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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Two full-scale development model rovers, part of NASA’s Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) technology demonstration, drive in the Mars Yard at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in this image from August 2023. The project is designed to show that a group of robotic spacecraft can workContinue reading “CADRE Rovers’ Test Drive in the Mars Yard”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission team have won the National Aeronautic Association’s (NAA) Robert J. Collier Trophy. NAA awards the trophy annually for what it determines is “the greatest achievement in aerospace and astronautics in America.” The OSIRIS-REx team willContinue reading “NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Collier Trophy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Monday, Feb. 26, visitors to the Integrated Engineering Services Building at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, were greeted by the mouthwatering smell of roasted garlic, sautéed peppers and onions, fragrant herbs, and the unexpected discovery that the building’s main hallway had been turned into a pop-up kitchenContinue reading “Order Up: High School Students Compete to Launch Their Food into Space with NASA HUNCH Culinary Competition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, May 30 and 31, 2024 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.  Continue reading “University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After Eugene Malinskiy saw a physician assistant trip over arthroscopic camera cords during a medical procedure, he and his brother, Ilya, set out to develop a wireless arthroscopic camera. Early in the development process, the Malinskiys got a boost from engineers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, who advisedContinue reading “Tech Today: Cutting the Knee Surgery Cord”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY From radar instruments smaller than a shoebox to radiometers the size of a milk carton, there are more tools available to scientists today for observing complex Earth systems than ever before. But this abundance of available sensors creates its own unique challenge: how can researchers organize these diverse instruments inContinue reading “New NASA Software Simulates Science Missions for Observing Terrestrial Freshwater”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY March 25, 2024 RELEASE J24-008 NASA Remembers Former NASA Johnson Director George W. S. Abbey George W. S. Abbey, former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, died Sunday, March 24, in Houston after an illness. The Seattle native was 91.  “A true visionary, Mr. Abbey demonstrated transformational leadership as Johnson’sContinue reading “NASA Remembers Former NASA Johnson Director George W. S. Abbey”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet. The Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) sounding rockets will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility inContinue reading “NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon’s Shadow During Solar Eclipse”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s OSIRIS-REx team was selected as the winner of the National Space Club and Foundation’s 2024 Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy for their tremendous work on the first U.S. mission to bring an asteroid sample to Earth. The winning team  received the award at the 67th Annual Robert H.Continue reading “NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Robert Goddard Memorial Trophy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Sea ice at both the top and bottom of the planet continued its decline in 2024. In the waters around Antarctica, ice coverage shrank to near-historic lows for the third year in a row. The recurring loss hints at a long-term shift in conditions in the Southern Ocean, likely resultingContinue reading “Antarctic Sea Ice Near Historic Lows; Arctic Ice Continues Decline”