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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On April 8, 2024, a NASA photographer captured the total solar eclipse in Dallas. A small part of North America, from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, saw the total solar eclipse, while all North America and parts of Central America and Europe saw a partialContinue reading “Seeing Totality”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts are using virtual reality to explore Gateway. When they slip on their headsets, they’re not just seeing the station—they’re in it, meticulously surveying every detail and offering crucial insights on design and functionality.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The energetic electrons that drive the aurora borealis (the northern lights) have a rich and very dynamic structure that we currently do not fully understand.  Much of what we know about these electrons comes from instruments that have fundamental limitations in their ability to sample multiple energies with high timeContinue reading “Making Ultra-fast Electron Measurements in Multiple Directions to Reveal the Secrets of the Aurora”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Three Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia April 8, 2024, during the solar eclipse. The rockets launched for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission to study the disturbances in the electrified region of Earth’s atmosphere known as the ionosphere created whenContinue reading “NASA Wallops Launches 3 Rockets During Eclipse in Virginia”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is opening access to space for more people by working with private industry on the development of new commercial space stations for low Earth orbit where the agency’s astronauts could fly in the future. New commercial space stations will be available to people beyond government or professional astronauts withContinue reading “NASA Shares Medical Expertise with New Space Station Partners”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo, a research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, received the Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Prize on April 8 in London. The prize, according to the RGS, recognizes “outstanding achievement by an individual in the pursuit and/or application of geographical research,Continue reading “NASA’s Lola Fatoyinbo Receives Royal Geographical Society Prize”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On April 8, 1964, Gemini 1 successfully completed the first uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft and its Titan II booster. The three-orbit mission proved the structural integrity of the spacecraft and the launch vehicle, paving the way for a second uncrewed test flight and ultimately missions with astronauts.Continue reading “60 Years Ago: Gemini 1 Flies a Successful Uncrewed Test Flight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Mercury 7 On April 9, 1959, reporters and news media crammed into the ballroom of the Dolley Madison House in Washington—the location of NASA Headquarters at that time—to learn the names of the first American astronauts who came to be known as the Mercury 7. Public Information Director WalterContinue reading “From NASA’s First Astronaut Class to Artemis II: The Importance of Military Jet Pilot Experience”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA selected nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged to explore how NASA has powered some of its most famous science missions and to dream up howContinue reading “NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara returned to Earth after a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on Saturday, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. The trio departed the space station aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at 11:54 p.m. EDT on April 5, andContinue reading “NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station”