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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick (left) and Mark Vande Hei (right) prepare to fly out to a landing zone in the Rocky Mountains as part of the certification run for the NASA Artemis course on Aug. 26, 2025. The mountains in northern Colorado offer similar visual illusions and flight environments toContinue reading “Helicopter Training for Artemis Missions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA announced a trailblazing experiment that aims to take personalized medicine to new heights. The experiment is part of a strategic plan to gather valuable scientific data during the Artemis II mission, enabling NASA to “know before we go” back to the lunar surface and on to Mars. The AVATARContinue reading “Avatars for Astronaut Health to Fly on NASA’s Artemis II”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA is sending more science, technology demonstrations, and crew supplies to the International Space Station following the successful launch of the agency’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-23. The company’s Cygnus XL spacecraft, carrying more than 11,000 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory, liftedContinue reading “NASA Science, Cargo Launches Aboard Northrop Grumman CRS-23”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As an IT security administrator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Mechele Elliott protects the information systems that support astronaut health and mission readiness. The encouragement of a family friend set her on this path, leading to a rewarding and somewhat unexpected career in human spaceflight. “While I wasContinue reading “Mechele Elliott Safeguards Agency Information Systems at Johnson”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Scientist and APXS Team Member, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 Curiosity is in the midst of the boxwork campaign, trying to decipher why we see such pronounced ridges and hollows in this area of Mount Sharp. When thisContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4649-4654: Ridges, Hollows and Nodules, Oh My”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has selected Troy Sierra JV, LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide engineering, research, and scientific support at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.   The Test Facility Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering Services III contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of approximately $388.3 million.Continue reading “NASA Awards Third Glenn Facility and Engineering Services Contract”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and takeoff to cruising and landing – and their decision-making is guided by safety. First flight will be a lower-altitude loop at about 240 mph to check system integration, kicking offContinue reading “NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Through an ongoing collaboration, NASA and the Department of War are working to advance the future of modern drones to support long distance cargo transportation that could increase efficiency, reduce human workload, and enhance safety.   Researchers from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley recently participated in aContinue reading “NASA, War Department Partnership Tests Boundaries of Autonomous Drone Operations”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The NASA-ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft captured this extreme ultraviolet wavelength image of the Sun on Feb. 24, 2015, during a three-hour period in which our closest star blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament. While some of the strands fell backContinue reading “A Brief Outburst”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had deployed a critical component just the day before. A recent tsunami triggered by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula sent pressure waves to the upper layer of the atmosphere, NASAContinue reading “NASA’s GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time”