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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “There’s this thing called the overview effect: Space has this effect on people that you could probably call almost spiritual. Everyone returns from spaceflight changed in one way or another. … They see the Earth from space, and that’s how they continue to see it after flight. “… The moreContinue reading “Branch Chief Margarita Sampson”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Call for Papers Date: August 13–14, 2024Location: Washington, D.C. Jointly organized by the NASA History Office and the Earth Science Division, this workshop seeks to document the important contributions of airborne campaigns implemented on NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory. The workshop will be a combination of keynote talks, panel discussions,Continue reading “Contributions of the DC-8 to Earth System Science at NASA: A Workshop”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The elements of the super-heavy lift SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for NASA’s Artemis II mission are undergoing final preparations before shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for stacking and pre-launch activities in 2024. Teams at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, recently rotated the OrionContinue reading “NASA Teams Prepare Moon Rocket-to-Spacecraft Connector for Assembly”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Read this release in English here. Ya está abierta la acreditación para los medios de comunicación para el próximo lanzamiento de la misión científica de observación de la Tierra PACE (acrónimo inglés para Plancton, Aerosoles, Nubes y Ecosistemas Oceánicos) de la NASA. La NASA y SpaceX planean poner en órbita PACEContinue reading “NASA invita a medios al lanzamiento de misión para estudiar océanos y nubes”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem) Earth observing science mission. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Feb. 6, for a Falcon 9 rocket to launch PACE to orbit from SpaceContinue reading “NASA Invites Media to Launch of New Mission to Study Oceans, Clouds”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling scientists to model the fine particles’ role in climate change and more. NASA’s EMIT mission has created the first comprehensive maps of the world’s mineral dust-source regions, providing precise locations of 10 key minerals based on how they reflectContinue reading “NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this image from Dec. 8, 1993, astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton works with equipment during a spacewalk. The spacewalk was part of an 11-day mission, Servicing Mission 1, to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Shortly after Hubble was launched in 1990, NASA discovered a flaw in the observatory’s primary mirrorContinue reading “Astronaut Kathryn Thornton Works on Hubble Space Telescope”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday that after more than 30 years of service, the agency’s Stennis Space Center Director Richard Gilbrech will retire on Saturday, Jan. 13. Stennis Deputy Director John Bailey will serve as acting center director after Gilbrech’s departure, and a permanent successor will be identified followingContinue reading “2024 Leadership Changes to Include NASA Stennis Director’s Retirement”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Clare Luckey, an engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, has been named one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 Class of 2024. The other NASA honoree is Katie Konans, audio and podcasting lead at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list isContinue reading “NASA Engineer Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun, known as the solar wind. This was caused by a special type of solar event that was so powerful, it created aContinue reading “NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind”