContinue reading “45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Earth Day, Learn How NASA Investigates the Blue in Our Blue Planet This Earth Day, join us in person and online to learn how NASA studies the ocean from space. Explore the complex connections between sea, air, land, and climate through a mix of in-person and virtual activities, talks,Continue reading “The Ocean Touches Everything: Celebrate Earth Day with NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this image from April 12, 1981, the first space shuttle, STS-1, launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with NASA astronauts John W. Young, commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, aboard. STS-1 was meant to demonstrate a safe launch into orbit and a safe return of the orbiterContinue reading “The First Space Shuttle”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 15, to discuss the agency’s response to a Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board report from September 2023, including next steps for the program. The teleconference will livestream at: https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv Mars Sample Return has been a major long-termContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Mars Sample Return Update”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Math for designing lasers becomes artist’s key to creating complex crease patterns