4 months ago
Sols 4266-4267: Happy ‘Landiversary,’ Curiosity
Earth planning date: Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 After the usual morning routine of doing some engineering housekeeping, Curiosity continues to take some remote science observations. We take a ChemCam LIBS observation and a Mastcam image of the Peeler Lake target, a dark, nodular target that appears to be more erosion-resistant than nearby rocks. By comparing . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_curiosity_ (rover) #nasa_mars #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_technology #nasa_artemis #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_landsat #nasa_aeronautics
4 months ago
Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars
Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack. NASAs Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen years on the Red Planet, where the six-wheeled scientist continues to make big discoveries as it inches up the foothills of a Martian mountain. Just 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_curiosity_ (rover) #nasa_mars #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_technology #nasa_artemis #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_landsat #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_2023_solar_eclipse #nasa_2024_solar_eclipse #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_activation
4 months ago
The Marshall Star for August 7, 2024
NASA Additive Manufacturing Project Shapes Future for Agency, Industry Rocket Makers The widespread commercial adoption of additive manufacturing technologies, commonly known as 3D printing, is no surprise to design engineers at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center whose research created stronger, lighter weight materials and new manufacturing processes to make rocket parts. NASAs RAMPT Rapid Analysis 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_curiosity_ (rover) #nasa_mars #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_technology #nasa_artemis #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_landsat #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_2023_solar_eclipse #nasa_2024_solar_eclipse #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_activation
4 months ago
NASA Optical Navigation Tech Could Streamline Planetary Exploration
In a dim, barren landscape like the surface of the Moon, it can be easy to get lost. With few discernable landmarks to navigate with the naked eye, astronauts and rovers must rely on other means to plot a course. As NASA pursues its Moon to Mars missions, encompassing exploration of the lunar surface and 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/techn...#nasa #space #news #nasa_curiosity_ (rover) #nasa_mars #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_technology #nasa_artemis #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_landsat #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_2023_solar_eclipse #nasa_2024_solar_eclipse #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_activation
4 months ago
Carving Canyons
Erosion, tectonic uplift, and a human-built dam have all helped shape the Upper Lake Powell area in Utah. This astronaut photograph was acquired on July 28, 2023, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 1,150 millimeters. It is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_curiosity_ (rover) #nasa_mars #nasa_goddard_technology #nasa_technology #nasa_artemis #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_landsat #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_2023_solar_eclipse #nasa_2024_solar_eclipse #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_activation
4 months ago
I Am Artemis: Julia Khodabandeh
Unlike most of her friends in the 80s who covered their walls with posters of bands, Julia Khodabandeh plastered hers with posters of rockets and fighter jets. Khodabandehs interest in aerospace and aeronautics developed at a young age. Her parents were avid fans of the Apollo Program and were heavily invested in her education. Khodabandehs 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_landsat #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_2023_solar_eclipse #nasa_2024_solar_eclipse #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_activation #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_robotics #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_planetary_science
4 months ago
Doomed Star Eta Carinae
Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when 8211; it may be next year, it may be one million years from now. Eta Carinae8217;s mass 8211; about 100 times greater than our Sun 8211; makes it an excellent candidate for a full blown supernova. Historical records do show that about 170 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_landsat #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_2023_solar_eclipse #nasa_2024_solar_eclipse #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_activation #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_robotics #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_cubesats #nasa_learning_resources
4 months ago
NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test, Space Station Missions Update
NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 7, to discuss ongoing International Space Station operations, including the agencys Boeing Crew Flight Test and NASAs SpaceX Crew-9 mission. 160; Audio of the briefing will stream live on NASAs website. Agency participants include: To ask questions during the teleconference, media must RSVP 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_landsat #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_2023_solar_eclipse #nasa_2024_solar_eclipse #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_activation #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_robotics #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_cubesats #nasa_learning_resources
4 months ago
Tundra Vegetation to Grow Taller, Greener Through 2100, NASA Study Finds
Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. Its a trend that will continue at least through the end of this century, according to NASA researchers. The change in forest structure could absorb more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide CO2 from the atmosphere, or increase permafrost thawing, resulting 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/earth...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_earth #nasa_landsat #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_2023_solar_eclipse #nasa_2024_solar_eclipse #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_activation #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_robotics #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_cubesats #nasa_learning_resources
4 months ago
Celebrating NASA’s Coast Guard Astronauts on Coast Guard Day
Each Aug. 4, Coast Guard Day commemorates the founding on Aug. 4, 1790, of the U.S. Coast Guard as the Revenue-Marine by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Although considered an internal event for active duty and reserve Coast Guard members, we take the opportunity of Coast Guard Day to honor the astronauts who began 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_technology #nasa_discovery_program #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_mars #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_the_search_for_life #nasa_the_universe #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_elliptical_galaxies #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9
4 months ago
NASA Ames to Host Supercomputing Resources for UC Berkeley Researchers
Under a new agreement, NASA will host supercomputing resources for the University of California, Berkeley, at the agencys Ames Research Center in Californias Silicon Valley. The agreement is part of an expanding partnership between Ames and UC Berkeley and will support the development of novel computing algorithms and software for a wide variety of scientific 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_technology #nasa_discovery_program #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_mars #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_the_search_for_life #nasa_the_universe #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_elliptical_galaxies #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9
4 months ago
MESSENGER – From Setbacks to Success
The excerpts below are taken from Discovery Program oral history interviews conducted in 2009 by Dr. Susan Niebur and tell the story of the hurdles the MESSENGER MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging mission team faced with the technical requirements of visiting Mercury, budget challenges, and schedule impacts all while keeping their mission goals 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_technology #nasa_discovery_program #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_mars #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_the_search_for_life #nasa_the_universe #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_elliptical_galaxies #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9
4 months ago
NASA Invites Media, Public to Attend Deep Space Food Challenge Finale
NASA invites the media and public to explore the nexus of space and food innovation at the agencys Deep Space Food Challenge symposium and winners announcement at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 16.160; In 2019, NASA and the CSA Canadian Space Agency started the160;Deep Space Food 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_technology #nasa_discovery_program #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_mars #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_the_search_for_life #nasa_the_universe #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_elliptical_galaxies #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9
4 months ago
NASA Scientists on Why We Might Not Spot Solar Panel Technosignatures
One of NASAs key priorities is understanding the potential for life elsewhere in the universe. NASA has not found any credible evidence of extraterrestrial life but NASA is exploring the solar system and beyond to help us answer fundamental questions, including whether we are alone in the universe. For those who study the potential . https://science.nasa.gov/s...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_technology #nasa_discovery_program #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_mars #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_the_search_for_life #nasa_the_universe #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_elliptical_galaxies #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9
4 months ago
Systems Engineer Douglas Wong
When I was around 16 or 17, I came across this book by Arthur C. Clarke called Space Odyssey 2001. That was actually the first science fiction book that I8217;ve ever read. I was just so captured by what he had written because the things that he wrote about werent happening in the far-off future, 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_technology #nasa_discovery_program #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_mars #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_the_search_for_life #nasa_the_universe #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_elliptical_galaxies #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9
4 months ago
Hubble Spies a Diminutive Galaxy
This NASAESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the subtle glow of the galaxy named IC 3430, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. This dwarf elliptical galaxy is part of the Virgo cluster, a rich collection of galaxies both large and small, many of which are very similar in type to this . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_technology #nasa_discovery_program #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_mars #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_the_search_for_life #nasa_the_universe #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_elliptical_galaxies #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9
4 months ago
NASA Shares its SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for Space Station Mission
As part of NASAs SpaceX Crew-10 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Commander Anne McClain and Pilot Nichole Ayers, JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov will join astronauts at the orbiting 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9 #nasa_blogs #nasa_system -wide_safety #nasa_johnson_space_center
4 months ago
Exploring Deep Space: NASA Announces 2025 RASC-AL Competition
NASA has officially announced the 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts 8211; Academic Linkage RASC-AL competition, an initiative to fuel innovation for aerospace systems concepts, analogs, and technology prototyping through university engagement. RASC-AL, one of NASAs longest-running student competitions, solicits concepts from the next generation of engineers and scientists to explore the future of deep space 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9 #nasa_blogs #nasa_system -wide_safety #nasa_johnson_space_center
4 months ago
Telfer Mine, Western Australia
Landsat 9s Operational Land Imager-2 captured this image of the open pits and ponds of Telfer Mine and the surrounding rust-colored soil on Dec. 15, 2023. The soils have areddish tintfrom the iron oxides that have accumulated from millions of years of weathering. This part of Western Australia is known for being rich in natural 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9 #nasa_blogs #nasa_system -wide_safety #nasa_johnson_space_center
4 months ago
NASA Additive Manufacturing Project Shapes Future for Agency, Industry Rocket Makers
The widespread commercial adoption of additive manufacturing technologies, commonly known as 3D printing, is no surprise to design engineers at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama whose research created stronger, lighter weight materials and new manufacturing processes to make rocket parts. NASAs RAMPT Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology project is on the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_landsat #nasa_landsat_9 #nasa_blogs #nasa_system -wide_safety #nasa_johnson_space_center
5 months ago
Sols 4212-4214: Gearing up to Drill!
Earth planning date: Monday, June 11, 2024 Curiosity is gearing up to drill Last week, it encountered a rock with unusual coloration and texture that was just out of reach you can read about it and see pictures here and here. So that Curiosity could learn more about the geology around these rocks, it bumped . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon
5 months ago
Ames Research Center Democratizes Space Biosciences Research with First Commercial Astronaut Data
Background: To protect astronauts from spaceflight health risks like solar radiation and microgravity, scientists develop countermeasures by studying model organisms exposed to the space environment. For the first time, commercial astronaut data from the Inspiration4 I4 mission has been collected for open-access research in an effort led by Weill Cornell Medicine. ARCs Open Science Data 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
Kennedy Space Center Recipient of Presidential Federal Sustainability Award
KSC is the first NASA Center to offer workplace EV charging, setting the foundation for other NASA Centers. EV chargers are one way the KSC team is embracing the Executive Order goal for Zero Emission Vehicles ZEVs by 2035. These charging stations greatly benefit KSC sustainability efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Within the first 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
NASA Welcomes Armenia as 43rd Artemis Accords Signatory
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson welcomed Armenia as the newest nation to sign the Artemis Accords Wednesday during a ceremony with the U.S. State Department at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Armenia joins 42 other countries in a commitment to advancing principles for the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond. NASA is 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) Package
June 11, 2024 8211; The Space Omics and Medical Atlas SOMA package, the largest-ever collection of data for aerospace medicine and space biology, was publicly released on Tuesday This monumental achievement was made possible through the collaborative efforts of over 100 institutions from more than 25 countries. Of the total 44 publications in the SOMA 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
The Marshall Star for June 12, 2024
Shining Stars: Marshall Teams Support Successful Crew Flight Test By Wayne Smith From preparing for flight readiness, to providing day-of-launch support, to delivering a critical piece of replacement hardware, NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center played an integral role in the agencys crew flight test to the International Space Station. The Starliner spacecraft NASAs Boeing 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
NASA Selects Raytheon Company to Build Landsat Next Instruments
NASA selects Raytheon Company to provide three instruments and related services, with an option for one additional instrument, in support of the Landsat Next mission based at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The contract includes a cost-plus-award-fee base period and a cost-plus-fixed-fee option period with a total value of 506.7 million. The 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
Lakita Lowe: Leading Space Commercialization Innovations and Fostering STEM Engagement
Lakita Lowe is at the forefront of space commercialization, seamlessly merging scientific expertise with visionary leadership to propel NASA8217;s commercial ambitions and ignite a passion for STEM in future generations. As a project integrator for NASAs Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program CLDP, Lowe leverages her extensive background in scientific research and biomedical studies to 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
Quirky Circling Behavior in Mice Informs Research on Humans in Space
During the Rodent Research-1 RR-1 mission flown to the ISS in 2014, videos that were taken to observe the mice revealed an unusual behavior that researchers are still working to understand. Young 16-week-old but not old 32-week-old mice engaged in a high level of160;8216;running8217; behavior beginning within two weeks of launch Sci Reports, 2019. Some 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe
5 months ago
A Solitary Sight
ESA European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen snapped a photo of the waning gibbous moon from the International Space Station as it soared 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean near the northeast coast of South America on Sept. 30, 2023. Waning gibbous is one of eight moon phases, occurring after the full moon. The Sun 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_landsat #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_observatory #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_black_history_month #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_diversity_at_nasa #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_stars #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_the_universe