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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This densely populated group of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1841, which is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way galaxy that lies about 162,000 light-years away. Satellite galaxies are bound by gravity in orbits around a more massive host galaxy. WeContinue reading “Hubble Uncovers a Celestial Fossil”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Into the Belly of the Rover: VIPER’s Final Science Instrument Installed by Rachel Hoover TRIDENT, designed and developed by engineers at Honeybee Robotics in Altadena, California, is the fourth and final science instrument to be installed into VIPER. NASA engineers have already successfully integrated VIPER’s three other science instruments intoContinue reading “NASA Ames Astrogram – January/February 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and the American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation (ACMI) signed an agreement Thursday, Feb. 29 to lease underutilized land in a 240-acre Exploration Park at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. ACMI will enable the development of facilities to enable commercial and defense space manufacturing. The agreement isContinue reading “NASA Selects ACMI as Second Approved Exploration Park Facility”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Clayton P. Turner serves as the Director of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. His career at NASA Langley has spanned 33 years. His experiences prior to his career with NASA include three years of military service. He graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. with aContinue reading “Langley Celebrates Black History Month: Clayton Turner”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This year will be a “BIG” year for several college and university teams as they research, design, and demonstrate novel inflatable systems configured for future lunar operations through a NASA-sponsored engineering competition. NASA’s Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge asked student innovators to propose novel inflatable component and systemContinue reading “Student Teams to Help Fill the Inflatable Void with Latest Student Challenge  “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover met with Edwards Air Force Base school-age children at a joint NASA and Air Force Black Employee Resource Group event at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Feb. 15.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Following a launch on Feb. 15, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander touched down in the Moon’s south polar region on Feb. 22 and has since transmitted valuable scientific data back to Earth. Odysseus took six NASA payloads along for the ride and their data will prepare us for future human explorationContinue reading “Odysseus Lands on the Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY When NASA sends astronauts to the South Pole region of the Moon for the first time with its Artemis campaign, they will capture photos with a handheld camera to help advance scientific research and discovery for the benefit of all. NASA and Nikon Inc. recently signed a Space Act Agreement that outlinesContinue reading “NASA Signs Agreement with Nikon to Develop Lunar Artemis Camera”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Science in Space February 2024 Instruments on the exterior of the International Space Station provide data on astrophysical phenomena that are helping scientists better understand our universe and its origins. Crew members install and maintain these instruments robotically and scientific teams operate them remotely. One of the instruments, the NeutronContinue reading “Astrophysics Instruments”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on former NASA Administrator and astronaut Richard Truly, who passed away Feb. 27, 2024, at his home in Genesee, Colorado, at the age of 86. “NASA is the place it is today because of people of character, vision, and aContinue reading “NASA Honors Life of Former Administrator, Astronaut Richard Truly “