- Meet the Creators, Part 3: NASA’s 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Posters
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Meet the Creators, Part 3: NASA’s 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Posters
A total solar eclipse is a captivating experience – evoking feelings of awe and wonder that are sometimes ...
- California, Massachusetts Students to Hear from NASA, ESA Astronauts
NASA astronauts and Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Jasmin Moghbeli, left, and Loral O’Hara in the Destiny laboratory celebrate the successful docking of a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International ...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Axiom Mission 3 Departure from Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft carrying the four-member Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew is pictured approaching the International Space Station 260 miles above China north of the Himalayas.
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- NASA Invites Public to Share in Excitement of PACE Mission Launch
NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulate NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Astrotech Space Operations ...
- UNITE All-Nighter Delights Amateur Astronomers
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UNITE All-Nighter Delights Amateur Astronomers
Fadi Saibi and his daughter Sophie, age 14, pose for a photograph with their Unistellar telescope in their backyard in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Thursday, ...
- 30 Years Ago: STS-60, the First Shuttle-Mir Mission
On Feb. 3, 1994, space shuttle Discovery took off on its 18th flight, STS-60. Its six-person crew of Commander Charles F. Bolden, Pilot Kenneth S. Reightler, and Mission Specialists N. ...
- Hubble Sees a Merged Galaxy
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows ESO 185-IG013, a luminous blue compact galaxy (BCG). BCGs are nearby galaxies that show an intense burst of star formation. They are unusually blue ...
- Tiny NASA Cameras to Picture Interaction Between Lander, Moon’s Surface
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
Say cheese, Moon. We’re coming in for a close-up.
As Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander descends toward the Moon, four tiny NASA cameras ...
- Hubble Views a Dim but Distinct Galaxy
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Hubble Views a Dim but Distinct Galaxy
Both visible and ultraviolet wavelengths of light comprise this Hubble Space Telescope image of the spiral galaxy UGC 11105.
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- AI Set to Revolutionise Travel and Tourism, WTTC Report
London, United Kingdom, February 2, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Major new reports from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Microsoft highlight the transformative power of AI (Artificial Intelligence) ...
- Research Underscores Role Played by World Heritage Convention in Protecting Biodiversity
Paris, France, February 2, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / A UNESCO and IUCN assessment of the status of species reveals that UNESCO World Heritage sites harbour over 20% of mapped global ...
- Jim Thompson x GranMonte Announce Exclusive Wine Collaboration
Bangkok, Thailand, February 1, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Jim Thompson, the iconic global lifestyle brand from Asia, in collaboration with GranMonte, is proud to announce the launch of an exclusive ...
- DASTA, MTCO, Green Destinations and AEN Establish Strategic Partnership
Bangkok, Thailand, February 1, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed in Bangkok, establishing a strategic partnership between the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA), ...
- With Over 560 Open Hotels Projects in Asia-Pacific Marriott International Saw Record Year of Growth
Bangkok, Thailand, February 1, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / 2023 marked a terrific year for Marriott International in the Asia Pacific Excluding China region with over 80 deals signed, adding approximately ...
- First Hot Fire Test of the Year for Artemis
NASA/Danny Nowlin
Clouds of white vapor pile up at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, during a full-duration, 500-second hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine Jan. 17, ...
- OpenET Moisture Measurement Tool is Proving Highly Accurate
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OpenET Moisture Measurement Tool is Proving Highly Accurate
This is a false-color image, acquired December 26, 2018, with the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8, and shows flooded ...
- NASA Taps Alabama A&M University to Host Break the Ice Lunar Challenge
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
Alabama A&M University Agribition Center will host the final Break the Ice Lunar Challenge featuring a large dirt-based indoor arena on ...
- Statement from NASA’s Jennifer Kunz at SpaceCom, 50th Space Congress
Jennifer Kunz, associate director, technical, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, participates in a virtual Town Hall meeting on Jan. 13, 2022, for Kennedy employees.
NASA/Kim Shiflett
Jennifer Kunz, associate ...
- Lagniappe for February 2024
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Lagniappe for February 2024
Explore the February 2024 issue, highlighted by NASA reaching the halfway point for the Artemis Moon Rocket Engine Certification Series, NASA’s Day of ...
- NASA to Study Effects of Radio Noise on Lunar Science
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
In February 2024, Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission will launch to the Moon’s South Polar region, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar ...
- Station Science 101: Studying DNA in Space
Long-term space exploration exposes humans to radiation that can damage deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, which carries the genetic information for our development and functioning. Conditions in space also affect the ...
- NASA Spinoffs Feature NASA Stennis Developed Technologies
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
NASA’s 2024 Spinoff publication features more than 40 medical and other commercialized technologies using the agency’s research and development expertise. It ...
- NASA Employee Supports Mission While Inspiring Artemis Generation
Tony Goretski stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, where he has worked more than 24 years supporting NASA’s mission of space exploration.
NASA/Danny Nowlin
NASA inspires as it explores secrets of the ...
- Honoring Black Astronauts During Black History Month 2024
In honor of Black History Month, we recognize the contributions of Black astronauts to our nation’s space programs. Coming to NASA from a variety of backgrounds as military pilots, engineers, ...
- The Marshall Star for January 31, 2024
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The Marshall Star for January 31, 2024
Marshall Commemorates NASA’s Day of Remembrance
By Celine Smith
Team members across NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center congregated Jan. 25 in ...