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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s aerial prototype is seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va, Dec. 15, 2023. The prototype, which was the first to prove it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, wasContinue reading “A New Home for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prototype”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY We did it! The Jovian Vortex Hunter project, launched on Zooniverse in June 2022, is out of data as of December 23, 2023.  Over 6,000 registered volunteers joined the project to view images from NASA’s JunoCam instrument of the swirling clouds in Jupiter’s atmosphere and draw on them using a computer mouse.Continue reading “Thank You, Jovian Vortex Hunters! The Hunt Is Over…for Now.”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY It’s oh-so-easy to be absolutely mesmerized by these spiral galaxies. Follow their clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, to their centers, where there may be old star clusters and – sometimes – active supermassive black holes. Only NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope can deliver highly detailed scenes ofContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Depicts Staggering Structure in 19 Nearby Spiral Galaxies”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA completed the sixth of 12 scheduled RS-25 engine certification tests in a critical series for future flights of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket as engineers conducted a full-duration hot fire Jan. 27 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The current series builds onContinue reading “NASA Marks Halfway Point for Artemis Moon Rocket Engine Certification Series”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency is working to land astronauts on the lunar surface during Artemis III, laying the groundwork for a long-term human presence at the Moon for the benefit of all. When the Artemis astronauts take their first steps near the South Pole of the Moon,Continue reading “Axiom Space Tests Lunar Spacesuit at NASA’s Johnson Space Center”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has awarded a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Virginia, for the maintenance and operation of incident reporting programs and continuing development to improve current and future reporting systems. The Aviation Safety Reporting System and Related Systems award is a cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract managed by the HumanContinue reading “NASA Awards Contract for Aviation, Railroad Safety Reporting Systems”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply services mission for the agency. Mission teams are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 29, for launch of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceContinue reading “NASA Offers Virtual Activities for Northrop Grumman’s Next Resupply Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Jan. 19, 2024, at 10:20 a.m. EST, the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed on the lunar surface. Five days later, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft passed over the landing site and photographed SLIM. LRO acquired the image at an altitude ofContinue reading “NASA’s LRO Spots Japan’s Moon Lander “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Ten teams from around the world have been named the Global Winners of the 2023 NASA International Space Apps Challenge. The Challenge is the largest annual global hackathon, and gives participants the opportunity to engage with real world problems we face on Earth and in space.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program began installing the four emergency egress baskets at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the event of an emergency at the pad during the launch countdown, these baskets, similarContinue reading “Artemis Teams Install Emergency Escape Baskets at NASA Kennedy”