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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A NASA sounding rocket mission will launch three rockets during the 2023 annular eclipse in October to study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum and Dr. John Bolten, both of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, received American Geophysical Union (AGU) awards this month.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is funding eight new studies aimed at better understanding how the human body reacts to spaceflight. These studies will be done on Earth without the need for samples and data from astronauts. Collectively, these studies will help measure physiological and psychological responses to physical and mental challenges that astronautsContinue reading “NASA Funds Eight Studies to Protect Astronaut Health on Long Missions “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted a variety of scientific investigations during the week ending Sept. 29, 2023, including FLARE. This JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) investigation explores the flammability of materials in microgravity. Current tests of materials that are used in crewed spacecraft do not consider gravity,Continue reading “Science in Space: Week of Sept. 29, 2023 – Fire Safety in Space”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission, four astronauts will fly inside the Orion spacecraft and venture around the Moon, becoming the first to lay their eyes on our celestial neighbor at a relatively close distance in more than 50 years. Orion will be home for NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, VictorContinue reading “Life Encapsulated: Inside NASA’s Orion for Artemis II Moon Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The six-wheeled geologist spotted the twister as part of an atmospheric exploration of Jezero Crater. The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Aug. 30, 2023, the 899th Martian day, or sol, of theContinue reading “NASA’s Perseverance Captures Dust-Filled Martian Whirlwind”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Jessica Barnett  NASA Marshall Space Flight Center team members were treated to a special 30-minute performance by musicians from the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra inside Activities Building 4316 on Sept. 21. The string quartet included two violinists, a violist, and a cellist performing several recognizable classical compositions, including Gershwin’s “Summertime”Continue reading “Huntsville Symphony String Quartet Performs at Marshall”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Though a doomed star exploded some 20,000 years ago, its tattered remnants continue racing into space at breakneck speeds – and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has caught the action. The nebula, called the Cygnus Loop, forms a bubble-like shape that is about 120 light-years in diameter. The distance to itsContinue reading “Living on the Edge: Supernova Bubble Expands in New Hubble Time-Lapse Movie”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) has awarded its Excellence in Industry Award to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The award will be presented at the 2023 International Astronautical Congress, taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 2 through Oct. 6, 2023.    The IAF Excellence in Industry Award is intended toContinue reading “NASA’s Webb Receives IAF Excellence in Industry Award”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Just in time for the fall foliage season, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a glistening scene in red. It reveals a small region of the nebula Westerhout 5, which lies about 7,000 light-years from Earth. Suffused with bright red light, this luminous image hosts a varietyContinue reading “Hubble Views a Glistening Red Nebula”