5 months ago
Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Visits Partners in Spain, United Kingdom, Greece, and France
A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of engaging with several of our strategic partners and friends across Europe. It was a full European tour: two weeks in Spain, the United Kingdom, Greece and France. Throughout the trip, I had many opportunities to discuss our exciting upcoming missions and the incredible impact NASA . https://science.nasa.gov/d...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
NASA Analysis Confirms a Year of Monthly Temperature Records
May 2024 was the warmest May on the books, marking a full year of record-high monthly temperatures, NASA scientists found. Average global temperatures for the past 12 months hit record highs for each respective month an unprecedented streak according to scientists from NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies GISS in New York. Its 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/earth...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
From Psychology to Space: Alexandra Whitmire’s Journey and Impact in NASA’s Human Research Program
From navigating the depths of the human mind to exploring the vastness of space, Dr. Alexandra Sandra Whitmire helps lead research on the effects of prolonged isolation and confinement as NASA prepares to voyage to the Moon and eventually Mars.160; Whitmire is the lead scientist for the Human Factors and Behavioral Performance element HFBP within 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
55 Years Ago: Manned Orbiting Laboratory Cancellation
The Manned Orbiting Laboratory MOL, a joint classified project of the U.S. Air Force USAF and the National Reconnaissance Office NRO, sought to establish a crewed platform in low Earth orbit to obtain high-resolution photographic imagery of Americas 1960s Cold War adversaries. Approved in 1965, the MOL Program envisioned a series of space stations launched 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
Bright Rocks and “Bright Angel”
Last week the Perseverance rover descended into Neretva Vallis, an ancient river channel that brought water into Jezero Crater billions of years ago. Rocks found in Neretva Vallis could have come from far upstream, giving us the opportunity to examine material which may have come from many kilometers away. Turning north into the channel has . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
5 months ago
NASA Sets Coverage for U.S. Spacewalk 90 Outside Space Station
NASA will provide live coverage, beginning at 6:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 13, as two astronauts conduct a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and last about six and a half hours. NASA will stream the spacewalk on NASA, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
5 months ago
NASA Awards Contract for Safety and Mission Assurance Services
NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services LLC, of Fulton, Maryland, to provide safety and mission assurance services to the agency. The Safety and Mission Assurance, Audits, Assessments, and Analysis SA3 Services contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an indefinite-deliveryindefinite-quantity provision and a maximum potential value of approximately 75.3 million. The three-year base performance period of 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
5 months ago
North Carolina Volunteers Work Toward Cleaner Well Water
When the ground floods during a storm, floodwaters wash bacteria and other contaminants into private wells. But thanks to citizen scientists inNorth Carolina, we now know a bit more about how to deal with this problem.A new NASA-Funded studydescribes the contributions of these volunteers and how their work makes other disaster data more useful.. https://science.nasa.gov/g...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
5 months ago
NASA Awards Contract for IT Support, Platform Services
NASA has selected CACI, Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, to maintain and improve IT services across the agency. The NASA Consolidated Applications and Platform Services NCAPS award is a hybrid firm-fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an indefinite deliveryindefinite quantity provision and a maximum potential value of about 2 billion. The performance period will extend eight 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
5 months ago
Hubble Finds Surprises Around a Star That Erupted 40 Years Ago
Astronomers have used new data from NASAsHubble Space Telescopeand the retiredSOFIAStratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy as well as archival data from other missions to revisit one of the strangest binary star systems in our galaxy 40 years after it burst onto the scene as a bright and long-lived nova. A nova is a star . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
5 months ago
NASA’s Webb Opens New Window on Supernova Science
Peering deeply into the cosmos, NASAs James Webb Space Telescope is giving scientists their first detailed glimpse of supernovae from a time when our universe was just a small fraction of its current age. A team using Webb data has identified 10 times more supernovae in the early universe than were previously known. A few . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
5 months ago
NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch
A suborbital rocket is scheduled for launch the week of June 10-17 from NASAs launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This launch is supporting the Missile Defense Agency MDA, Naval Surface Warfare Center NSWC, Port Hueneme Division8217;s White Sands Detachment, other Department of Defense organizations, industry, and academia. No real-time launch status 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_iss_research #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_nasa_safety_center #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_floods #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_missions #nasa_stars #nasa_the_universe #nasa_galaxies #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_apollo_8 #nasa_william_a ._anders
6 months ago
NASA’s Laser Relay System Sends Pet Imagery to, from Space Station
Using NASAs first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system, pictures and videos of cherished pets flew through space over laser communications links at a rate of 1.2 gigabits per second faster than most home internet speeds. NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Christina Koch, and Kjell Lindgren, along with other agency employees, submitted photos and videos of 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_missions #nasa_technology #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_artemis #nasa_lunar_science #nasa_mars #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_science_instruments #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_earth_science #nasa_wildfires #nasa_johnson_space_center
6 months ago
Sols 4193-4194: Stay Overnight? No, Touch-and-Go!
Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 One of the biggest challenges that comes with operating a rover on another planet is that we dont always know exactly what were going to have in front of us when we park after driving. The science teams and our rover planners who actually plan out the drives . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_technology #nasa_earth #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_galaxies #nasa_galaxy_clusters #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_psyche_mission #nasa_asteroids #nasa_psyche_asteroid #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_floods
6 months ago
The Marshall Star for May 22, 2024
Making Connections: Marshall Hosts Annual Jamboree, Poster Expo By Celine Smith Engineers, researchers, and scientists at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center had the opportunity to showcase their vast range of projects and learn about others at Marshalls annual Science, Technology, and Engineering Jamboree and Poster Expo. The jamboree took place May 16 in Activities Building 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_technology #nasa_earth #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_galaxies #nasa_galaxy_clusters #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_psyche_mission #nasa_asteroids #nasa_psyche_asteroid #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_floods
6 months ago
NASA’s Compact Infrared Cameras Enable New Science
A new, higher-resolution infrared camera outfitted with a variety of lightweight filters could probe sunlight reflected off Earths upper atmosphere and surface, improve forest fire warnings, and reveal the molecular composition of other planets. The cameras use sensitive, high-resolution strained-layer superlattice sensors, initially developed at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, using IRAD, 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/techn...#nasa #space #news #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_technology #nasa_earth #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_galaxies #nasa_galaxy_clusters #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_psyche_mission #nasa_asteroids #nasa_psyche_asteroid #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_floods
6 months ago
NASA, IBM Research to Release New AI Model for Weather, Climate
By Jessica Barnett Working together, NASA and IBM Research have developed a new artificial intelligence model to support a variety of weather and climate applications. The new model known as the Privthi-weather-climate foundational model uses artificial intelligence AI in ways that could vastly improve the resolution well be able to get, opening the . https://science.nasa.gov/o...#nasa #space #news #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_technology #nasa_earth #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_galaxies #nasa_galaxy_clusters #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_psyche_mission #nasa_asteroids #nasa_psyche_asteroid #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_floods
6 months ago
Spotted: ‘Death Star’ Black Holes in Action
A team of astronomers have studied 16160;supermassive black holes160;that are firing powerful beams into space, to track where these beams, or jets, are pointing now and where they were aimed in the past, as reported in our160;latest press release. Using160;NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory160;and the U.S. National Science Foundation NSF National Radio Astronomical Observatorys NRAO Very 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_galaxies #nasa_galaxy_clusters #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_psyche_mission #nasa_asteroids #nasa_psyche_asteroid #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_flares #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_space_weather #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_events #nasa_general #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aerospace_frontiers
6 months ago
NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters
The spacecraft already is beyond the distance of Mars and is using ion propulsion to accelerate toward a metal-rich asteroid, where it will orbit and collect science data. NASAs Psyche spacecraft passed its six-month checkup with a clean bill of health, and theres no holding back now. Navigators are firing its futuristic-looking electric thrusters, which 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_galaxies #nasa_galaxy_clusters #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_psyche_mission #nasa_asteroids #nasa_psyche_asteroid #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_flares #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_space_weather #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_events #nasa_general #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aerospace_frontiers
6 months ago
Sols 1151-1152: Rocky Roads in the Margin Unit
Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Recently, our intrepid rover has been channeling its namesake while navigating through difficult terrain as we march on through the margin unit. Despite the shorter drives, the team continues to make good progress investigating the rocks around us while scouting our traverse ahead. On Wednesday, we took advantage . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_galaxies #nasa_galaxy_clusters #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_psyche_mission #nasa_asteroids #nasa_psyche_asteroid #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_flares #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_space_weather #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_events #nasa_general #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aerospace_frontiers
6 months ago
Sols 4191-4192: Communication
Earth planning date: Monday, May 20, 2024 A number of national holidays are taking place around the world this week and next, unofficially marking the start of summer for residents of the northern hemisphere. Holidays and extended weekends are seen as a time to catch up with family and friends, often centered around food and . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_galaxies #nasa_galaxy_clusters #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_psyche_mission #nasa_asteroids #nasa_psyche_asteroid #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_blogs #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_flares #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_space_weather #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_events #nasa_general #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aerospace_frontiers
6 months ago
2024 Dream with Us Design Challenge Winners
Congratulations Our 2024 Dream with Us challenge has concluded, and we are pleased to share the winning projects: Middle School 1st Place: The Unstoppable Changemakers Team Anika J. and Aidan R. 2nd Place: Aerial Disaster Response Association Team Adhavan B., Sanat N., Ganesh P., Carl S. 3rd Place: J.A.N.S. Team Jason P., Aditya B., Nathan 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/direc...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_flares #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_space_weather #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_events #nasa_general #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aerospace_frontiers
6 months ago
Modeling the Hawaiian Shoreline
The island of Hawaii and surrounding waters glow in unusual shades in this 2022 model made through NASA DEVELOP. The model was created to help the County of Hawaii in their shoreline setback plan. The image shows areas of high flood risk blue, as well as sea surface temperatures. Orange in the west indicates high 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_flares #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_space_weather #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_events #nasa_general #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aerospace_frontiers
6 months ago
NASA’s Heliophysics Experiment to Study Sun on European Mission
NASA announced Tuesday it selected a new instrument to study the Sun and how it creates massive solar eruptions. The agencys Joint EUV coronal Diagnostic Investigation, or JEDI, will capture images of the Sun in extreme ultraviolet light, a type of light invisible to our eyes but reveals many of the underlying mechanisms of the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_flares #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_space_weather #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_events #nasa_general #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aerospace_frontiers
6 months ago
Go Back to the Future with NASA at Comicpalooza 2024
Celebrate your pop-culture fandom and uncover the latest science, technology, and discoveries of human spaceflight and exploration with NASAs Johnson Space Center at Comicpalooza 2024 from May 24 to 26 at George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Engage with a fully immersive NASA exhibit, touch the only mobile Moon rock in the world, join 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_flares #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_space_weather #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_events #nasa_general #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aerospace_frontiers
6 months ago
Kan Yang: Translating Science Ideas into Engineering Concepts
As team lead of the Instrument Design Laboratory, Kan Yang turns science concepts into engineering reality. Name: Kan YangTitle: Team Lead of the Instrument Design LaboratoryFormal Job Classification: Technical ManagerOrganization: Instrument Systems and Technology Division, Engineering and Technology Directorate Code 550 What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/peopl...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_floods #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_flares #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_space_weather #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_events #nasa_general #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_aerospace_frontiers
