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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 941, which lies about 55 million light-years from Earth. Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) collected the data that created this image. Beautiful NGC 941 is undoubtedly the main attraction in this view; however, the hazy-looking galaxy was not the motivationContinue reading “Hubble Images Galaxy with an Explosive Past”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for the first time. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment has beamed a near-infrared laser encoded with test data fromnearly 10 million miles (16 millionContinue reading “NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY November 1968 proved pivotal to achieving the goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. The highly successful Apollo 7 mission that returned American astronauts to space provided the confidence for NASA to decide to send the next flight, Apollo 8, on a tripContinue reading “55 Years Ago: Eight Months Before the Moon Landing”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The third and final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, Skylab 4, got underway on Nov. 16, 1973, with a thunderous launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Docking eight hours later, astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue began a planned 56-dayContinue reading “50 Years Ago: Launch of Skylab 4, The Final Mission to Skylab”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and Gateway Program will hold a Utilization Town Hall for the international science community at 3 p.m., Jan. 31, 2024. Members of the global science community, academia, and public are invited to participate in this virtual Webex event by registering below. The purpose of this eventContinue reading “Gateway Utilization Town Hall for the International Science Community”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Upcoming Events Partnership Announcements For a complete list of the Partnership Announcements, please consult the SAM.gov page. Capabilities Sought through Crowd Sourcing and Prize Competitions

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Savannah Bullard Artemis I launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022, penning a new era of space exploration and inching the agency closer to sending the first woman and first person of color to the lunar surface. Aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocketContinue reading “Cube Quest Concludes: Wins, Lessons Learned from Centennial Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In this photo, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), carrying the Orion spacecraft, lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022. Set on a path to the Moon, this officially began the Artemis I mission.Continue reading “One Year Ago: Artemis I Lifts Off”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY What does the rise of artificial intelligence mean for the workers of tomorrow? What could it mean for NASA? Leaders from government, academia, and commercial industries gathered earlier this fall to learn, discuss, and collaborate at the inaugural “The Future of Skills in the AI Era” symposium at NASA’s AmesContinue reading “NASA and UC Berkeley Host Discussion on the Future of AI at Work “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Even growing up in the heart of Washington, D.C., stargazer Oliver Ortiz felt a connection to space from a young age and always wondered what was beyond the city lights. Now a seasoned engineer with Northrop Grumman, he is contributing to a new era of space exploration with Gateway, humanity’sContinue reading “From childhood stargazing to building a lunar space station  “