1 month ago
Station Science Top News: August 2, 2024
Analysessuggestthat microgravity does not significantly alter fundamental biochemical pathways in kidney cells, including metabolism of vitamin D. This finding could help researchers develop strategies to protect crew health on future missions and improve treatment of kidney-related diseases on Earth. Kidney Cellsexamined the effects of microgravity and other factors of space travel on kidney health. Previous 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_missions #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_commercial_resupply #nasa_cubesats #nasa_commercial_crew #nasa_anne_c ._mcclain #nasa_astronauts #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_nichole_ayers #nasa_general #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_neutron_stars #nasa_pulsars #nasa_the_universe
1 month ago
When Teachers Become the Students: Educators Spend Summer Studying STEM Engagement at Johnson
The summer months are usually a time for teachers to take a break from the classroom and enjoy some well-earned rest. But at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, two experienced educators dedicated their summer vacations to learning how to enrich their students science, technology, engineering, and mathematics STEM education and inspire them to achieve 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
1 month ago
‘Current’ Events: NASA and USGS Find a New Way to Measure River Flows
A team of scientists and engineers at NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey USGS collaborated to see if a small piloted drone, equipped with a specialized payload, could help create detailed maps of how fast water is flowing. Rivers supply fresh water to our communities and farms, provide homes for a variety of creatures, transport 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/direc...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
1 month ago
Sols 4263-4265: A Royal Birthday Celebration at Kings Canyon
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 2, 2024 Prepare your party poppers, horns, and confetti On Aug. 6 EDT, after 4,265 Martian sols since Curiosity first landed in Gale Crater, the rover will be turning 12 years old. I still remember the excitement of watching Curiositys landing back when I started high school. Now, as a . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
1 month ago
How Do I Navigate NASA Learning Resources and Opportunities?
NASA offers a variety of platforms and resources to support kindergarten through college educators in bringing the excitement of exploration and discovery to students in the classroom and beyond. From in-depth lesson plans to supplemental videos and activities, the resources below can help educators develop an out-of-this world curriculum and create unforgettable experiences for their 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/learn...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
1 month ago
NASA Engagement Platform Brings Experts to Classrooms, Communities
With a new school year on the horizon, NASA is introducing a platform to connect communities with agency experts to share their experiences working on agency missions and programs for the benefit of humanity. Continuing a long-standing tradition of connecting the public with science, technology, engineering, and math, NASA Engages augments the agencys speakers bureau 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
1 month ago
Europa Clipper Solar Array Alignment and Install
Technicians move NASAs Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to accommodate installation of its five-panel solar array at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. After moving the spacecraft, the team had to precisely align the spacecraft in preparation for the installation. The huge arrays spanning 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
1 month ago
NASA Sends More Science to Space, More Strides for Future Exploration
Biological and physical investigations aboard the Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply mission NG-21 included experiments studying the impacts of zero gravity on grass, how packed bed reactors could improve water purification both in space and on Earth, and observations on new rounds of samples that will allow scientists to learn more about the characteristics of different materials as they change phases on the tiniest of scales.. https://science.nasa.gov/s...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
1 month ago
Lagniappe for August 2024
Explore Lagniappe for August 2024 featuring: Gator Speaks The roll out of NASAs SLS Space Launch System Artemis II core stage from NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on July 16 brought warm feelings to this Gator heart of mine. It shows the continued progress toward the Artemis II test flight for NASAs first 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
1 month ago
NASA’s Stennis Space Center Announces New Deputy Director
NASAs Stennis Space Center Director John Bailey announced Aug. 2 that longtime propulsion engineermanager Christine Powell has been selected as deputy director of the south Mississippi propulsion site, effective Aug. 12. I am excited for Christine to join the NASA Stennis executive team, Bailey said. She has deep and proven experience and expertise in propulsion 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
1 month ago
NASA Stennis Flashback: Shuttle Team Achieves Unprecedented Milestone
As chief of test operations at NASAs Stennis Space Center, Maury Vander has been involved in some long-duration propulsion hot fires but he still struggles to describe a pair of 34-minute space shuttle main engine tests conducted onsite in August 1988. When you stop and think about it, Vander begins, then pauses. In 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_internships #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_drones_ &_you #nasa_blogs #nasa_learning_resources #nasa_for_educators #nasa_iss_research #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_materials_science #nasa_physical_sciences #nasa_plant_biology #nasa_space_biology #nasa_stennis_space_center
2 months ago
25 Years On, Chandra Highlights Legacy of NASA Engineering Ingenuity
By Rick Smith The art of aerospace engineering is a matter of seeing around corners, said NASA thermal analyst Jodi Turk. In the case of NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory, marking its 25th anniversary in space this year, some of those corners proved to be as far as 80,000 miles away and a quarter-century in the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_nasa_aircraft #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_greenhouse_gases #nasa_iss_research #nasa_commercial_resupply #nasa_expedition_71 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology
2 months ago
Boneyard Airplane Sees New Life as a NASA X-66 Simulator
NASAs X-66 aircraft, the centerpiece of its Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, is taking the term sustainable to heart by reusing an old MD-90 cockpit as a base for its new X-66 simulator. When airplanes are retired, they often wind up in boneyards storage fields where they spend years being picked over for parts by 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_nasa_aircraft #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_greenhouse_gases #nasa_iss_research #nasa_commercial_resupply #nasa_expedition_71 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology
2 months ago
NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch for U.S. Navy Fleet Training
A rocket-propelled target is scheduled for launch July 27-28, 2024 from NASAs launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in support of a U.S. Navy Fleet Training exercise. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be livestreamed nor will launch status updates be provided during the countdown. The 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_nasa_aircraft #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_greenhouse_gases #nasa_iss_research #nasa_commercial_resupply #nasa_expedition_71 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology
2 months ago
Watch Carbon Dioxide Move Through Earth’s Atmosphere
What were looking at: This global map shows concentrations of carbon dioxide as the gas moved through Earths atmosphere from January through March 2020, driven by wind patterns and atmospheric circulation. Because of the models high resolution, you can zoom in and see carbon dioxide emissions rising from power plants, fires, and cities, then spreading . https://science.nasa.gov/e...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_nasa_aircraft #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_greenhouse_gases #nasa_iss_research #nasa_commercial_resupply #nasa_expedition_71 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology
2 months ago
NASA’s 21st Northrop Grumman Mission Launches Scientific Studies to Station
NASA and its international partners are sending scientific investigations to the International Space Station on Northrop Grummans 21st commercial resupply services mission. Flying aboard the companys Cygnus spacecraft are tests of water recovery technology and a process to produce stem cells in microgravity, studies of the effects of spaceflight on microorganism DNA and liver tissue 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_general #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_flight_innovation #nasa_green_aviation_tech #nasa_nasa_aircraft #nasa_climate_change #nasa_earth #nasa_earth 's_atmosphere #nasa_greenhouse_gases #nasa_iss_research #nasa_commercial_resupply #nasa_expedition_71 #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_kennedy_space_center #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology
2 months ago
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for NOAA’s JPSS-4 Mission
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, has selected SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corporation to provide launch services for NOAAs JPSS-4 mission. The spacecraft is part of the multi-satellite cooperative Joint Polar Satellite System JPSS program, a partnership between NASA and NOAA. This mission is the next satellite in the program, 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_nebulae #nasa_artemis #nasa_eileen_m ._collins #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -93 #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_humans_in_space
2 months ago
NASA Rocket Discovers New Energization Process in Upper Atmosphere
When it comes to discoveries about our upper atmosphere, it pays to know your surroundings. Using data from the Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics TRICE-2 rocket launch, NASA scientist Francesca Di Mare and Gregory Howes from the University of Iowa studied waves traveling down Earths magnetic field lines into the polar atmosphere. These waves . https://science.nasa.gov/s...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_nebulae #nasa_artemis #nasa_eileen_m ._collins #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -93 #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_humans_in_space
2 months ago
Chandra Sees the Peacock’s Galaxy
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory launch, the Chandra team released this never-seen-before image of NGC 6872, a spiral galaxy in the Pavo Peacock constellation, on July 22, 2024. This image and 24 others, which all include data from Chandra, demonstrate how X-ray astronomy explores all corners of the universe. NGC 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_nebulae #nasa_artemis #nasa_eileen_m ._collins #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -93 #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_humans_in_space
2 months ago
Seed Funding Proposals Due November 19 This Year!
Since 2020, NASAs Citizen Science Seed Funding Program CSSFP has launched 24 new projects to expand citizen science in professional research. This year, proposals are due by November 19, 2024, with optional Notices of Intent by October 1, 2024. The planning start date is May 1, 2025. Current grant recipients can request a No Cost Extension, but must submit requests more than 10 days before the grants end date. NASA looks forward to new proposals and supporting citizen science projects.. https://science.nasa.gov/g...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_nebulae #nasa_artemis #nasa_eileen_m ._collins #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -93 #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_humans_in_space
2 months ago
25 Images to Celebrate NASA’s Chandra 25th Anniversary
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its launch, NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory is releasing160;25 never-before-seen views160;of a wide range of cosmic objects. These images, which all include data from Chandra, demonstrate how X-ray astronomy explores all corners of the universe. By combining X-rays from Chandra with other space-based observatories and telescopes on the ground, as 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...#nasa #space #news #nasa_aeronautics #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_space_biology #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_galaxies #nasa_nebulae #nasa_artemis #nasa_eileen_m ._collins #nasa_former_astronauts #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -93 #nasa_women_at_nasa #nasa_humans_in_space
