- NASA Next-Generation Solar Sail Boom Technology Ready for Launch
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NASA Next-Generation Solar Sail Boom Technology Ready for Launch
An artist's concept of NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft in orbit as the Sun crests Earth's ...
- NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire
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The DC-8 aircraft returned to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1, 2024, after completing ...
- NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara to Discuss Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara is pictured inside the cupola aboard the International Space Station.
Credit: NASA
After spending six-and-a-half-months aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will participate in a ...
- New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations
Low Earth orbit, the focus of volume one of NASA’s Space Sustainability Strategy, is the most concentrated area for orbital debris. This computer-generated image showcases objects that are currently being ...
- Seeing Totality
NASA/Keegan Barber
On April 8, 2024, a NASA photographer captured the total solar eclipse in Dallas. A small part of North America, from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of ...
- Through Astronaut Eyes, Virtual Reality Propels Gateway Forward
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NASA Astronaut Raja Chari explores Gateway in virtual reality at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Astronauts living aboard the Gateway lunar space ...
- Making Ultra-fast Electron Measurements in Multiple Directions to Reveal the Secrets of the Aurora
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Making Ultra-fast Electron Measurements in Multiple Directions to Reveal the Secrets of the Aurora
Photo of the aurora (taken in Greenland) that shows tall rays extending to ...
- NASA Wallops Launches 3 Rockets During Eclipse in Virginia
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Three Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia April 8, 2024, during the solar eclipse. ...
- Thai PM Srettha Thavisin Outlines Vision to Ignite Tourism Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Prime Minister and Finance Minister, H.E. Mr. Srettha Thavisin, outlined his vision to ‘Ignite Tourism Thailand’ in 2025 with a multifaceted approach ...
- WTTC Launches Roadmap to Guide Businesses Through Sustainability Reporting
Berlin, Germany, April 8, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today launched a pioneering readiness roadmap, aiming to simplify sustainability reporting in the Travel & ...
- NASA’s Lola Fatoyinbo Receives Royal Geographical Society Prize
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During a research trip to Fiji, Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo poses in a cluster of coastal mangroves, just one of the aspects ...
- NASA Shares Medical Expertise with New Space Station Partners
NASA experts from the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program and Human Health and Performance Directorate with the agency’s commercial space station partners at the medical operations meeting series at ...
- WTTC Commends Saudi Arabia on Launch of Tourism Investment Enablers Program
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 7, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) commends Saudi Arabia on the announcement of its Tourism Investment Enablers Program (TIEP). This ...
- BWH Hotels Named Asia-Pacific’s Top Hotel Group
Bangkok, Thailand, April 6, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / BWH Hotels, the leading global hospitality network comprising WorldHotels, Best Western® Hotels & Resorts and SureStay® Hotels, was awarded Asia-Pacific’s Top Hotel ...
- Submissions Open for Rising Stars in Asia Pacific Tourism Industry
Bangkok, Thailand, April 3, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is accepting submissions for the PATA Face of the Future Award 2024. The deadline for submissions ...
- UN Tourism and UN Habitat Partner for a Better Urban Future Through Tourism
Madrid, Spain, April 2, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / UN Tourism and Spain’s Office of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) partnered to discuss the role and challenges of tourism ...
- Marriott Hotels International Opens of JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya, April 1, 2024 / VISITKENYA / JW Marriott unveiled its second property in Kenya with the opening of JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi. Standing as the tallest hotel in ...
- Jim Thompson Celebrates New Store at CentralWorld
Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Jim Thompson, the iconic global lifestyle brand from Thailand, opens its latest store at CentralWorld, Bangkok. Both Thai and international fashion and ...
- 60 Years Ago: Gemini 1 Flies a Successful Uncrewed Test Flight
On April 8, 1964, Gemini 1 successfully completed the first uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft and its Titan II booster. The three-orbit mission proved the structural integrity of ...
- From NASA’s First Astronaut Class to Artemis II: The Importance of Military Jet Pilot Experience
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The original Mercury astronauts at the McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in May 1959. The astronauts are left to right: M. Scott Carpenter, ...
- NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge
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NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge
A word cloud generated from student essay entries.
Credits: NASA/Dave Lam
NASA has selected the nine finalists ...
- NASA’s New Hubble E-Book Spotlights Universe’s Best-Kept Dark Secrets
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NASA’s New Hubble E-Book Spotlights Universe’s Best-Kept Dark Secrets
This e-book is part of a series called Hubble Focus, which presents some of Hubble’s recent cosmic discoveries. Its cover, ...
- NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station
Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara gives a thumbs up inside the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft after she, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, landed in a ...
- NASA Leadership Spotlights Space Sustainability at Space Symposium
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives keynote remarks during the 37th Space Symposium, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Associate Administrator ...
- NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles
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A six-person team of researchers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., to study ...