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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this strategic part of the Moon. The study presents evidence that moonquakes and faults generated as the Moon’s interior gradually coolsContinue reading “Shrinking Moon Causing Moonquakes and Faults Near Lunar South Pole”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Jan. 25, 1984, President Ronald W. Reagan directed NASA to build a permanently inhabited Earth orbiting space station within a decade. The President’s announcement turned years of NASA studies into a real program. As originally envisioned, the modular space station would use the space shuttle for assembly and serveContinue reading “40 Years Ago: President Reagan Directs NASA to Build a Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station for the agency and its partners. This launch is the 20th Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the orbitalContinue reading “NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman Cargo Space Station Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s IXPE Team Awarded Prestigious Rossi Prize By Rick Smith NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) team has been awarded a top prize in high-energy astronomy. The High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded the 2024 Bruno Rossi Prize to retired NASA astrophysicist Martin Weisskopf,Continue reading “The Marshall Star for January 24, 2024”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As part of NASA’s efforts to expand commercial resupply in low Earth orbit, media are invited to view Sierra Space’s uncrewed commercial spaceplane ahead of its first demonstration flight for the agency to the International Space Station in 2024. The Dream Chaser event is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m.Continue reading “NASA, Sierra Space Invite Media to See Spaceplane for Cargo Missions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, stand on the Martian landscape in this poster created to commemorate their 20th landing anniversary. The rovers landed in January 2004, on opposite sides of the planet in locales that scientists suspected had been affected by liquid water in the past. Their main scientificContinue reading “Celebrating NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity Rovers’ Mars Landings”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY During a ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels on Tuesday, Belgium became the 34th country to sign the Artemis Accords. The accords establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations, including those participating in NASA’s Artemis campaign. “Congratulations to Belgium on becomingContinue reading “NASA Welcomes Belgium as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The Scout impact assessment system calculated where and when the asteroid 2024 BX1 would impact Earth’s atmosphere, providing a useful demonstration of planetary defense capability. A small asteroid about 3 feet (1 meter) in size disintegrated harmlessly over Germany on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 1:32 a.m. local time (CET). AtContinue reading “NASA System Predicts Impact of a Very Small Asteroid Over Germany”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will host a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 31, to discuss its science and technology demonstrations flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ first flight to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign.  Audio of the CLPS science call willContinue reading “NASA to Discuss Science, First Intuitive Machines Artemis Moon Flight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is announcing 60 winning teams for its third TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest to engage students in technology, science, and space exploration. The student teams will work together to turn their proposed science and technology experiments into reality ahead of NASA-sponsored suborbital flight tests this summer. The challengeContinue reading “NASA Selects Winners of Third TechRise Student Challenge”