- The Marshall Star for February 21, 2024
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The Marshall Star for February 21, 2024
Marshall Center Director Holds First Media Event
By Jessica Barnett
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s newest center director, Joseph Pelfrey, took ...
- WTTC Calls on EU to Unlock Full Potential of Travel and Tourism
Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / WTTC President & CEO launched Call to Action ahead of 2024 elections. In a decisive move to shape the future of the ...
- Resilience Through Diversity and Investments Focus in Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica, February 20, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / UN Tourism put the focus on building a more resilient sector during an official visit to Jamaica. With the latest UN Tourism ...
- NASA Invites Media to First Astronaut Launch Aboard Boeing’s Starliner
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on May 20, 2022.
Credit: NASA
As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, the agency opened media accreditation for the launch of NASA’s ...
- Experience the Launch of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Mission
From left, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) pilot and commander, respectively, exit the Astronaut Crew Quarters at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in ...
- Studying Arctic Ice
NASA/Kathryn Hansen
In this image from July 12, 2011, crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy retrieve a supply canister dropped by parachute during the Impacts of Climate on Ecosystems ...
- Stellar Beads on a String
Galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/O. Omoruyi et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/G. Tremblay et al.; Radio: ASTRON/LOFAR; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever ...
- NASA Astronomer Sees Power in Community, Works to Build More
Dr. Natasha Batalha, an astronomer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, says collaborating with her teams is one of the best parts of her job.
UC Santa Cruz, ...
- Ride the Wave of Radio Astronomy During the Solar Eclipse
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Ride the Wave of Radio Astronomy During the Solar Eclipse
GAVRT DSS-28 dish at the NASA Deep Space Communications Complex near Goldstone, California.
NASA/Russell Torres
Students and science enthusiasts are invited ...
- NASA Selects University Teams to Explore Innovative Aeronautical Research
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
This staged scene and illustration represents what you might see when NASA’s University Innovation project awards teams of students with funds ...
- PATA Conference on Women in Travel to be Held in Bohol, Philippines
Bohol, Philippines, February 20, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is set to organise PATA International Conference on Women in Travel from March 20-22, 2024, hosted ...
- Become a SunSketcher, and Help Measure the Shape of the Sun!
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Become a SunSketcher, and Help Measure the Shape of the Sun!
Baily’s Beads, tiny slivers of sunlight that pass through the valleys on the surface of the moon, seen ...
- NASA Sets Coverage of First US Uncrewed Commercial Moon Landing
Intuitive Machines is targeting Thursday, Feb. 22, for the landing of their Odysseus lunar lander on the surface of the Moon as part of NASA’s CLPS initiative and Artemis campaign.
Intuitive ...
- NASA Tech Tuesday: Seeing is Communicating
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
When a physical condition limits mobility, getting around is easier with EyeGaze Edge. The eye-tracking technology integrates with the Ability Drive ...
- Annual Highlights of Results 2023: Introduction and Analyses
After 25 years of international collaboration operating the largest and most technologically advanced laboratory in low Earth orbit, the current decade of research results has seen thousands of researchers around ...
- 2023 Annual Highlights of Results from the International Space Station
The 2023 Annual Highlights of Results from the International Space Station is now available. This new edition contains bibliometric analyses, a list of all the publications documented in fiscal year ...
- Renee King: Ensuring Space for Everyone
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
Renee King calls herself Goddard Space Flight Center’s conscience: She helps make sure that at NASA Goddard, there truly is space ...
- 55 Years Ago: Five Months Until the Moon Landing
Following the success of the Apollo 8 circumlunar mission, NASA believed that it could achieve a Moon landing by the summer of 1969 and meet President John F. Kennedy’s goal. ...
- NASA-Funded Science Projects Tuning In to ‘Eclipse Radio’
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NASA-Funded Science Projects Tuning In to ‘Eclipse Radio’
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross parts of the United States. For millions of people along the ...
- PATA Appoints Soon-Hwa Wong as its Ambassador for Greater China
Singapore, Singapore, February 19, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Soon-Hwa Wong as its Ambassador for Greater China.
“China will ...
- BWH Hotels Unveils Newly-Renovated Best Western Plus Hotel Nagoya Sakae
Nagoya, Japan, February 17, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / BWH Hotels, the leading global hospitality network comprising WorldHotels, Best Western Hotels & Resorts, and SureStay Hotels, will welcome back a newly-renovated ...
- UN Tourism Celebrates Heritage and Culture in Iran
Tehran, Iran, February 17, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / The Secretary-General of UN Tourism has concluded an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Zurab Pololikashvili led a high-level delegation ...
- Embark on a Culinary Odyssey with Celadon’s New Tasting Menu by Chef Rin
Bangkok, Thailand, February 16, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Celadon, renowned for its exquisite Thai cuisine, invites diners on an unprecedented gastronomic journey with its latest offering, the Celadon Tasting Menu ...
- Discovery Alert: Glowing Cloud Points to a Cosmic Collision
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Discovery Alert: Glowing Cloud Points to a Cosmic Collision
This illustration depicts the aftermath of a collision between two giant exoplanets. What remains is a hot, molten planetary core ...
- 30 Years Ago: Clementine Changes Our View of the Moon
In 1994, a joint NASA and Department of Defense (DOD) mission called Clementine dramatically changed our view of the Moon. As the first U.S. mission to the Moon in more ...