- NASA, Industry Improve Lidars for Exploration, Science
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NASA engineers will test a suite of new laser technologies from an aircraft this summer for Earth science remote sensing. Called ...
- Sketch the Shape of the Sun for Science During the Solar Eclipse
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Sketch the Shape of the Sun for Science During the Solar Eclipse
Calling all eclipse admirers!
The SunSketcher team is looking for one million volunteers to capture photos on their ...
- Casey Honniball: Finding Her Space in Lunar Science
Lunar scientist Casey Honniball conducts lunar observations and field work near volcanoes to investigate how astronauts could use instruments during moonwalks.
Name: Casey HonniballTitle: Lunar scientistOrganization: Planetary Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry ...
- NASA’s Curious Universe Podcast Unveils New Sun + Eclipse Series
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NASA released Tuesday the first episode of a new six-part podcast series for first-time space explorers to learn about the Sun. Ahead of the total solar eclipse in April, ...
- Tech Today: NASA Helps Find Where the Wildfires Are
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In 2022, nearly 100 large wildland fires burned in the U.S. West. Almost two dozen of those burned Washington and Oregon ...
- Expedition 69 Astronauts Tour NASA Goddard, Speak With Employees
A trio of astronauts visited with employees at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 18, 2024, to share their spaceflight experiences aboard the International Space Station.
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- US, Germany Partnering on Mission to Track Earth’s Water Movement
An engineering geologist measures water depth at an agricultural well in a field north of Sacramento, California. Groundwater is an important source of water for irrigation in the state’s Central ...
- Gemini VI Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Walter M. Schirra Jr.
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Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), and Walter M. Schirra Jr., pose for the camera during suiting up exercises on Oct. 22, 1965. Stafford was selected among the second group of ...
- NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact
The asteroid Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission just two seconds before the spacecraft struck its surface on Sept. 26, 2022. Observations of the asteroid before and after impact ...
- World Congress on Snow, Mountain and Wellness Tourism Affirms Commitment to Sustainability
Andorra la Vella, Andorra, March 19, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Sustainability and wellness, the keys to mountain tourism will be the theme of the 12th edition of the World Congress ...
- Tourism Authority of Thailand Announces Collaboration with Tourism Cares
Bangkok, Thailand, March 19, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is excited to announce its inaugural partnership with Tourism Cares, a U.S.-based non-pro t organization dedicated ...
- Student-Built Robots Clash at Competition Supported by NASA-JPL
Teams prepare for a playoff match at the L.A. regional FIRST Robotics Competition in El Segundo on March 17. The robots, built by high school teams, would go on to ...
- NASA’s Swift Temporarily Suspends Science Operations
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NASA’s Swift Temporarily Suspends Science Operations
Swift, illustrated here, is a collaboration between NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Penn State in University Park, the Los Alamos ...
- NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to Space Pioneer Thomas Stafford
(1966) — Portrait of astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, wearing his spacesuit.
Credits: NASA
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday’s passing of Thomas Stafford, a lifelong space ...
- NASA Wallops Supports Rocket Lab Launch for NRO From Virginia
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NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will support commercial launch provider Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launch no earlier than March 21 ...
- NASA Challenge Invites Artemis Generation Coders to Johnson Space Center
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement has selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event for the 2024 App Development Challenge (ADC), one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges, ...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 70
NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on Nov. 2, 2023
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- NASA Selects New Round of Candidates for CubeSat Missions to Station
Students from the University of Michigan work on their Measurement of Actuator Response and In Orbit (MARIO) CubeSat which launched to the International Space Station in November 2022.
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- Leslie Livesay Named Deputy Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Leslie Livesay is JPL’s new deputy director.
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The first woman to serve as JPL’s deputy director, Livesay serves under Laurie Leshin, the ...
- NASA Wallops Offers Career Inspiration to Delmarva Students
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Roland Wescott, representing the range at NASA Wallops, engages with participants during the Junior Achievement Inspire event at the Wicomico Youth ...
- NASA to Send Research to Station Aboard 30th SpaceX Resupply Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, on the company’s ...
- NASA Volunteers Find Fifteen Rare “Active Asteroids”
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NASA Volunteers Find Fifteen Rare “Active Asteroids”
NASA’s Active Asteroids project
Credits: Henry Hsieh
Some extraordinary asteroids have “activity”—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust. ...
- Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff Participates in Women in Space Roundtable
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Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Deputy Center Director Laurie Grindle shake hands as they meet before the National Space Council’s Women ...
- NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission
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NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission
On March 14, NASA delivered its gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer instrument to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) for integration onto ...
- St. Patrick’s Aurora Illuminates the Night Sky
This majestic image of the dazzling green lights of the aurora borealis was captured on March 17, 2015, around 5:30 a.m. EDT in Donnelly Creek, Alaska.
The aurora borealis and aurora ...