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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”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A total solar eclipse is a captivating experience – evoking feelings of awe and wonder that are sometimes best expressed through art. Inspired by the upcoming total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, artists Tyler Nordgren and Kristen Perrin have designed two posters for NASA that present the magic ofContinue reading “Meet the Creators, Part 3: NASA’s 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Posters”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Students from California and Massachusetts will have separate opportunities next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The two Earth-to-space calls will air live Monday, Feb. 5, and Friday, Feb. 9, on NASA+ and agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including socialContinue reading “California, Massachusetts Students to Hear from NASA, ESA Astronauts”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) private astronaut flight from the International Space Station before the crew returns to Earth.  The four-member astronaut crew is scheduled to undock no earlier than 6:05 a.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 3, from the space-facingContinue reading “NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 3 Departure from Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Maybe you read about them in the papers–amateur astronomers in Japan, Russia, France, Finland, and the United States have been pulling all-nighters to spot extraordinary exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than the Sun.  NASA’s UNITE project holds these planetary stakeouts several times every month, and you can join in! This October,Continue reading “UNITE All-Nighter Delights Amateur Astronomers”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is hosting virtual activities ahead of the launch of the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and invites you to share in the fun. The PACE mission will help us better understand how the ocean and atmosphere exchange carbon dioxide, measure key atmospheric variables associated with air qualityContinue reading “NASA Invites Public to Share in Excitement of PACE Mission Launch”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Feb. 3, 1994, space shuttle Discovery took off on its 18th flight, STS-60. Its six-person crew of Commander Charles F. Bolden, Pilot Kenneth S. Reightler, and Mission Specialists N. Jan Davis, Ronald M. Sega, Franklin R. Chang-Díaz, who served as payload commander, and Sergei K. Krikalev of the RussianContinue reading “30 Years Ago: STS-60, the First Shuttle-Mir Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows ESO 185-IG013, a luminous blue compact galaxy (BCG). BCGs are nearby galaxies that show an intense burst of star formation. They are unusually blue in visible light, which sets them apart from other high-starburst galaxies that emit more infrared light. Astrophysicists study BCGs becauseContinue reading “Hubble Sees a Merged Galaxy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Say cheese, Moon. We’re coming in for a close-up. As Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander descends toward the Moon, four tiny NASA cameras will be trained on the lunar surface, collecting imagery of how the surface changes from interactions with the spacecraft’s engine plume. Developed at NASA’s Langley Research Center inContinue reading “Tiny NASA Cameras to Picture Interaction Between Lander, Moon’s Surface”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows ESO 185-IG013, a luminous blue compact galaxy (BCG). BCGs are nearby galaxies that show an intense burst of star formation. They are unusually blue in visible light, which sets them apart from other high-starburst galaxies that emit more infrared light. Astrophysicists studyContinue reading “Hubble Sees a Merged Galaxy”