- Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteroid Belt
If spacecraft are to visit the outer solar system, they must cross the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The Pioneer mission was faced with the question of just how ...
- Artificial Intelligence Plus Your Cell Phone Means Better Maps of Earth!
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Artificial Intelligence Plus Your Cell Phone Means Better Maps of Earth!
GLOBE Observer data from various locations showing four directional views: west, north, south, and east.
Credit: Huang et al. 2023, International Journal of ...
- 30 Years Ago: STS-61, the First Hubble Servicing Mission
“Trying to do stellar observations from Earth is like trying to do birdwatching from the bottom of a lake.” James B. Odom, Hubble Program Manager 1983-1990.
The discovery after its launch ...
- NASA, Partners Launch US Greenhouse Gas Center to Share Climate Data
Visualization of total carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere in 2021
NASA
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, and other United States government leaders unveiled ...
- NASA Welcomes Angola as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
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During a ceremony in Washington Nov. 30, Angola became the 33rd country to sign the Artemis Accords.
The Artemis Accords establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation ...
- NASA Honors Steve Jurczyk, Former Acting Administrator, Space Leader
Former NASA Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk delivering remarks during NASA’s 60th anniversary.
NASA/Joel Kowsky
Former NASA Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk passed away Nov. 23, at the age of 61, following a battle ...
- Hubble Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 1
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Hubble Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 1
Astronaut F. Story Musgrave works in the space shuttle Endeavour’s cargo bay while the solar array panels on the Hubble Space ...
- Counteracting Bone and Muscle Loss in Microgravity
In microgravity, without the continuous load of Earth’s gravity, the tissues that make up bones reshape themselves. Bone cells readjust their behaviors—the cells that build new bone slow down, while ...
- Hubble Views a Double Cluster of Glowing Galaxies
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Hubble Views a Double Cluster of Glowing Galaxies
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of Abell 3192 holds two independent galaxy clusters.
ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Smith, H. Ebeling, D. ...
- December’s Night Sky Notes: A Flame in the Sky – the Orion Nebula
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December’s Night Sky Notes: A Flame in the Sky – the Orion Nebula
Orion constellation
Stellarium Web
by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
It’s that time of year ...
- NASA’s Educational CubeSats: Small Satellites, Big Impact
The CubeSats from NASA’s ELaNa 38 mission were deployed from the International Space Station on Jan. 26, 2022. Seen here is the deployment of The Aerospace Corporation’s Daily Atmospheric and ...
- NASA Delivers Inclusion Message to Annual Bayou Classic Participants
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
NASA Stennis Test Operations Chief Maury Vander speaks with a young visitor to the NASA booth during the 2023 Bayou Classic ...
- NASA Conducts Annual Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review
Architecture Concept Review attendees listen to welcome remarks from NASA leadership on Nov. 14, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Attendees included representatives from all of NASA’s centers, ...
- Google’s ‘A Passage of Water’ Brings NASA’s Water Data to Life
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Google’s ‘A Passage of Water’ Brings NASA’s Water Data to Life
As part of the long-standing partnership between NASA and Google, NASA worked with Google Arts & Culture and ...
- NASA’s 6-Pack of Mini-Satellites Ready for Their Moment in the Sun
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
The six satellites that make up NASA’s SunRISE mission are each only about the size of a cereal box, flanked by ...
- NASA Research Pilot David Zahn
“I want to help the Native community get better representation and show that we can help Native citizens get into aerospace engineering, mathematics, or . And the ...
- Chandra Catches Spider Pulsars Destroying Nearby Stars
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA; IR:NASA/JPL/Caltech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk
A group of dead stars known as “spider pulsars” are obliterating companion stars within their ...
- Webb Study Reveals Rocky Planets Can Form in Extreme Environments
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Webb Study Reveals Rocky Planets Can Form in Extreme Environments
An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to provide the first ...
- Deputy for Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Integration Joe Connolly
“The goal is to get as many of the wrong ideas out of the way as early as possible.
“So we’ll come up with some idea, especially on the research side, ...
- Discovery Alert: Watch the Synchronized Dance of a 6-Planet System
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Discovery Alert: Watch the Synchronized Dance of a 6-Planet System
The discovery: Six planets orbit their central star in a rhythmic beat, a rare case of an “in sync” gravitational ...
- Telefonica and UNWTO to Promote Digital and Sustainable Tourism
Madrid, Spain, November 30, 2023 / TAVELINDEX / The collaboration agreement will run until 2026 and will focus on digital entrepreneurship, innovation, application of new technologies (big data, artificial intelligence, ...
- Blue Elephant Master Chef Nooror Pays Tribute to WWF Healthy Rivers Series
Bangkok, Thailand, November 30, 2023 / TRAVELINDEX / In her recent appearance on Episode 2 of the Healthy Rivers Series “River of Inspiration” by WWF, Master Chef Nooror Somany Steppe, ...
- Bangkok Uncovered and Beyond
Bangkok, Thailand, November 30, 2023 / TRAVELINDEX / The Sukhothai Bangkok cordially invites you to attend a fundraising charity event, “Bangkok Uncovered & Beyond,” to support the social development projects ...
- The Marshall Star for November 29, 2023
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The Marshall Star for November 29, 2023
Artemis II Crew Enjoys Visit with Marshall Team Members
By Wayne Smith
From talking about continuing the legacy of NASA’s Marshall ...
- NASA Remembers Trailblazing Astronaut, Scientist Mary Cleave
NASA Astronaut Mary L. Cleave. April 8, 1985
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Retired NASA astronaut Mary Cleave, a veteran of two NASA spaceflights, died Nov. 27. She was 76. A scientist with training in ...