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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Let’s look at the mean temperature of the Sun, and the planets in our solar system.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected three university-led teams for the first round of a new technical challenge pursuing innovative aviation maintenance practices. These university teams will receive funding from NASA for a two-year research term exploring aviation maintenance challenges related to NASA’s strategic vision for aeronautics. The awardees will research new maintenanceContinue reading “NASA Selects Awardees for New Aviation Maintenance Challenge”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NSSC Small Business Office is responsible for providing outreach and liaison support to industry (both large and small businesses) and other members of the private sector.  These activities are accomplished through a combination of individual counseling sessions, dissemination of information on upcoming NSSC procurement opportunities, and participation in localContinue reading “NSSC Small Business Program”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has measured the size of the nearest Earth-sized exoplanet that passes across the face of a neighboring star. This alignment, called a transit, opens the door to follow-on studies to see what kind of atmosphere, if any, the rocky world might have. The diminutive planet, LTTContinue reading “NASA’s Hubble Measures the Size of the Nearest Transiting Earth-Sized Planet”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday Jim Free’s promotion to associate administrator for the agency at NASA Headquarters in Washington, effective when his predecessor Bob Cabana retires on Sunday, Dec. 31. Since September 2021, Free has served as the associate administrator for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD).   NelsonContinue reading “NASA Names New Highest-Ranking Civil Servant, Head of Exploration  “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Commercial Crew Program’s Plaque Hanging Tradition Continues, Celebrating Work Done by Marshall Team By Celine Smith NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center participated in a new tradition last December to honor engineers for their exceptional efforts on CCP (Commercial Crew Program) missions to the International Space Station continued Nov. 13, withContinue reading “The Marshall Star for November 15, 2023”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For the 13th consecutive year, NASA received an unmodified, or “clean,” opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2023 financial statements. NASA’s financial statements and budgetary reporting have received the highest possible audit opinion, certifying that it adheres to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for federal agencies. These financialContinue reading “NASA Receives Best Possible Audit Opinion in 2023 Financial Report”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Goddard Engineer Kevin Denis receives innovation award for photon sieves.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY For millennia, musicians have looked to the heavens for inspiration. Now a new collaboration is enabling actual data from NASA telescopes to be used as the basis for original music that can be played by humans. Since 2020, the “sonification” project at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Center has translated the digital data taken by telescopes into notesContinue reading “NASA Telescope Data Becomes Music You Can Play”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Airplane engines are loud – just ask anyone who lives near an airport. Increased air traffic from next-generation aircraft has the potential for even more disruptive noise. Researchers and engineers at NASA are working to reduce noise generated by turbofan engines, but each new design requires certification and testing toContinue reading “Modeling Turbofan Engines to Understand Aircraft Noise”