7 days ago
NASA Leadership Hosts Future-Focused Dialogues with Kennedy Employees
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy front center left discusses NASA 2040 on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, the agency8217;s strategic initiative for aligning workforce, infrastructure, and technologies to meet the needs of the future with various groups of employees at the agency8217;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The initiative launched in June 2023 to implement meaningful 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis_accords #nasa_sounding_rockets #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_psyche_mission #nasa_technology #nasa_apollo_12 #nasa_nasa_history
1 month ago
How Do Astronauts Get in Shape? – New “Ask SME” from NASA eClips
The NASA Science Activation programs NASA eClips project, led by the National Institute of Aerospace NIA, aims to increase Science, Technology, Engineering, 038; Mathematics STEM literacy and inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists by providing effective web-based, standards-aligned, in-school and out-of-school learning and teaching resources through the lens of NASA. As a part . https://science.nasa.gov/l...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astronauts #nasa_for_educators #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_find_your_place #nasa_get_involved #nasa_nasa_stem_projects #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_climate_change #nasa_leadership #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa
1 month ago
NASA-Funded Study Assesses Pollution Near Los Angeles-Area Warehouses
Satellite-based data offers a broad view of particulate air pollution patterns across a major West Coast e-commerce hub. As goods of all shapes and sizes journey from factory to doorstep, chances are theyve stopped at a warehouse along the way likely several of them. The sprawling structures are waypoints in the logistics networks that 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/earth...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astronauts #nasa_for_educators #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_find_your_place #nasa_get_involved #nasa_nasa_stem_projects #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_climate_change #nasa_leadership #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa
1 month ago
Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find
NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a supermassive black hole that has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole, as described in our latest press release. This research helps connect two cosmic mysteries and provides information about the environment around 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astronauts #nasa_for_educators #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth #nasa_earth_science #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_black_holes #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_the_universe #nasa_find_your_place #nasa_get_involved #nasa_nasa_stem_projects #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_climate_change #nasa_leadership #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa
1 month ago
NASA, Collaborators Announce a New Student Lunar Autonomy Challenge!
Space is hard, but its not all hardware.160;160; The new Lunar Autonomy Challenge invites teams of students from U.S. colleges and universities to test their software development skills. Working entirely in virtual simulations of the Moons surface, teams will develop an autonomous agent using software that can accomplish pre-defined tasks without help from humans. These 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/direc...#nasa #space #news #nasa_get_involved #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_leadership #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_organizations #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_the_sun #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_space_weather
1 month ago
Tissue Chips Accurately Model Organs in Space
The International Space Station offers a unique microgravity environment where cells outside the human body behave similarly to how they do inside the human body. Tissue chips are small devices containing living cells that mimic complex functions of specific human tissues and organs. Researchers can run experiments using tissue chips aboard space station to understand 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_get_involved #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_leadership #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_organizations #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_the_sun #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_space_weather
1 month ago
Station Science Top News: Oct. 4, 2024
Engineered heart tissues in spaceshowedimpairments that led to increased arrhythmias and loss of muscle strength, changes similar to cardiac aging. This finding suggests that the engineered tissues, essentially an automated heart-on-a-chip platform, can be used to study cardiac issues in space and aging-related cardiovascular disease on Earth. Microgravity exposure is known to cause changes in 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_get_involved #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_leadership #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_organizations #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_the_sun #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_space_weather
1 month ago
NASA’s Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History in Washington, preview the agencys new Earth Information Center exhibit on Monday, Oct. 8, 2024. This new exhibit is the Earth Information Center8217;s second physical location. The exhibit at the Smithsonian includes a 32-foot-long, 12-foot-high video wall displaying 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_get_involved #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_leadership #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_organizations #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_the_sun #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_space_weather
1 month ago
Connected Learning Ecosystems: Educators Learning and Growing Together
On August 19-20, 53 educators from a diverse set of learning contexts libraries, K-12 classrooms, 4-H afterschool clubs, outdoor education centers, and more gathered in Orono, Maine for the Learning Ecosystems Northeast LENE biannual Connect, Reflect, 038; Plan Connected Learning Ecosystems CLEs Gathering. These gatherings are meant to foster meaningful connections and collaborations and shared . https://science.nasa.gov/l...#nasa #space #news #nasa_get_involved #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_leadership #nasa_earth_science #nasa_science_activation #nasa_people_of_goddard #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_organizations #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_the_sun #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_space_weather
2 months ago
NASA Invites Media to Preview its Museum Earth Information Center
Media is invited to preview and interview NASA leadership ahead of the opening of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History at 10 a.m. EDT, Monday, Oct. 7. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit includes a 32-foot-long, 12-foot-high video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earths connected 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_earth_science #nasa_nasa_headquarters #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_astronauts #nasa_expedition_70 #nasa_expedition_71 #nasa_iss_research #nasa_tracy_caldwell_dyson #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_missions #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -68 #nasa_blogs
