6 months ago
Apollo 10 Ends Successfully
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 10 mission, exits the spacecraft during recovery operations on May 26, 1969. He and the other two crew members already in the raft, Thomas P. Stafford left and John W. Young, were brought to the prime recovery ship, USS Princeton after splashdown. The Apollo 10 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_apollo_10 #nasa_eugene_a ._cernan #nasa_john_w ._young #nasa_thomas_p ._stafford #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanet_transits #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_radial_velocity #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_the_universe #nasa_missions #nasa_iss_research #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center
6 months ago
Earth Science Information Partners Celebrate 25 Years of Collaboration
Allison Mills, Earth Science Information Partners, allisonmillsesipfed.orgSusan Shingledecker, Earth Science Information Partners, susanshingledeckeresipfed.org Introduction In 2023, the Earth Science Information Partners ESIP community celebrated 25 years since the nonprofits founding. Serving as a home for Earth science data and computing professionals, ESIP has evolved alongside the tools and vast expansion of Earth science data available . https://science.nasa.gov/u...#nasa #space #news #nasa_apollo_10 #nasa_eugene_a ._cernan #nasa_john_w ._young #nasa_thomas_p ._stafford #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanet_transits #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_radial_velocity #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_the_universe #nasa_missions #nasa_iss_research #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center
6 months ago
Discovery Alert: Spock’s Home Planet Goes ‘Poof’
The discovery A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A host to Mr. Spocks fictional home planet, Vulcan, in the Star Trek universe is really a kind of astronomical illusion caused by the pulses and jitters of the star itself, a new study shows. Key facts The possible detection of a . https://science.nasa.gov/u...#nasa #space #news #nasa_apollo_10 #nasa_eugene_a ._cernan #nasa_john_w ._young #nasa_thomas_p ._stafford #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanet_transits #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_radial_velocity #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_the_universe #nasa_missions #nasa_iss_research #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center
6 months ago
Arizona Students Go on an Exoplanet Watch
Exoplanets, planets outside of our own solar system, hold the keys to finding extraterrestrial life and understanding the origin of our own world. Nowonlinestudents at Arizona State University ASU in a new course calledExoplanet Research Experiencehave become exoplanet scientists by taking part in NASAs Exoplanet Watch project. Fifteen students from ASUs Astronomical and Planetary Sciencesonlinedegree . https://science.nasa.gov/g...#nasa #space #news #nasa_apollo_10 #nasa_eugene_a ._cernan #nasa_john_w ._young #nasa_thomas_p ._stafford #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanet_transits #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_radial_velocity #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_the_universe #nasa_missions #nasa_iss_research #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center
6 months ago
NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 88 Launch, Space Station Docking
NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 88 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 5:43 a.m. EDT 2:43 p.m. Baikonur time Thursday, May 30, on a Soyuz 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
6 months ago
NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Unscathed After Searing Pass of Sun
Mission engineers were confident NASAs OSIRIS-APEX Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification Apophis Explorer spacecraft could weather its closest ever pass of the Sun on Jan. 2, 2024. Their models had predicted that, despite traveling 25 million miles closer to the heat of the Sun than it was originally designed to, OSIRIS-APEX and its components . https://science.nasa.gov/s...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
6 months ago
Sols 4195-4198: Feels Like Summer
Earth planning date: Friday, May 24, 2024 The first sol of this weekend includes an extremely long, 6-hour DAN activity to measure the amount of hydrogen near the surface, in parallel with a standard midday remote science block including: ChemCam LIBS on a smooth, dark rock named Shadow Lake, an RMI 7-frame mosaic of the . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
6 months ago
15 Years Ago: First Time all Partners Represented aboard the International Space Station
From May 29 to July 17, 2009, for the first time in its history, each of the five partner agencies participating in the International Space Station Program had a crew member living and working aboard the orbiting facility at the same time. The period also marked the beginning of six-person crew habitation, greatly increasing the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
6 months ago
A Mental Health Awareness Month Message from Your MAF EAP office: “Suicide and Crises Lifeline”
While NASA promotes the availability of EAP counselors at each Center, there may be reasons when, during a mental health crisis, employees do not think about EAP or cannot remember how to access. Now, the Suicide and Crises Lifeline is available to anyone, anytime nationwide by calling or texting three numbers from your cell 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
