11 days ago
Sols 4295-4296: A Martian Moon and Planet Earth
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 Todays two-sol plan contains the usual science blocks filled with contact science and remote science to observe and assess the geology surrounding us. However, the Mastcam team is hoping to capture a special celestial event above the Martian skyline as one of Mars moons, Phobos, will be in . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_missions #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history
11 days ago
NASA Selects Langley Research Center Support Contractor
NASA has awarded the Center, Operations Maintenance, and Engineering II contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to support operations at the agencys Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-deliveryindefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of 973.7 million. Following a phase-in period that starts Tuesday, Oct. 1 and 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_missions #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history
11 days ago
New Hardware for Future Artemis Moon Missions Arrive at NASA Kennedy
From across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Gulf of Mexico, two ships converged, delivering key spacecraft and rocket components of NASA8217;s Artemis campaign to the agency8217;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Sept. 3, ESA European Space Agency marked a milestone in the Artemis III mission as its European-built service module for NASAs Orion 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_missions #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history
12 days ago
NASA’s Boeing Starliner Mission Landing Criteria, Timeline
As NASA and Boeing prepare to return the companys Starliner spacecraft uncrewed from the International Space Station to Earth, safety and mission success remain as top priorities for the teams. Mission managers will complete a series of operational and weather checks before the spacecraft undocks from the orbital complex.160; The Starliner spacecraft is the first 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
Join the Eclipsing Binary Patrol and Spot Rare Stellar Pairs!
Eclipsing binaries are special pairs of stars that cross in front of one another as they orbitstars that take turns blocking one another from our view. AtEclipsing Binary Patrol,the newest NASA-funded citizen science project, youll have a chance to help discover these unusual pairs of objects. In Eclipsing Binary Patrol, youll work with real data . https://science.nasa.gov/g...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
Ames Wind Tunnel
Construction of the Ames wind tunnel and its original 40- by 80-foot test section. A later expansion created an additional 80- by 120-foot test section. A Navy blimp, which would have been based at Hangars 2 and 3 at Moffett Field, patrols in the background. Image Credit: NACA. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
NASA to Support DARPA Robotic Satellite Servicing Program
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA have signed an interagency agreement to collaborate on a satellite servicing demonstration in geosynchronous Earth orbit, where hundreds of satellites provide communications, meteorological, national security, and other vital functions. Under this agreement, NASA will provide subject matter expertise to DARPAs Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites RSGS 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/direc...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN Help Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Escaping Water
Mars was once a very wet planet as is evident in its surface geological features. Scientists know that over the last 3 billion years, at least some water went deep underground, but what happened to the rest Now, NASAs Hubble Space Telescope and MAVEN Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution missions are helping unlock that mystery. . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
Eclipses Create Atmospheric Gravity Waves, NASA Student Teams Confirm
Student teams from three U.S. universities became the first to measure what scientists have long predicted: eclipses can generate ripples in Earths atmosphere called atmospheric gravity waves. The waves telltale signature emerged in data captured during the North American annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023, as part of the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project NEBP 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/learn...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
NASA Tunnel Generates Decades of Icy Aircraft Safety Data
On Sept. 13, 1944, researchers subjected a Bell P-39L Airacobra to frigid temperatures and a freezing water spray in the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACAs new Icing Research Tunnel IRT to study inflight ice buildup. Since that first run at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory now NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, the facility 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
21 days ago
NASA Develops Pod to Help Autonomous Aircraft Operators
For self-flying aircraft to take to the skies, they need to learn about their environments to avoid hazards. NASA aeronautics researchers recently developed a camera pod with sensors to help with this challenge by advancing computer vision for autonomous aviation.160;160; This pod is called the Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments AIRVUE. It 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_robotics #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_astronauts #nasa_iss_research #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_nasa_en_español #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_crab_nebula #nasa_galaxies #nasa_nebulae #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_blogs
1 month ago
NASA Seeks Input on Safety for Future Commercial Drone Operations
NASA recently gathered representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration FAA, police and fire departments, and commercial industry to figure out how to take an important step for public safety drones: allowing them to fly past where their operators can see them.160; Currently, most drone operations are limited to areas known as visual line of sight 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_quesst_ (x-59) #nasa_quesst :_the_vehicle #nasa_supersonic_flight #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_nasa_aircraft #nasa_science_in_the_air #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_stennis_space_center #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_iss_research #nasa_green_aviation_tech
2 months ago
NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away
An international team of astronomers using NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. The planet, Epsilon Indi Ab, is one of the coldest exoplanets observed to date. The planet is several times the mass of Jupiter and orbits the K-type star Epsilon Indi A Eps Ind A, . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_gas_giant_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_missions #nasa_space_weather #nasa_the_sun #nasa_sustainability #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_iss_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_exomars #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_mars_express #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_the_solar_system
2 months ago
NASA’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs
After contributing to many important findings on the boundary between Earths atmosphere and space an area where space weather can interfere with both satellites and communications signals NASAs ICON Ionospheric Connection Explorer mission has come to an end. The mission launched in October 2019 and completed its two-year mission objectives in December 2021, . https://science.nasa.gov/s...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_gas_giant_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_missions #nasa_space_weather #nasa_the_sun #nasa_sustainability #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_iss_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_exomars #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_mars_express #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_the_solar_system
2 months ago
Media Invited to Watch NASA Stream 4K Video to Space
NASA invites media to attend a real-time laser communications experiment at the agencys Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Researchers are testing a laser communications networking system that could enable the public to watch the first woman and first person of color walk on the Moon in HD during the Artemis missions. The media availability begins 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_gas_giant_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_missions #nasa_space_weather #nasa_the_sun #nasa_sustainability #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_iss_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_exomars #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_mars_express #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_the_solar_system
2 months ago
NASA Streams First 4K Video from Aircraft to Space Station, Back
A team at NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using optical, or laser, communications. The feat was part of a series of tests on new technology that could provide live video coverage of astronauts on the Moon 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_gas_giant_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_missions #nasa_space_weather #nasa_the_sun #nasa_sustainability #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_iss_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_exomars #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_mars_express #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_the_solar_system
2 months ago
45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Enterprise Completes Launch Pad Checkout
On July 23, 1979, space shuttle Enterprise completed its time as a pathfinder vehicle at Launch Pad 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center KSC in Florida. Workers towed it back to the Vehicle Assembly Building VAB. During its four-month stay at KSC, Enterprise validated procedures for the assembly of the space shuttle stack and interfaces 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_gas_giant_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_missions #nasa_space_weather #nasa_the_sun #nasa_sustainability #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_iss_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_exomars #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_2020 #nasa_mars_express #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_the_solar_system
