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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historic milestone. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment beamed an ultra-high definition streaming video on Dec. 11 from a record-setting 19 million miles away (31 million kilometers,Continue reading “NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Are we alone in the universe? About 30,000 volunteers want to know! These volunteers visited arewealone.earth to sift through a huge data set from the 100 meter Green Bank Telescope—inspecting it for signals that might indicate intelligent extraterrestrial life. As of this week, this giant team has made ONE MILLION inspections! “We areContinue reading “Cosmic Companionship Quest Marks Major Milestone”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On Aug. 18, 2023, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured ridged lines carved onto Mars’ landscape by the gradual movement of ice. While surface ice deposits are mostly limited to Mars’ polar caps, these patterns appear in many non-polar Martian regions. As ice flows downhill, rock and soil are pluckedContinue reading “Ice Flows on Mars”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that spins on its side. Webb captured this dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, and other atmospheric features – including a seasonal polar cap. The image expands upon a two-color version released earlierContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Rings in Holidays With Ringed Planet Uranus”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In December 1973, Skylab 4 astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue passed the one-month mark of the third and final mission aboard the Skylab space station. Launching on Nov. 16, they began a planned 56-day flight that mission managers fully expected to extend to 84Continue reading “50 Years Ago: Skylab 4 Astronauts Push Past the One-Month Mark”

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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “When I mentor students, their academic [talents] are a given. They’re very bright. They’re very smart. But I mentor them to teach them what they don’t learn in school: how to work with other people, how to seek help, and how to mature from a student to a professional.  “[IContinue reading “Research Physical Scientist Tra-My Justine Richardson “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this image from Dec. 17, 1903, Orville Wright makes the first powered, controlled flight on Earth as his brother Wilbur looks on. Orville Wright covered 120 feet in 12 seconds during the first flight of the day. The Wright brothers made four flights that day, each longer than theContinue reading “120th Anniversary of the First Powered, Controlled Flight”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and Sierra Space are making progress on the first flight of the company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft to the International Space Station. The uncrewed cargo spaceplane is planned to launch its demonstration mission in 2024 to the orbital complex as part of NASA’s commercial resupply services. Dream Chaser and ShootingContinue reading “Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser New Station Resupply Spacecraft for NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Jessica Barnett For many at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, a love – be it for space, science, or something else – drew them to the career they’re in today. For geologist Jennifer Edmunson, there were multiple reasons. Her love for geology dates back to herContinue reading “NASA Geologist Paves the Way for Building on the Moon”