Imagine a time when humans set foot on most of the galaxy’s planets, with even more to explore. This exoskeleton spacesuit coincides with this ultimate dream and our unstoppable quest for space exploration! Venturing beyond the realms of planet Earth comes with its unique set of challenges. The effects of …
Read More »The Colors of Mars – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
This image was taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover on Sol 3230. Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS. Download image ⺠One of our ChemCam LIBS targets in today’s plan is called “Chocolate Bloc”. And besides making me hungry, it reminded me of the wide color gamut …
Read More »What Was NASA’s Viking S-3B?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is known, among others, for having at its disposal a wide and interesting variety of aircraft. While its space missions have made headlines over the years, normal planes also play an important role in NASA operations. One of these planes was the Lockheed …
Read More »NASA’s first lunar rover to land on the moon in 2023
It has long been common knowledge that there is water ice on the surface of the Moon due to the pioneering efforts of numerous lunar expeditions over the past three decades. In order to truly explore and entertain the idea of ââhumans settling permanently on the moon, scientists at NASA …
Read More »NASA tests electric air taxis with Joby Aviation
NASA has launched electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft test flights – colloquially known as “flying cars” – with Joby Aviation, the northern California company that recently went public. The test flights are part of a nationwide NASA campaign to observe these experimental aircraft in action and determine if …
Read More »Movie Mars on Earth
Today’s story is the answer to the August puzzle. Wadi Rum is like few other places on Earth. In fact, the distinctive desert landscapes have inspired more than one filmmaker to use the valley of southern Jordan as a substitute for Mars. Among them was Ridley Scott, director of the …
Read More »NASA shares video of “cosmic rose”, fascinates internet users
Wonders of space have often intrigued Internet users, and the latest NASA article featuring a “cosmic rose” fascinated many. Posted by @nasahubble on Instagram, the video shows two galaxies warped by their mutual gravitational pull, creating a fascinating rose-like visual. “A soft cosmic rose to brighten up your day,” read …
Read More »Exactly Why NASA Sends $ 1 Billion Drone to Saturn’s ‘Utopian’ Lunar Titan
A giant of a moon appears before a giant of a planet undergoing seasonal changes in this naturalness … [+] Color view of Titan and Saturn from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, measures 3,200 miles or 5,150 kilometers in diameter and is larger than the planet Mercury. NASA …
Read More »Star Trek, rocket launch and a ghostly galaxy
Photograph of the International Space Station orbiting 263 miles above Brazil’s southeast coast on the Atlantic Ocean in an orbital sunriseCredit: NASA Night turns to day The International Space Station was orbiting 263 miles above Brazil’s southeast coast on the Atlantic Ocean in an orbital sunrise when this photograph was …
Read More »Can you last a year on Mars? NASA recruits crew members for analog mission
Credit: NASA You want to try to live March, but you’re not sure you want to take advantage of the nine-month flight to get there? NASA is looking for candidates to serve as crew members for a one-year analog mission to a habitat to simulate life on the Red Planet, …
Read More »NASA’s Dragonfly in search of life on Titan
Saturn’s Titan moon is one of the most intriguing places in the solar system, so much so that NASA plans to send a rotorcraft there in the mid-2030s. The science team behind this Dragonfly mission have now set their goals. and scientific goals, with the search for signs of life …
Read More »Do you want to live on “Mars”? NASA seeks participants to live in mock Martian habitat year-round
This photo provided by ICON and NASA in August 2021 shows a proposal for the Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Mars. To prepare for potentially sending astronauts to Mars, NASA began taking requests on Friday, August 6, 2021, for four people to live for a year in Mars Dune Alpha …
Read More »“Red Planet” or “Sahara Desert”? This NASA photo is “too hot to handle”
NASA shared a stunning view of Earth’s largest desert, the Sahara Desert, in its latest Instagram post. The image was captured by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough from the International Space Station and could very well be mistaken for the Red Planet, the U.S. space agency said. The caption, which begins …
Read More »What NASA’s Technicolor Mosaic Images of the Moon Can Tell Us About the Lunar Surface | Smart News
On October 18, 1989, NASA launched the Galileo space probe. En route to study Jupiter and its many moons, the orbiter made many notable discoveries during its 2.4 billion mile space journey before finally reaching the Jovian system on December 7, 1995. From there Infrared imagery of the clouds of …
Read More »NASA has glimpsed the fate of our galaxy in a three-way galactic brawl
A stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of three galaxies tearing apart gave astronomers a first glimpse of the Milky Way comes out. Located 389 Light years far from Earth in the constellation Lynx, Arp 195 is a cluster of galaxies made up of three galaxies that tear apart in a …
Read More »NASA model: This is what the Sun looked like in its youth, Science News
NASA researchers have revealed a nearby star that looks a lot like the young Sun. The new study aims to uncover details about the Sun and the development of life on Earth. “At 4.65 billion years old, our Sun is a middle-aged star”, Nasa says curious scientists are looking to …
Read More »Solar Corona Probe NASA MaGIXS Mission Solar X-ray Imager
Image source: NASA The Sun’s surface temperature is above 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, but the corona regularly measures over 1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit NASA scientists successfully launched a sophisticated X-ray solar imager on suborbital flight via a sounding rocket to gather new information on how and why the solar corona is …
Read More »NASA awards $ 1 million grant to improve carbon monitoring in East Africa
False-color 2014 satellite image of the Pleiades from a land restoration project in Weira Amba, Ethiopia, with green areas showing reforestation. Source: Cornell University Cornell University researchers to develop first high-resolution carbon monitoring system for East Africa that combines bottom-up ecological modeling with top-down satellite data, thanks to grant $ …
Read More »“Completely invisible, but incredibly influential”: NASA explains how spiral galaxies take shape
NASA shared a great photo on Instagram of a galaxy called M77, and offered a brief explanation of how it was “formed.” For a long time, the shapes of many galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have puzzled many scientists. The Milky Way is spiral shaped and has arms full …
Read More »Watch astronauts move their SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft into orbit today before the launch of the Boeing Starliner
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts on the International Space Station prepare to move the Crew Dragon Spaceship Eneavor ahead of the arrival of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft next weekend. The move will take place Wednesday, July 21, when NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko …
Read More »Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on launch of Bezos, the future of space travel
The future of space innovation will be controlled by companies, former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told CNBC on Tuesday, shortly after Jeff Bezos became the second founder of a space company to go in. space. âThese business entrepreneurs are making huge strides that will transform humanity and move us further …
Read More »Key Elements of NASA’s Space Launch System Built and Tested in Mississippi
Parts of the world’s most powerful rocket are assembled and tested in Mississippi as the United States returns to the moon. Americans have been traveling in space for 60 years, but much of the work to get there begins in Hancock County. Key elements of NASA’s Space Launch System, or …
Read More »NASA says ISS astronauts are growing chili peppers for the first time
Astronauts on the International Space Station add something spicy to their diet: red and green chili peppers. Hatch chili peppers arrived at the station in June as part of an experiment initiated by astronaut Shane Kimbrough, NASA said. Kimbrough, who is part of the seven-member Expedition 65 crew, grew and …
Read More »NASA should beware of critical race theory
Since NASA announced, “Fairness of the mission”, the more conservative media have warned against corruption of the space agency through identity politics. The National Review, for example, suggests that Mission Equity is “is not to explore space, to land on Mars, or to advance human understanding of the cosmos, but …
Read More »Five amazing ways NASA is helping shark conservation
A spotted whale shark swimming in the ocean. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center with footage of Alexpunker via Motion Array and Tom Cook. While scientists from our partner institutions focus directly on shark conservation, NASA’s Earth observation satellites collect key information about shark habitat – the ocean. NASA satellites …
Read More »Louisiana Students Explore Space Careers at NASA Astro Camp | Louisiana News
By LEIGH GUIDRY, Advertiser of the Daily Lafayette OPELOUSAS, Louisiana (AP) – More than 20 high school students worked with engineers and NASA trainers to simulate life on a space station, create circuits and send electric currents through graphite on paper this week at Northwest High School. They produced these …
Read More »These NASA satellite images show utter devastation of water sources during California drought
To illustrate the severity of the worsening drought in California, NASA on Thursday released a series of satellite images showing the state’s rapidly disappearing snow caps and reservoirs. The images, captured by the space agency’s Landsat 8 satellite over several years, compare recent images of the Sierra Nevada and Lake …
Read More »NASA conducts 5th RS-25 series test at Stennis Space Center
HANCOCK COUNTY, Mississippi (WJTV) – On Wednesday, NASA conducted a fifth single-engine RS-25 hot shot, part of its ongoing seven-part test series, supporting the development and production of engines for the system space launch vehicle (SLS) during future missions to the moon. Operators fired the engine for more than eight …
Read More »NASA seeks contractor for cybersecurity and privacy support – MeriTalk
NASA is looking for a contractor who can provide cybersecurity and privacy support for all of its centers and facilities, according to a recent Request for Proposal (RFP) on SAM.gov. The new contract aims to provide enterprise cybersecurity and privacy (CyPrESS) solutions and services to the agency’s office of the …
Read More »NASA mission finds melt lakes hidden under Antarctic ice
Antarctica may seem like a static environment: a motionless white landscape frozen in place. But there’s a lot more going on under the ice than we realize – although you have to travel to space to be sure. More than a decade ago, scientists made such a discovery, when an …
Read More »Hitting the books: how NASA selected the first lunar rover to cross the moon
The concept of space travel was so new to us that when President Kennedy gave his famous moon speech, even the best scientists at NASA weren’t completely sure we could actually land on the lunar surface. Some thought that any craft that landed there would simply sink into the regolith …
Read More »CheMin Cleanup – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
This image was taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover on Sol 3171.. Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS. Download image ⺠Late in planning on Wednesday, the data needed to confirm it was safe to drop some of the last drill samples into CheMin was received, so …
Read More »NASA’s Mars Helicopter ‘Big Step’ Uses New Mission Support Role
The SéÃtah region on Mars, filled with boulders and sand dunes, was too dangerous for NASA’s Perseverance rover to cross. Ingenuity, the small helicopter accompanying the rover, flew over the area on Monday and took some photos of a key location on the other side. In less than three minutes, …
Read More »NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope passes key exam ahead of fall launch
NASA’s next large space telescope has just taken a big step towards its planned launch this fall. The $ 9.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope The mission successfully passed a key launch review, keeping it on track to take off on top of an Ariane 5 rocket before the end …
Read More »NASA project examines Louisiana Delta system
Sinking land, rising seas and other effects of climate change killed a wooded area in Louisiana where a Native American chief used to play as a child. In the nearby Mississippi River delta system, middle school students can stand on islands that were formed the same year they were born. …
Read More »NASA rockets team up with satellites to study electric generator, Science News
NASA will launch two sounding rockets as part of its Dynamo-2 mission to team up with a satellite. This will help to study the giant electric current in the Earth’s ionosphere. Scheduled to be launched on separate days, the two rockets will team up with NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) …
Read More »“We’re Going Big”: NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Set To Push To Its Limits For Next Mars Flight
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, operating on the surface of Mars, is aiming for new records for its next flight. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said on Friday the small solar-powered rotorcraft “will take things to a new level” in Flight 9, its next trip, where Ingenuity will travel at high …
Read More »NASA wants to change the way it protects astronauts from radiation
Astronauts face a constant spectrum of radiation, as particles from the sun and high-energy cosmic rays constantly bombard their bodies. If left unchecked, radiation can trigger all kinds of health problems, including increasing an astronaut’s risk of developing cancer. So when NASA plans missions, the agency uses a radiation exposure …
Read More »Wally Funk, 82, who trained for NASA, will go to space with Jeff Bezos on the New Shepard flight
CAP CANAVERAL, Fla .– After half a century of waiting, Wally Funk – who trained for NASA’s Mercury program but was denied the opportunity to go into space – is finally spending his time among the stars. She was selected by the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, to …
Read More »Assembly of a satellite to monitor water transfers around the world from the United States to France
The information that SWOT will provide on small-scale ocean currents will also support real-time ocean activities such as navigation that are affected by tides, currents, storm surges and other natural phenomena. And SWOT data will, for the first time, provide global observations of how circular currents, called eddies, affect how …
Read More »NASA Examines Louisiana Delta System, Looks At Global Forecasts
MIKE ISLAND, Louisiana. – Erosion, sinking land and rising water levels due to climate change have killed the woods of Louisiana where a 41-year-old Native American chief played as a child. Nearby, in the Mississippi Delta system, middle school students can stand on islands that emerged in the year they …
Read More »NASA tests earthquake-resistant balloons as a way to study Venus
Researchers from the US space agency have successfully used balloons to detect earthquakes in the California desert. The experiment tested whether similar balloons could be sent to Venus to study the planet seismic activity. NASA recently announced plans to launch two future missions to Venus. NASA scientists were fortunate enough …
Read More »Next Element for Artemis I Moon Rocket Stacks up at Kennedy Space Center
latest events around NASA se ABOVE VIDEO: Space-traveling astronauts work outside the space station, NASA’s new Deputy Administrator is sworn in and sets up another piece of our Artemis I Moon rocket⦠some of the stories to tell you – This week at NASA! Spacewalks continue to install new solar …
Read More »NASA to dismantle two test sites in the toxic zone of the Santa Susanna field laboratory – Daily News
NASA said it was moving forward with plans to demolish the Bravo and Coca vertical test stands at the Santa Susanna field laboratory, contaminated when the area was used to test rocket engines and other activities for decades. Built in the 1950s, the Alpha, Bravo, Coca and Delta test beds …
Read More »NASA studies larger Martian helicopters
WASHINGTON – As the Ingenuity helicopter continues to demonstrate its capabilities on Mars, NASA engineers are examining concepts for larger, more capable rotorcraft that could be flown on future missions. Ingenuity made its eighth flight to Mars on June 21, traveling 160 meters and landing at a new site 133.5 …
Read More »NASA chief reminds Congress they’re the ones not funding a lunar lander
Enlarge / Bill Nelson was confirmed by the United States Senate to become administrator of NASA on April 30. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the space agency expects a decision from the United States Government Accountability Office on a lunar lander demonstration by August 4. Nelson’s comments came in response …
Read More »NASA sends squid into space for research
HONOLULU (AP) – Dozens of Hawaii’s baby squids are in space for study. The baby Hawaiian bobtail squid was bred at the University of Hawaii’s Kewalo Marine Laboratory and was blasted into space earlier this month during a SpaceX refueling mission to the International Space Station. Researcher Jamie Foster, who …
Read More »One of NASA’s Solar System Ambassadors will soon be an astronaut – NASA Solar System Exploration
Dr Sian Proctor, a professor of geosciences at a community college based in Tempe, Ariz., By day and “analog astronaut” when possible, drops her Earth designation for “full-fledged astronaut” as she prepares for the Inspiration4 fully civilian space flight. aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule. The three-day mission is the first space …
Read More »NASA: Earth’s energy imbalance has doubled since 2006
The Earth’s climate depends on the amount of radiative energy from the Sun that is absorbed and the amount of thermal infrared radiation emitted by the Earth. A positive energy imbalance means the Earth system is gaining energy, causing the planet to warm up. New research has shown that the …
Read More »NASA ‘Keeps His Eye’ on Jeff Bezos and Other Billionaire Spaceflight
Only weeks remain before Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos flies into space with his brother, Mark, and an unidentified passenger who paid $ 28 million for a seat on the spacecraft. New Shepherd by Blue Origin. But in an interview with Fox Business, NASA said it has a message for billionaires …
Read More »NASA reports issues with Hubble Space Telescope
This photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on August 25, 2020 shows Jupiter and its moon Europe, captured when the planet was 653 million kilometers (405 million miles) from Earth. The Hubble Space Telescope, which has been scanning the universe for more than 30 years, has been down for …
Read More »Kim Cattrall Space Journey and NASA’s Space Suit Explained – The Hollywood Reporter
No, Kim Cattrall is not going to space but she approached it a few years ago. Earlier this week, many people on Twitter appeared baffled by a surprise exchange between the Sex and the city star and NASA following a tweet published on June 14 by the National Aeronautics and …
Read More »Deployment of solar panels installed during successful NASA spacewalk – pv magazine international
The first new ISS Deployment Solar Array (iROSA) has been installed on the International Space Station. June 18, 2021 Ryan kennedy Of pv magazine United States NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency (ESA) Thomas Pesquet finished their spacewalk upgrade of the international space station, by installing the new …
Read More »NASA selects proposals to provide new insights from freely available data
NASA selects proposals to provide new insights from freely available data Press release from: NASA Science Mission Directorate Posted: Wednesday June 16 2021 NASA’s Physical Sciences Research Program selected five ground-based proposals in response to the research announcement “Using the NASA Physical Sciences Computer System – Annex G. These five …
Read More »Internship Profile: Amirah Darnaby Navigates to NASA | High Point University
Last name: Amirah Darnaby Hometown: Upper Marlboro, Maryland Year: Promotion 2022 Major: Human relations with minors in French, sociology and anthropology Traineeship: Darnaby joins the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Washington DC as an intern in the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity. As an intern for NASA’s …
Read More »NASA could place a huge telescope on the far side of the moon
The universe is constantly sending us his story. For example: information about what has happened a long time, long long ago, contained in the long-lasting radio waves that are ubiquitous throughout the universe, probably contain the details of how the first stars and black holes were formed. There is a …
Read More »Progress on the giant SLS moon rocket, the close encounter with Ganymede and a ring of fire eclipse
The center stage of the 188,000 pound Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was lifted onto the mobile launcher, between the two solid rockets. Credit: NASA Progressing on our Artemis Moon rocket, footage of a close encounter with a Jovian moon and a ring of fire for our moon⦠some of …
Read More »NASA Juno returns the closest images of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
An image of the Jovian moon Ganymede, obtained by the JunoCam imager at an altitude of 1,038 km. Image: NASA Juno New Delhi: NASA’s Juno space probe captured Ganymede’s first two images of Jupiter on its closest approach to the moon on June 7. the Galileo did so in 2000. …
Read More »Information on NASA’s Dark Side of the Moon mission plans
For the first time in its history, NASA is planning a mission to the far side of the moon. The new plans involve three trade delivery missions to the surface of the Moon, which will take place over several trips per year to facilitate scientific research on Earth’s closest neighbor. …
Read More »NASA hot air balloon flights launch from New Mexico
FORT SUMNER, NM (KRQE) – NASA’s science balloon program has launched 18 flights with its spring campaign at Fort Sumner. The second flight took off on June 8. This is the program’s first major flight campaign since the pandemic, according to NASA. NASA says the team is supporting science and …
Read More »NASA is investigating Navy UFO videos: “There is something over there”
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson discusses recent UFO sightings Craig Patrick reports TAMPA, Florida – Growing number of UFO sightings by military pilots and civilians is spurring NASA action. New administrator Bill Nelson has said the space agency is paying serious attention to the sightings and investigating because at this point …
Read More »NASA’s JunoCam captures close-up image of Jupiter Ganymede’s moon – Technology News, Firstpost
PF trendJune 11, 2021 6:54:44 PM IST The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released a close-up photograph of Ganymede, the moon of Jupiter. It was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it flew over the moon on June 7. The moon of the frozen planet can be seen through …
Read More »Local lockdowns have reduced global ozone emissions, NASA says – NBC Los Angeles
As the coronavirus pandemic slowed global trade in early 2020, emissions of nitrogen oxides – which create ozone, a danger to human health and the climate – fell by 15% globally , with local reductions of up to 50%, according to a study released Wednesday, led by scientists at NASA’s …
Read More »Senate Passes Huge Technology Funding Bill, Including $ 10 Billion For NASA Lunar Landers
The United States Senate on Tuesday, June 8 passed a spending bill that would allocate nearly $ 250 billion for American scientific and technical research, including $ 10 billion for the development of private manned landers for Nasa. The US innovation and competition law was passed by the Senate by …
Read More »KSLOF and NASA speed up mapping of the world’s coral reefs
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Coral reefs are in crisis. Corals are an ancient form of life, and because of the reefs they build, countless other organisms rely on healthy coral ecosystems for their survival. But coral reefs are dying at an alarming rate. The world has lost more than half of …
Read More »Fort Wayne high school student gets internship with NASA
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (WANE) – A Fort Wayne high school student just received an internship with NASA. âI’ve always loved astrophysics, space and space exploration,â said Charis Hall, a homeschooler. âIt’s a really unique opportunity, and I was accepted. Hall applied for the internship earlier this year, and in April …
Read More »NASA Ingenuity’s Mars helicopter prepares for seventh flight after surviving problem
Ingenuity took a photo of his own shadow on his second flight on April 22. NASA / JPL-Caltech This story is part of Welcome to mars, our series exploring the red planet. There were moments of tension with NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter last month when it went wrong on its …
Read More »NASA announces winner of 2021 student launch competition
On Friday, NASA’s 2021 student launch competition ended with a virtual ceremony to announce the winners. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte was selected as the laureate of the launch division while New York University was named the laureate of the design division. âThis year’s challenge will hopefully serve …
Read More »NASA’s Zeiss-made Apollo mission lens auctioned in Austria
A rare Ziess lens designed for NASA’s Apollo lunar missions will be auctioned off in Vienna. German lens maker Ziess produced 10 of the Zeiss Planar 50mm f / 0.7 lenses, most of which sold to NASA. The target is expected to sell for between ⬠100,000 and ⬠120,000 …
Read More »NASA Administrator Says “I Knew About This” When Asked About PANs
MYSTERY WIRE – NASA Administrator and former Senator Bill Nelson and other agency executives held a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC on Wednesday, June 2, and answered a question on a unidentified aerial phenomenon. The question was from David Smith of The Guardian, it was the …
Read More »NASA Administrator Says “I Was Known” When Asked About UAPs
MYSTERY WIRE –Nasa administrator and former Senator Bill Nelson and other agency executives held a press conference on Wednesday at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC and answered a question about an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The question was from David Smith of The Guardian, it was the second of a …
Read More »NASA takes UFOs seriously
Bill Nelson, the former Florida senator and spaceflight veteran, told CNN Business’s Rachel Crane in a broad interview on Thursday that it was not clear to anyone – even in the upper echelons of the space agency American – what high-speed objects observed. by Navy pilots are. Nelson added that …
Read More »Farmer-turned-NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez now produces wine from his own vineyard in central California
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) – Former NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez grew up working in the fields alongside his family across California. Hernandez picked grapes as a child. He has now returned to work in a vineyard. And like everything else in his life, the sky is the limit for Jose’s latest …
Read More »NASA is on the hunt for the moon. Its first stop next week is Ganymede, the biggest, wettest, and strangest satellite in our solar system.
To present the best information in a single view of the moon of Jupiter Ganymede, a mosaic of global images … [+] was assembled, incorporating the best available images of NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. This image shows Ganymede centered at 200 West longitude. This …
Read More »University of Kentucky Partners with NASA for $ 15 Million Advanced Computing Center for Entrance System Simulation
LEXINGTON, Ky., June 2, 2021 – Researchers at the University of Kentucky are working with NASA to advance key technologies for exploring the moon, Mars and beyond. Every few years, NASA creates Space Technology Research Institutes (STRIs) in areas considered strategic for future technology and space exploration. The new STRI …
Read More »NASA to announce the winners of the 2021 student launch competition on June 3
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 1, 2021 / PRNewswire / – NASA To Announce This Year’s Student Launch Competition Winners At A Live Virtual Awards Ceremony Kicking Off 3:30 p.m. HC June 3. Media are invited to attend via Ustream or the Facebook student launch page. Student launch, one of the Artemis …
Read More »NASA To Send Squids And Water Bears To Space Station For Experiments: Everything You Need To Know
NASA is going to take squid to space on a mission that might remind you of the hit HBO series Watchmen. The space agency has decided to send 5,000 tardigrades or water bears and 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squids to the International Space Station (ISS) this month to conduct research. They …
Read More »Bengaluru teenager misses trip to NASA, takes airline to consumer court, gets 1.6 lakh
His dream of NASA crushed, Kevin Martin was disappointed but not discouraged. He decided to drag IndiGo to the consumer forum. The first leg of Kevin Martin’s journey was on an Indigo flight (Getty images) On August 10, 2019, Kevin Martin, a resident of Bengaluru was about to travel to …
Read More »Explained: Why NASA is sending water bears and baby squids to the International Space Station
On June 3, NASA will send 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squids and some 5,000 tardigrades (also known as water bears) to the International Space Station for research. The aquatic animals, which will be launched aboard SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission to the ISS, are part of experiments that could help scientists …
Read More »NASA’s Curiosity rover captured amazing images of clouds on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured images of clouds on Mars – as described in its blog post: “Wispy puffs filled with ice crystals that diffused the light of the setting sun, some of which shimmered in color.” Clouds are rare in Mars’ thin atmosphere, according to NASA, but typically form …
Read More »NASA’s InSight Mars lander may have discovered active volcanoes on the Red Planet
Recent volcanic activity spotted by NASA on Mars & nbsp Highlights Volcanoes debris was found to be due to pyroclastic flow caused by massive pressure below the surface. This effect can be observed around Olympus Mons on Mars, the highest mountain in our solar system. Can this discovery lead to …
Read More »Statement from the NASA Administrator on the President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Funding Request
WASHINGTON, May 28, 2021 / PRNewswire / – The following is a statement from the NASA administrator Bill Nelson: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 funding request is an investment in the future of the United States. The agency’s activities contribute to local and national economies, invest in the next …
Read More »NASA shares image of Istanbul from space and leaves internet users mesmerized | Trend
NASA took to Instagram to share a photo of Istanbul, the city looking radiant. By Khyati Sanger PUBLISHED MAY 28, 2021 12:24 IST NASA photos are always eagerly awaited due to their breathtaking nature. Recently, the space agency shared several fascinating images from space, including those of the South Atlantic …
Read More »North Olmsted students discuss space and astronauts with a district graduate and the director of operations at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio – What started as the seventh grade class of North Olmsted Middle School science teacher Shari Insley studying the recent lunar eclipse ended up providing students with a lifelong memory. âOne of the assistants who works in my room said she had a really good friend who …
Read More »NASA Sets Cover, Invites The Public To Join The Next Cargo Launch Virtually
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2021 / PRNewswire / – NASA’s commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 1:29 p.m. EDT, Thursday June 3, to launch its 22nd Commercial Replenishment Services Mission to International space station. Take off will be from the agency’s Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX’s Dragon …
Read More »Europa may have volcanoes on the seabed that could spawn life, NASA says
This illustration, updated December 2020, shows NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. the … [+] The mission, which aims for a launch in 2024, will investigate whether Jupiter’s moon, Europe, and its internal ocean have suitable conditions for life. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Europa – Jupiter’s fabulous frozen moon – may have …
Read More »NASA watchdog says cybersecurity efforts ‘disorganized’, new contract shows promise – MeriTalk
New report from NASA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) shows agency faces ‘higher-than-necessary risk from cyberthreats’, but new contract promises NASA to secure systems more effectively . The report says the agency has a “disorganized approach” to enterprise architecture, resulting in a “fragmented approach to IT, with many distinct …
Read More »Sanders lashes out at Jeff Bezos, tries to block funding for NASA’s Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin wants $ 10 billion to participate in a NASA moon landing mission. Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday attempted to block that funding with an amendment to the Endless Borders Act. Sanders has a long history of opposing Blue Origin, owned by Amazon CEO Jeff …
Read More »NASA seeks to change course on cybersecurity with new contract – FCW
Cyber ââsecurity NASA seeks to change course on cybersecurity with new contract By Justin Katz May 24, 2021 NASA is aiming to correct long-standing cybersecurity management issues identified in a recent Inspector General report through a unified IT contract that was due to issue a request for proposals this month. …
Read More »NASA partners with 5 US states to deliver drones and air taxis
What is the best way for a local government to integrate cargo delivery drones and passenger air taxi services into its existing civic transport infrastructure? In the United States, five local and state governments will find out soon, with help from NASA. NASA experts Advanced air mobility The mission (AAM) …
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