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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Administrator Announces New Marshall Space Flight Center Director NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Feb. 5 named Joseph Pelfrey director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center, effective immediately. Pelfrey has served as acting center director since July 2023. “Joseph is a respected leader who shares the passion for innovationContinue reading “The Marshall Star for February 7, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Astronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger in this 70mm photo from Feb. 7, 1984. While testing out the nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled back-pack device called the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) for the first time, McCandless’s fellow crewmembers aboard the reusable vehicle photographed him. TheContinue reading “Astronaut Bruce McCandless Performs the First Untethered Spacewalk”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The longest spaceflight up to that time ended on Feb. 8, 1974, when Skylab 4 astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after their 84-day mission aboard Skylab, America’s first space station. During their stay, they carried out a challengingContinue reading “50 Years Ago: Skylab 4 Astronauts Return From Record-Breaking Spaceflight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. NASA will honor the next generation of Artemis astronaut candidates to graduate at 10:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, March 5, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. After completing more than two years of basic training, these candidates will earn their wings andContinue reading “New Artemis Generation Astronauts to Graduate, NASA Sets Coverage”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Read this release in English here. La NASA rendirá homenaje a la nueva generación de candidatos a astronautas para el programa Artemis durante su acto de graduación, a las 10:30 a.m. hora del este del miércoles 5 de marzo en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston. Después de completarContinue reading “Nuevos astronautas de Artemis se gradúan y la NASA hará la cobertura”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media are invited to attend an open house from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Great Lakes Science Center, home of the NASA Glenn Visitor Center. During the open house, news outlets will get a preview of the Science Center’s Total Eclipse Fest, which is scheduled toContinue reading “NASA, Great Lakes Science Center to Host Eclipse Media Preview Day”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY When the second CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) delivery is launched to the Moon in mid-February, its NASA payloads will include an experiment that could change how human explorers, rovers, and spacecraft independently track their precise location on the Moon and in cis-lunar space. Demonstrating autonomous navigation, the Lunar Node-1Continue reading “NASA to Demonstrate Autonomous Navigation System on Moon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Daniel Andrews, project manager for NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) (left), stands next to a full-scale model of the rover alongside visitors from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA): Dr. Hitoshi Kuninaka, Vice President of JAXA and Director General of JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS);Continue reading “NASA Ames Hosts JAXA Leader to Discuss Space Science and Spaceflight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Workforce statement and memo to employees. JPL statement issued on Feb. 6, 2024: After exhausting all other measures to adjust to a lower budget from NASA, and in the absence of an FY24 appropriation from Congress, we have had to make the difficult decision to reduce the JPL workforce throughContinue reading “JPL Workforce Update”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Feb. 3, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fourth flight, STS-41B. Its five-person crew of Commander Vance D. Brand, Pilot Robert L. “Hoot” Gibson, and Mission Specialists Ronald E. McNair, Robert L. Stewart, and Bruce McCandless flew an eight-day mission ending with the first return to NASA’sContinue reading “40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit”