- NASA Glenn Director, NASA Astronaut Visit Pittsburgh
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
What do a rover, an astronaut, and a rally towel have in common? They all came together for a NASA-filled weekend ...
- Local Mayors, City Managers Visit NASA Center
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
NASA’s Glenn Research Center Deputy Director Dawn Schaible provided an overview to more than 20 mayors and city manager from northeast ...
- Six Finalists Named in NASA’s $3.5 Million Break the Ice Challenge
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
By Savannah Bullard
The stage is set for the finale of NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge.
Conceived in 2020, Break the Ice ...
- New Course from NASA Helps Build Open, Inclusive Science Community
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
NASA released its free Open Science 101 curriculum Wednesday to empower researchers, early career scientists, and underrepresented communities with the knowledge ...
- Faces of NASA features Ames…
Faces of NASA features Ames Research Center Pilot David Zahn
In November 2023, “Faces of NASA” featured an aeronautics pilot from NASA Ames Research Center. Learn more about David Zahn and ...
- NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data
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NASA’s Psyche Delivers First Images and Other Data
This mosaic was made from “first light” images acquired Dec. 4 by both of the cameras on NASA’s Psyche ...
- NASA Engineers Push Limits of Physics to Focus Light
A pair of precision-orbiting small satellites will attempt to capture the first views ever of small-scale features near the surface of the Sun that scientists believe drive the heating and ...
- Moon Meets Up with Jupiter, Saturn
NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
The Moon, left, Saturn, upper right, and Jupiter, lower right, are seen after sunset from Washington, DC, on Dec. 17, 2020. The two planets drew closer to each other ...
- NASA Leaders to Highlight 25th Anniversary of Space Station with Crew
(Nov. 8, 2021) — The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking ...
- Digging Deeper to Find Life on Ocean Worlds
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Digging Deeper to Find Life on Ocean Worlds
Conceptual image of a Cryobot mission lander.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
SNAPSHOT
In February 2023, researchers from around the country gathered ...
- NASA Helps Create Space for All Through Mentorship
Students participate in the 21st annual Disability Mentoring Day on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The visiting students paired with mentors from Kennedy based ...
- Expedition 68 Crew With Three NASA Astronauts to Discuss Mission
Dec. 4, 2023
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Four astronauts, including the current record-holder for the longest single stay in space aboard the International Space Station, will make their first public appearance in Houston ...
- NASA Audio Specialist Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
Katie Konans, NASA’s audio and podcasting lead at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is one of two ...
- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Participates in Space Agencies Leaders’ Summit at COP 28
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in the first-ever Space Agencies Leaders’ Summit at COP 28 in Dubai, UAE, on Dec. 4, 2023. At the summit, organized by the UAE Space ...
- NASA Continues Progress on Artemis III Rocket Adapter with Key Joint Installation
NASA/Sam Lott
Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, recently installed a key component called the frangible joint assembly onto the adapter that connects the core ...
- 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
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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 ...