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- Assessment of PFO as Related to DCS in the Spaceflight Environment and During Ground Testing NASA · 31 Dec 2024 In June 2024, the NASA Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) Standards Team hosted an independent assessment working group to review the status and progress of research and clinical activities intended t...
- What’s Up: January 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 30 Dec 2024 Four Planets in One View! Each evening this month, enjoy a sweeping view of four bright planets at once. Also look for a close approach of Venus and Saturn, Mars occulted by the Moon, and meteors! Skywatching Highlights...
- Earth to Space Call: NASA Leaders to Speak with Station Astronauts NASA · 30 Dec 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit on Monday, Jan. 6, to discuss their mission aboard the Internati...
- NASA’s Artemis program needs a new public relations angle SpaceNews · 30 Dec 2024 On March 7, 1967, a Red Bank, New Jersey, resident named F.C. Stetter sat down at their typewriter and wrote a letter to Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D-N.M.), a fierce […]
- NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to President Carter NASA · 30 Dec 2024 The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Sunday’s passing of President Jimmy Carter: “President Carter was the pinnacle of a public servant, dedicating his life to making our world a better pla...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 29 Dec 2024 The mission will be the 134th and final orbital launch from SpaceX in 2024. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for 3:03 a.m. EST (0303 UTC) on Monday, Dec. 30.
- Parker Solar Probe Makes History as Scientists Urge Future Investments in Heliophysics Research SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Dec 2024 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its close encounter with the Sun this week, getting closer than any previous spacecraft. The success comes at the same time a new Decadal Survey
- Swedish and Norwegian Companies Secure Key NASA Contracts European Spaceflight · 28 Dec 2024 Norway’s Kongsberg Satellite Services and the Swedish Space Corporation are among four companies selected by NASA to support the expansion of its Near Space Network’s commercial direct-to-Earth mission-critical communica...
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun NASA · 27 Dec 2024 Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above t...
- Hubble Spies a Cosmic Eye NASA · 27 Dec 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the center of this galaxy, and...
- Nelson: Decision on Mars Sample Return expected before new administration takes office Spaceflight Now · 27 Dec 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said teams were meeting at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, Dec. 20, to make some of the final determinations about how they will return dozens of samples from the Red Planet.
- Mechanical Systems TDT Support Reaches Across NASA Programs NASA · 26 Dec 2024 The NESC Mechanical Systems TDT provides broad support across NASA’s mission directorates. We are a diverse group representing a variety of sub-disciplines including bearings, gears, metrology, lubrication and tribology,...
- NESC Assists in Heatshield Investigation NASA · 26 Dec 2024 NASA’s uncrewed Artemis I mission launched from KSC on November 16, 2022. After a successful mission that included orbiting the Moon, the Orion spacecraft returned to Earth splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on December...
- NASA selects four companies for commercial communications services SpaceNews · 26 Dec 2024 NASA selected four companies to provide communications services in Earth orbit and out to the moon.
- Senate NASA bill focuses on commercial space stations, science mission overruns SpaceNews · 24 Dec 2024 A NASA authorization bill introduced in the Senate in the final days of the current Congress irected NASA to accelerate work on commercial space stations.
- Hang a Shining Star Upon the Highest Bough NASA · 24 Dec 2024 This new view of the “Christmas tree cluster” NGC 2264, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow’s telescope in Arizona. Chandra...
- Collaboration Is Key to A Strong Materials Discipline NASA · 24 Dec 2024 NASA has a strong need for advanced materials and processes (M&P) across the realms of robotic- and crewed-spaceflight, as well as aeronautics, particularly when one acknowledges that all craft must be made of something....
- Characterizing the Visual Experience of Astronauts at the Lunar South Pole NASA · 24 Dec 2024 Humans are returning to the Moon—this time, to stay. Because our presence will be more permanent, NASA has selected a location that maximizes line-of-sight communication with Earth, solar visibility, and access to water...
- Commercial Moon Rovers Under Test NASA · 23 Dec 2024 Venturi Astrolab’s FLEX, Intuitive Machines’ Moon RACER, and Lunar Outpost’s Eagle lunar terrain vehicle – three commercially owned and developed LTVs (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) – are pictured at NASA’s Johnson Space Center...
- Ken Freeman Receives Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Award for ATM-X Digital Information Platform (DIP) NASA · 23 Dec 2024 Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Award to the NASA ATM-X Digital Information Platform (DIP) TeamIn November 2024, the Digital Information Platform (DIP) team received the prestigious Industry Award from the Air Tra...
- Science Done by Volunteers Highlighted at December’s American Geophysical Union Meeting NASA · 23 Dec 2024 More than 30,000 scientists gathered in Washington, D.C. during the second week of December – many to show off the work of NASA’s science volunteers! The American Geophysical Union held its annual meeting of professional...
- How a NASA Senior Database Administrator Manifested her Dream Job NASA · 23 Dec 2024 When Madhavi Latha Balijepalle noticed that her morning commute took her past NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, she set a new career goal for herself: working for NASA. “I started manifesting it,...
- How might NASA change under Trump? Here’s what is being discussed Ars Technica · 23 Dec 2024 "Elon get those rocket ships going because we want to reach Mars before the end of my term."
- NASA delays launch of heliophysics missions SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2024 NASA is delaying the launch of three missions to study the sun by several months because of issues with the primary payload.
- Parker Solar Probe to make closest approach yet to the sun SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2024 A NASA spacecraft is performing better than expected as it makes its closest approach to the sun this week.
- NASA Ames Astrogram – December 2024 NASA · 20 Dec 2024 2024 Year in Review – Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley by Tiffany Blake As NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley enters its 85th year since its founding, join us as we take a look back at some...
- NASA Exhibit Puts Visitors in Test Conductor Seat NASA · 20 Dec 2024 NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is helping the Artemis Generation learn how to power space dreams with an interactive exhibit at INFINITY Science Center. The engine test simulator exhibit at...
- NASA Selects Four Commercial Companies to Support Near Space Network NASA · 20 Dec 2024 NASA has selected multiple companies to expand the agency’s Near Space Network’s commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities services, which is a mission-critical communication capability that allows spacecraft to transmit d...
- NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment NASA · 20 Dec 2024 Deep Space Station 23’s 133-ton reflector dish was recently installed, marking a key step in strengthening NASA’s Deep Space Network. NASA’s Deep Space Network, an array of giant radio antennas, allows agency missions to...
- NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment NASA · 20 Dec 2024 Deep Space Station 23’s 133-ton reflector dish was recently installed, marking a key step in strengthening NASA’s Deep Space Network. NASA’s Deep Space Network, an array of giant radio antennas, allows agency missions to...
- NASA Welcomes Liechtenstein as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory NASA · 20 Dec 2024 Liechtenstein signed the Artemis Accords Friday during a ceremony hosted by NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 52nd nation to commit to the responsible explorati...
- NASA’s Ames Research Center Celebrates 85 Years of Innovation NASA · 20 Dec 2024 Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley pre-dates a lot of things. The center existed before NASA – the very space and aeronautics agency it’s a critical part of today. And of all the marvelous advancements i...
- NASA’s Ames Research Center Celebrates 85 Years of Innovation NASA · 20 Dec 2024 Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley pre-dates a lot of things. The center existed before NASA – the very space and aeronautics agency it’s a critical part of today. And of all the marvelous advancements i...
- NASA’s Terra Satellite Captures 2015 Eclipse Shadow NASA · 20 Dec 2024 During the morning of March 20, 2015, a total solar eclipse was visible from parts of Europe, and a partial solar eclipse from northern Africa and northern Asia. NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Arctic Ocean on Mar...
- 2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts NASA · 20 Dec 2024 NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space,...
- 2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts NASA · 20 Dec 2024 NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space,...
- NASA’s Webb Reveals Smallest Asteroids Yet Found in Main Asteroid Belt NASA · 20 Dec 2024 NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed. A team led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge repurposed Webb...
- Lab Work Digs Into Gullies Seen on Giant Asteroid Vesta by NASA’s Dawn NASA · 20 Dec 2024 Known as flow formations, these channels could be etched on bodies that would seem inhospitable to liquid because they are exposed to the extreme vacuum conditions of space. Pocked with craters, the surfaces of many cele...
- Avalanches, Icy Explosions, and Dunes: NASA Is Tracking New Year on Mars NASA · 20 Dec 2024 Instead of a winter wonderland, the Red Planet’s northern hemisphere goes through an active — even explosive — spring thaw. While New Year’s Eve is around the corner here on Earth, Mars scientists are ahead of the game:...
- NASA Runs X-59 Engine with Maximum Afterburner for First Time NASA · 20 Dec 2024 NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The ground test, conducted at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, marks...