11 days ago
Hubble Examines a Busy Galactic Center
This NASAESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy IC 4709a located around 240 million light-years away in the southern constellation Telescopium. Hubble beautifully captures its faint halo and swirling disk filled with stars and dust bands. The compact region at its core might be the most remarkable sight. It holds an active galactic . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_active_galaxies #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_spiral_galaxies #nasa_blogs #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system
11 days ago
Persevering Through the Storm
Its dust-storm season on Mars Over the past couple of weeks, as we ascended the Jezero Crater rim, our science team has monitored increasing dust in the atmosphere typically highest around this time of the Martian year.. https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_missions #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant
11 days ago
Sols 4295-4296: A Martian Moon and Planet Earth
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 Todays two-sol plan contains the usual science blocks filled with contact science and remote science to observe and assess the geology surrounding us. However, the Mastcam team is hoping to capture a special celestial event above the Martian skyline as one of Mars moons, Phobos, will be in . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_missions #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history
11 days ago
NASA Selects Langley Research Center Support Contractor
NASA has awarded the Center, Operations Maintenance, and Engineering II contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to support operations at the agencys Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-deliveryindefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of 973.7 million. Following a phase-in period that starts Tuesday, Oct. 1 and 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_missions #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history
11 days ago
New Hardware for Future Artemis Moon Missions Arrive at NASA Kennedy
From across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Gulf of Mexico, two ships converged, delivering key spacecraft and rocket components of NASA8217;s Artemis campaign to the agency8217;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Sept. 3, ESA European Space Agency marked a milestone in the Artemis III mission as its European-built service module for NASAs Orion 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_blogs #nasa_missions #nasa_artemis #nasa_artemis_3 #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_nasa_directorates #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history
12 days ago
NASA’s Boeing Starliner Mission Landing Criteria, Timeline
As NASA and Boeing prepare to return the companys Starliner spacecraft uncrewed from the International Space Station to Earth, safety and mission success remain as top priorities for the teams. Mission managers will complete a series of operational and weather checks before the spacecraft undocks from the orbital complex.160; The Starliner spacecraft is the first 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
Join the Eclipsing Binary Patrol and Spot Rare Stellar Pairs!
Eclipsing binaries are special pairs of stars that cross in front of one another as they orbitstars that take turns blocking one another from our view. AtEclipsing Binary Patrol,the newest NASA-funded citizen science project, youll have a chance to help discover these unusual pairs of objects. In Eclipsing Binary Patrol, youll work with real data . https://science.nasa.gov/g...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
Ames Wind Tunnel
Construction of the Ames wind tunnel and its original 40- by 80-foot test section. A later expansion created an additional 80- by 120-foot test section. A Navy blimp, which would have been based at Hangars 2 and 3 at Moffett Field, patrols in the background. Image Credit: NACA. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
NASA to Support DARPA Robotic Satellite Servicing Program
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA have signed an interagency agreement to collaborate on a satellite servicing demonstration in geosynchronous Earth orbit, where hundreds of satellites provide communications, meteorological, national security, and other vital functions. Under this agreement, NASA will provide subject matter expertise to DARPAs Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites RSGS 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/direc...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN Help Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Escaping Water
Mars was once a very wet planet as is evident in its surface geological features. Scientists know that over the last 3 billion years, at least some water went deep underground, but what happened to the rest Now, NASAs Hubble Space Telescope and MAVEN Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution missions are helping unlock that mystery. . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
Eclipses Create Atmospheric Gravity Waves, NASA Student Teams Confirm
Student teams from three U.S. universities became the first to measure what scientists have long predicted: eclipses can generate ripples in Earths atmosphere called atmospheric gravity waves. The waves telltale signature emerged in data captured during the North American annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023, as part of the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project NEBP 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/learn...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
12 days ago
NASA Tunnel Generates Decades of Icy Aircraft Safety Data
On Sept. 13, 1944, researchers subjected a Bell P-39L Airacobra to frigid temperatures and a freezing water spray in the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACAs new Icing Research Tunnel IRT to study inflight ice buildup. Since that first run at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory now NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, the facility 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_technology #nasa_mars #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_space_grant #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_aeronautics_research #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_artemis #nasa_earth 's_moon #nasa_gateway_program #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_blogs
3 months ago
Hubble Examines a Barred Spiral’s Light
This NASAESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3059, which lies about 57 million light-years from Earth. Hubbles Wide Field Camera 3 collected the data in May 2024 as part of an observing program that studied a number of galaxies. All of the observations used the same range of filters: partially . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_missions #nasa_spiral_galaxies #nasa_the_universe #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_planetary_nebulae #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_apollo_14 #nasa_artemis_1 #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_christina_h ._koch #nasa_g ._reid_wiseman #nasa_victor_j ._glover #nasa_blogs #nasa_earth #nasa_general
3 months ago
NASA Awards Contracts for Acquisition of Liquid Nitrogen, Oxygen
NASA has awarded contracts to six companies to supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States. The indefinite-deliveryfixed-price contract runs from Monday, July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029. The awards and approximate maximum contract values are: The total maximum delivery of liquid nitrogen, 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_nebulae #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_apollo_14 #nasa_artemis_1 #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_christina_h ._koch #nasa_g ._reid_wiseman #nasa_victor_j ._glover #nasa_blogs #nasa_earth #nasa_general
3 months ago
Webb Finds Plethora of Carbon Molecules Around Young Star
An international team of astronomers has used NASAs James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young, very low-mass star. The results reveal the largest number of carbon-containing molecules seen to date in such a disk. These findings have implications for the potential composition of any planets that might . https://science.nasa.gov/m...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_nebulae #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_apollo_14 #nasa_artemis_1 #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_christina_h ._koch #nasa_g ._reid_wiseman #nasa_victor_j ._glover #nasa_blogs #nasa_earth #nasa_general
3 months ago
Jonathan Lunine Appointed Chief Scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
In his new role, his leadership will be critical in fostering an environment of scientific innovation and excellence, ensuring that JPL remains at the forefront of discovery. Distinguished planetary scientist and astrophysicist Jonathan I. Lunine has been appointed chief scientist of NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He will officially assume his role Aug. 16. As chief 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_exoplanet_science #nasa_exoplanets #nasa_missions #nasa_planetary_nebulae #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_planets #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_studying_exoplanets #nasa_apollo_14 #nasa_artemis_1 #nasa_artemis_2 #nasa_christina_h ._koch #nasa_g ._reid_wiseman #nasa_victor_j ._glover #nasa_blogs #nasa_earth #nasa_general
