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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Procurement manager Sislyn “Pauline” Barrett takes great joy in helping people go beyond what they think they can. Name: Sislyn “Pauline” Barrett Title: Procurement Manager Formal Job Classification: Supervisory Contract Specialist (1102) Organization: Engineering Procurement Office, Procurement Division (Code 175) What do you do and what is most interesting aboutContinue reading “Sislyn ‘Pauline’ Barrett: Procuring the Perfect Engineering Services”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The most powerful events in the known universe – gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) – are short-lived outbursts of the highest-energy light. They can erupt with a quintillion (a 10 followed by 18 zeros) times the luminosity of our Sun. Now thought to announce the births of new black holes, they wereContinue reading “Gamma-ray Bursts: Harvesting Knowledge From the Universe’s Most Powerful Explosions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY It’s easy to measure fuel in tanks on Earth, where gravity pulls the liquid to the bottom. But in space, the game changes. Quantifying fuel that’s floating around inside a spacecraft’s tank isn’t so simple. “Because of the very small amount of gravity, fluid doesn’t settle to the bottom ofContinue reading “NASA Tests New Spacecraft Propellant Gauge on Lunar Lander”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe began with a rapid expansion we call the big bang. After this initial expansion, which lasted a fraction of a second, gravity started to slow the universe down. But the cosmos wouldn’t stay this way. Nine billion years after the universe began, itsContinue reading “The Universe is Expanding Faster These Days and Dark Energy is Responsible. So What is Dark Energy?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In October 2017, for the first time, astronomers observed light and gravitational waves from the same source.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has spotted gamma rays coming from thunderstorms.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After months of preparation, more than 100 students competed at the fast-paced annual academic competition hosted by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For the second year in a row, a team from Irvine’s University High School claimed victory at a regional competition of the National Science Bowl, hosted Saturday, Feb. 3,Continue reading “University High School Wins Regional Science Bowl at NASA’s JPL”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named Joseph Pelfrey director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective immediately. Pelfrey has served as acting center director since July 2023. “Joseph is a respected leader who shares the passion for innovation and exploration at NASA Marshall. As centerContinue reading “NASA Administrator Announces New Marshall Space Flight Center Director”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Later this month, NASA’s commercial lunar delivery services provider Intuitive Machines will launch its Nova-C lunar lander carrying several NASA science and technology payloads, including the Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL). This innovative guidance system, developed by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, under the agency’s Space Technology Mission DirectorateContinue reading “NASA’s Laser Navigation Tech Enables Commercial Lunar Exploration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As astronaut Bruce McCandless II flew the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) out of the space shuttle Challenger’s payload bay for the first time on February 7, 1984, many in the agency were fearful about the use of a self-propelled and untethered backpack in space.  (Previous spacewalkers remained connected to theContinue reading “The Iconic Photos from STS-41B: Documenting the First Untethered Spacewalk”