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Final Venus Flyby for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Queues Closest Sun Pass
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASAs Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 233 miles 376 km of Venus surface. The flyby will adjust Parkers trajectory into its final orbital configuration, bringing the spacecraft to within an unprecedented 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. . https://science.nasa.gov/s...#nasa #space #news #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_the_sun #nasa_venus #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -66 #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_europa #nasa_europa_clipper #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_wind_mission #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_artemis #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_i_am_artemis
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Sadie Coffin Named Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences/NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series Fellow
In August, the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences AAPS announced a fellowship opportunity in partnership with the NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series. Fifty-five people applied The applications came from graduate students and early career professionals in diverse disciplines, including astronomy, ecology, engineering, nursing, policy, and zoology, to name a few. Sadie Coffin, AAPS-NASA Cit Sci . https://science.nasa.gov/g...#nasa #space #news #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_the_sun #nasa_venus #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -66 #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_europa #nasa_europa_clipper #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_wind_mission #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_artemis #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_i_am_artemis
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30 Years Ago: STS-66, the ATLAS-3 Mission to Study the Earth’s Atmosphere
On Nov. 3, 1994, space shuttle Atlantis took to the skies on its 13th trip into space. During the 11-day mission, the STS-66 crew of Commander Donald R. McMonagle, Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Payload Commander Ellen Ochoa, and Mission Specialists Joseph R. Tanner, Scott E. Parazynski, and French astronaut Jean-Franois Clervoy representing the European Space 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_heliophysics #nasa_solar_wind #nasa_the_sun #nasa_venus #nasa_astrophysics #nasa_citizen_science #nasa_earth_science #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_sts -66 #nasa_general #nasa_ames_research_center #nasa_astrobiology #nasa_europa #nasa_europa_clipper #nasa_spinoffs #nasa_technology_transfer #nasa_science_ &_research #nasa_wind_mission #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_artemis #nasa_humans_in_space #nasa_i_am_artemis
