3 months ago
The Marshall Star for July 3, 2024
11 Marshall Team Members, 5 Teams Awarded in Space Flight Awareness Ceremony By Jessica Barnett Sixteen individuals and groups from across NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center were recognized June 27 for going above and beyond in their support of the human space program. Marshall Deputy Director Rae Ann Meyer presented the awards during a special 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_andre_douglas #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_asteroids #nasa_deep_space_network #nasa_planetary_defense #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters
3 months ago
Former NASA Chief Astronaut Patrick Forrester Retires
July 3, 2024 RELEASE: J24-011 NASA astronaut Patrick G. Forrester retired June 29, after a career spanning 31 years of service and three spaceflights. He went on to become chief of NASAs Astronaut Office, and most recently served as an advisor to the associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_andre_douglas #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_asteroids #nasa_deep_space_network #nasa_planetary_defense #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center
3 months ago
Orion on the Rise
Technicians lift NASAs Orion spacecraft out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell on June 28, 2024. The integrated spacecraft, which will be used for the Artemis II mission to orbit the Moon, has been undergoing final rounds of testing and assembly, including end-to-end performance verification of its subsystems and checking for leaks in 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_andre_douglas #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_asteroids #nasa_deep_space_network #nasa_planetary_defense #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center
3 months ago
NASA Announces its Artemis II Backup Crew Member for Moon Mission
NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agencys Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASAs Artemis campaign. Douglas will train alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen. In the event a NASA astronaut is unable 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_andre_douglas #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_asteroids #nasa_deep_space_network #nasa_planetary_defense #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center
3 months ago
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close Approaches
The Deep Space Networks Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth. Scientists at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet. One turned out to have a little moon orbiting it, while the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/solar...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_andre_douglas #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_asteroids #nasa_deep_space_network #nasa_planetary_defense #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center
3 months ago
Fourth of July Holidays in Space
It may seem remarkable that no American spent the Fourth of July holiday in space for the first 21 years of human spaceflight. Not until 1982 and the 35th U.S. human spaceflight did Americans awaken in space on Independence Day, and then bring their spacecraft back to Earth later in the day to a rousing 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_artemis #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_andre_douglas #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_asteroids #nasa_deep_space_network #nasa_planetary_defense #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center
3 months ago
Volunteer Crew to Exit NASA’s Simulated Mars Habitat After 378 Days
The four volunteers who have been living and working inside NASAs first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission are set to exit their ground-based home on Saturday, July 6. NASA will provide live coverage of the crews exit from the habitat at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston at 5 p.m. EDT. NASA will stream the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_skywatching #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_asteroids #nasa_planetary_defense
3 months ago
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Space Telescope Mission
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the COSI Compton Spectrometer and Imager mission. The firm-fixed-price contract has a value of approximately 69 million, which includes launch services and other mission related costs. The COSI mission currently is targeted to launch August 2027 on a SpaceX 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_skywatching #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_asteroids #nasa_planetary_defense
3 months ago
NASA’s ECOSTRESS Maps Burn Risk Across Phoenix Streets
Roads and sidewalks in some areas get so hot that skin contact could result in second-degree burns. Researchers at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have mapped scorching pavement in Phoenix where contact with skin from a fall, for example can cause serious burns. The image shows land surface temperatures across a 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_skywatching #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_asteroids #nasa_planetary_defense
3 months ago
Studying Hurricane Beryl from Space
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station, and posted it to X. The Category 4 hurricane had winds of about 130 mph 215 kph. Hurricanes tropical cyclones that form over the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific Ocean 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_skywatching #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_asteroids #nasa_planetary_defense
3 months ago
Lagniappe for July 2024
Explore Lagniappe for July 2024 featuring: Gator Speaks Conversations filled the room with anticipation for the day ahead. NASAs Stennis Space Center hosted Take Our Children to Work Day on June 27 with a day set aside for children of employees to see up close the work carried out at NASA Stennis by its diverse 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_skywatching #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_asteroids #nasa_planetary_defense
3 months ago
How a NASA Engineer Supports the Commercialization of Space
Chris Barnett-Woods favorite movie growing up Back to the Future led him to dream of one day building a DeLorean automobile. Instead, the electrical engineer is doing something never imagined as he helps NASA support the commercialization of space for the benefit of all. If there is any interest, always apply to work 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_skywatching #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_asteroids #nasa_planetary_defense
3 months ago
Interview with Xinchuan Huang
Lets start with your childhood, where you were born, where you8217;re from, your young years, your family at the time, what your parents did, and how early it was in your life that you decided you8217;d like to pursue a career like the one you8217;re pursuing now I was born in a small town in 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_analog_field_testing #nasa_earth_science #nasa_earth #nasa_matthew_dominick #nasa_natural_disasters #nasa_stennis_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_commercial_space #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_iss_research #nasa_skywatching #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_asteroids #nasa_planetary_defense
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
