- The Marshall Star for December 13, 2023
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The Marshall Star for December 13, 2023
Marshall Team Members Celebrate Holiday Season
By Jessica Barnett
Marshall team members gather at the center’s holiday reception Dec. 7 in ...
- NASA’s NEOWISE Celebrates 10 Years, Plans End of Mission
NEOWISE is depicted in an artist’s concept in front of an image of the infrared sky that the mission captured. The string of red dots moving across the sky near ...
- NASA Provides Update on Venture-Class Launch Services
NASA currently is working with several commercial companies as part of the agency’s VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) launch services contract, providing new opportunities for science, and technology ...
- I am Artemis: Bruce Askins
Bruce Askins
Growing up, Bruce Askins was passionate about space and oceanography. His desire to explore other worlds always made him want to be an astronaut. Though he did not become ...
- NASA Stennis Continues Preparations for Future Artemis Testing
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
Crews at NASA’s Stennis Space Center cleared a milestone Dec. 11, installing a key component in preparation for future Green Run ...
- 2023 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley
It’s been another great year at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Join us as we review some of the highlights of the science, engineering, and innovation from ...
- 2023 in Review: Artemis II Crew Visits Kennedy
NASA / Kim Shiflett
On Aug. 8, 2023, Artemis II crew members (from left) Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch took a photo in front of their Orion ...
- NASA’s Space Station Laser Comm Terminal Achieves First Link
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NASA’s Space Station Laser Comm Terminal Achieves First Link
NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload at Goddard Space Flight Center fully tested and integrated prior to its delivery to Kennedy ...
- NASA’s Webb Identifies Tiniest Free-Floating Brown Dwarf
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NASA’s Webb Identifies Tiniest Free-Floating Brown Dwarf
Webb Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera shows the central portion of the star cluster IC 348.
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, ...
- NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Top 20 Stories of 2023
Here’s a look back at 2023’s most significant events at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida:
JANUARYDay of Remembrance Marks 20th Anniversary of Columbia Tragedy
NASA senior management and guests paid tribute ...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake
This 360-degree mosaic from the “Airey Hill” location inside Jezero Crater was generated using 993 individual images taken by the Perseverance Mars rover’s Mastcam-Z from Nov. 3-6. The rover remained ...
- Four-time Space Veteran Jeff Williams to Retire from NASA
Commander Jeff Williams poses for a photo in the Quest Airlock (A/L) with all of his mission patches. The patches are, from left, STS-101, Soyuz TMA-8, Expedition 13, Soyuz TMA-16, ...
- Branch Chief Margarita Sampson
“There’s this thing called the overview effect: Space has this effect on people that you could probably call almost spiritual. Everyone returns from spaceflight changed in one way or another. ...
- Contributions of the DC-8 to Earth System Science at NASA: A Workshop
Call for Papers
Date: August 13–14, 2024Location: Washington, D.C.
Jointly organized by the NASA History Office and the Earth Science Division, this workshop seeks to document the important contributions of airborne campaigns ...
- NASA Teams Prepare Moon Rocket-to-Spacecraft Connector for Assembly
NASA/Sam Lott
The elements of the super-heavy lift SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for NASA’s Artemis II mission are undergoing final preparations before shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
- NASA invita a medios al lanzamiento de misión para estudiar océanos y nubes
Unos técnicos trabajan en el procesamiento del observatorio de plancton, aerosoles, nubes y ecosistemas oceánicos (PACE, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA en una plataforma elevada del Centro ...
- NASA Invites Media to Launch of New Mission to Study Oceans, Clouds
Technicians work to process NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) observatory on an Aronson Tilt Table in a high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s ...
- Astronaut Kathryn Thornton Works on Hubble Space Telescope
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In this image from Dec. 8, 1993, astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton works with equipment during a spacewalk. The spacewalk was part of an 11-day mission, Servicing Mission 1, to service ...
- NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions
NASA’s EMIT produced its first global maps of hematite, goethite, and kaolinite in Earth’s dry regions using data from the year ending November 2023. The mission collected billions of measurements ...
- 2024 Leadership Changes to Include NASA Stennis Director’s Retirement
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday that after more than 30 years of service, the agency’s Stennis Space Center Director Richard Gilbrech will retire on Saturday, Jan. 13.
Stennis Deputy Director ...
- NASA Engineer Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators
Clare Luckey, an engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, has been named one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 Class of 2024. The other NASA honoree is Katie Konans, ...
- Royal Participation Highlights Final Day of 35th Phuket King’s Cup Regatta
Phuket, Thailand, December 11, 2023 / TRAVELINDEX / Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalaksh sailed on Vayu THA 72 in the prestigious IRC Zero class in the final day of racing ...
- Mozambique PM Challenges Tourism Industry to Embrace Innovative Solutions
Maputo, Mozambique, December 9, 2023 / TRAVELINDEX / Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane spearheaded the official opening ceremony of the 9th edition of the International Tourism Fair (FIKANI), emphasizing the crucial ...
- ADB Supports Environmental Improvements in Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, December 8, 2023 / TRAVELINDEX / The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $35 million concessional loan and a $10 million grant for the Urban ...
- A Season of Joy and Extravagance at The Sukhothai Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand, December 7, 2023 / TRAVELINDEX / In the spirit of the holiday season, The Sukhothai Bangkok warmly welcomes you to partake in a memorable festive experience featuring enticing ...