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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This high exposure photograph revealed Earth’s atmospheric glow against the backdrop of a starry sky in this image taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 21, 2024. At the time, the orbital lab was 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Papua New Guinea. The Nauka science moduleContinue reading “Earth’s Atmospheric Glow”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In 2023, NASA-developed search and rescue technologies aided first responders in locating and saving 350 lives in the United States. Now, NASA is incorporating that same technology in astronaut missions. NASA provides technical expertise to the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort known as Cospas-Sarsat. This technical expertise has enabledContinue reading “NASA Search and Rescue Technology Saves Explorers, Enables Exploration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On April 8, the Moon’s shadow will sweep across the United States, as millions will view a total solar eclipse. For many, preparing for this event brings memories of the magnificent total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017. In 2017, an estimated 215 million U.S. adults (88% of U.S. adults)Continue reading “How is the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Different than the 2017 Eclipse?”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The science performed by the complex suite of instruments recently added to the spacecraft will reveal whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions that could support life. With less than nine months remaining in the countdown to launch, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission has passed a major milestone: Its science instruments haveContinue reading “Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All Aboard”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s bio-manufacturing experiment called BioNutrients is testing a way to use microorganisms to produce on-demand nutrients that will be critical for human health during future long-duration space missions. Launched to the International Space Station in 2019, the experiment assesses the stability and performance of a hand-held system – dubbed a production packContinue reading “BioNutrients: A Five-Year Experiment in Space Nears Completion”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A growing body of research suggests a link between epigenetic mechanisms and a wide variety of illnesses and behaviors, including cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune illnesses, and cognitive dysfunction. Epigenetics also plays a role in the changes humans and other living things experience in space. This phenomenon has become part ofContinue reading “Station Science 101: Epigenetics Research in Space”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Looking like a baseball lobbed into the depths of the universe, ESO 420-G013 is a face-on spiral galaxy known as a Seyfert galaxy. Dark lanes of dust are visible against the background glow of the galaxy’s many stars.  About 10 percent of all the galaxies in the universe are thoughtContinue reading “Hubble Spies a Spinning Spiral”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Members of the cast and crew of Broadway production “The Wiz,” currently on tour at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre, visited NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley on Jan. 29 to learn more about the center’s work in air and space. The group met with center leadership andContinue reading “The Cast of Broadway’s ‘The Wiz’ “Ease on Down the Road” to Visit NASA Ames”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected Inspiritec Inc. of Philadelphia, to provide contractor support for the Shared Services Center at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract allows for special project task orders at either the firm-fixed-price or based on level of effort. The contract includes aContinue reading “NASA Awards Contract to Support Agency Enterprise Service Center”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA innovates for the benefit of all, what the agency develops for exploration has the potential to evolve into other technologies with broader use here on Earth. Many of those examples are highlighted in NASA’s annual Spinoff book including dozens of NASA-enabled medical innovations, as well other advancements. ThisContinue reading “NASA Space Tech Spinoffs Benefit Earth Medicine, Moon to Mars Tools”