13 hours ago
Shooting for the Stars: NASA Lights Up the Court at Toyota Center
On Nov. 6, 2024, NASA Night brought cosmic excitement to the Toyota Center, where Johnson Space Center employees joined 16,208 fans who interacted with NASA as they watched the Houston Rockets claim victory over the San Antonio Spurs. Energy soared as International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel stepped up to take the first shot. 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_europa #nasa_ocean_worlds #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_general #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_gamma -ray_bursts #nasa_the_universe #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_alan_l ._bean #nasa_apollo_12 #nasa_find_your_place #nasa_get_involved #nasa_learning_resources
13 hours ago
NASA Ocean World Explorers Have to Swim Before They Can Fly
In a competition swimming pool, engineers tested prototypes for a futuristic mission concept: a swarm of underwater robots that could look for signs of life on ocean worlds. When NASAs Europa Clipper reaches its destination in 2030, the spacecraft will prepare to aim an array of powerful science instruments toward Jupiters moon Europa during 49 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/solar...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_europa #nasa_ocean_worlds #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_general #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_gamma -ray_bursts #nasa_the_universe #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_alan_l ._bean #nasa_apollo_12 #nasa_find_your_place #nasa_get_involved #nasa_learning_resources
14 hours ago
Making Mars’ Moons: Supercomputers Offer ‘Disruptive’ New Explanation
A NASA study using a series of supercomputer simulations160;reveals160;a potential new solution to a longstanding Martian mystery: How did Mars get its moons The first step, the findings say, may have involved the destruction of an asteroid.160; The research team, led by Jacob Kegerreis, a postdoctoral research scientist at NASAs Ames Research Center in Californias 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/solar...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_europa #nasa_ocean_worlds #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_general #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_gamma -ray_bursts #nasa_the_universe #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_alan_l ._bean #nasa_apollo_12 #nasa_find_your_place #nasa_get_involved #nasa_learning_resources
15 hours ago
NASA’s Swift Reaches 20th Anniversary in Improved Pointing Mode
After two decades in space, NASAs Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is performing better than ever thanks to a new operational strategy implemented earlier this year. The spacecraft has made great scientific strides in the years since scientists dreamed up a new way to explore gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe. The idea . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_europa #nasa_ocean_worlds #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_general #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_gamma -ray_bursts #nasa_the_universe #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_alan_l ._bean #nasa_apollo_12 #nasa_find_your_place #nasa_get_involved #nasa_learning_resources
16 hours ago
Gateway Tops Off
Gateways Power and Propulsion Element is now equipped with its xenon and liquid fuel tanks.. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_europa #nasa_ocean_worlds #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_general #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_gamma -ray_bursts #nasa_the_universe #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_alan_l ._bean #nasa_apollo_12 #nasa_find_your_place #nasa_get_involved #nasa_learning_resources
20 hours ago
About the Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer (OCKO)
The overarching purpose of the OCKO is to cultivate and sustain a learning culture at Goddard in support of mission success. We have instituted various processes and programs for lessons learned and critical knowledge identification, sharing, and application. The focus of the OCKO is to promote local learning practices that enhances domain-specific expertise within an 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_europa #nasa_ocean_worlds #nasa_robotics #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_general #nasa_high -tech_computing #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_gamma -ray_bursts #nasa_the_universe #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_alan_l ._bean #nasa_apollo_12 #nasa_find_your_place #nasa_get_involved #nasa_learning_resources
5 months ago
NASA Parachute Sensor Testing Could Make EPIC Mars Landings
Landing rovers and helicopters on Mars is a challenge. Its an even bigger challenge when you dont have enough information about how the parachutes are enduring strain during the descent to the surface. Researchers at NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, are experimenting with readily available, highly elastic sensors that can be fixed 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_nebulae #nasa_protostars #nasa_stars #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_next_gen_stem #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_deimos #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_phobos #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_community_partners #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_the_sun #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_history
5 months ago
Hubble Captures Infant Stars Transforming a Nebula
This NASAESA160;Hubble Space Telescope160;image presents a visually striking collection of interstellar gas and dust. Named RCW 7, the nebula is located just over 5,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. Nebulae160;are areas rich in the raw material needed to form new stars. Under the influence of gravity, parts of these molecular clouds collapse until 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_nebulae #nasa_protostars #nasa_stars #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_next_gen_stem #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_deimos #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_phobos #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_community_partners #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_the_sun #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_history
5 months ago
NASA Celebrates 10 Years of Human Spaceflight’s NExT Pioneers
Experienced spacewalkers, university students, flight controllers, and NASA team members at all stages of their career recently came together at Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory NBL for an anniversary celebration that looked to the future as much as the past. The Office of STEM Engagements Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams Micro-g NExT marked 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_nebulae #nasa_protostars #nasa_stars #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_next_gen_stem #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_deimos #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_phobos #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_community_partners #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_the_sun #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_history
5 months ago
Liftoff! Redesigned NASA Ames Visitor Center Engages Kids, Families
The San Francisco Bay Area has a new and interactive way to learn more about the innovative work of NASAs Ames Research Center.160; A newly redesigned NASA Ames Visitor Center at Chabot Space 38; Science Center in Oakland, California, reopened to the public June 22 at the NASA Fest at Chabot celebration. 160; The two-day 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_nebulae #nasa_protostars #nasa_stars #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_next_gen_stem #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_deimos #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_phobos #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_community_partners #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_the_sun #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_history
5 months ago
NASA’s Mars Odyssey Captures Huge Volcano, Nears 100,000 Orbits
The 23-year-old orbiter is taking images that offer horizon-wide views of the Red Planet similar to what astronauts aboard the International Space Station see over Earth. NASAs longest-lived Mars robot is about to mark a new milestone on June 30: 100,000 trips around the Red Planet since launching 23 years ago. During that time, the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_nebulae #nasa_protostars #nasa_stars #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_next_gen_stem #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_deimos #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_phobos #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_community_partners #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_the_sun #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_history
5 months ago
NASA eClips Engages Families at 2024 STEM Community Day
On Saturday, June 1, 2024, thousands of community members attended the Science, Technology, Engineering, 038; Mathematics STEM Community Day hosted by Christopher Newport University in partnership with Newport News Public Schools in Virginia. The event showcased many different facets of STEM fields and careers and offered hands-on experiences by nearly 100 exhibitors. Educators from the . https://science.nasa.gov/l...#nasa #space #news #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_nebulae #nasa_protostars #nasa_stars #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_next_gen_stem #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_deimos #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_phobos #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_community_partners #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_the_sun #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_history
5 months ago
Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere
Who knew Earths upper atmosphere was like alphabet soup NASAs Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk GOLD mission has revealed unexpected C- and X-shaped formations in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere. While these alphabetical shapes have been observed before, GOLD sees them more clearly than other instruments . https://science.nasa.gov/s...#nasa #space #news #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_nebulae #nasa_protostars #nasa_stars #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_artemis #nasa_general #nasa_next_gen_stem #nasa_mars_odyssey #nasa_deimos #nasa_mars #nasa_mars_moons #nasa_phobos #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_community_partners #nasa_science_activation #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_ionosphere #nasa_the_sun #nasa_iss_research #nasa_missions #nasa_nasa_history
