4 months ago
NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 88 Launch, Space Station Docking
NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 88 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 5:43 a.m. EDT 2:43 p.m. Baikonur time Thursday, May 30, on a Soyuz 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/news-...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
4 months ago
NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Unscathed After Searing Pass of Sun
Mission engineers were confident NASAs OSIRIS-APEX Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification Apophis Explorer spacecraft could weather its closest ever pass of the Sun on Jan. 2, 2024. Their models had predicted that, despite traveling 25 million miles closer to the heat of the Sun than it was originally designed to, OSIRIS-APEX and its components . https://science.nasa.gov/s...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
4 months ago
Sols 4195-4198: Feels Like Summer
Earth planning date: Friday, May 24, 2024 The first sol of this weekend includes an extremely long, 6-hour DAN activity to measure the amount of hydrogen near the surface, in parallel with a standard midday remote science block including: ChemCam LIBS on a smooth, dark rock named Shadow Lake, an RMI 7-frame mosaic of the . https://science.nasa.gov/b...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
4 months ago
15 Years Ago: First Time all Partners Represented aboard the International Space Station
From May 29 to July 17, 2009, for the first time in its history, each of the five partner agencies participating in the International Space Station Program had a crew member living and working aboard the orbiting facility at the same time. The period also marked the beginning of six-person crew habitation, greatly increasing the 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
4 months ago
A Mental Health Awareness Month Message from Your MAF EAP office: “Suicide and Crises Lifeline”
While NASA promotes the availability of EAP counselors at each Center, there may be reasons when, during a mental health crisis, employees do not think about EAP or cannot remember how to access. Now, the Suicide and Crises Lifeline is available to anyone, anytime nationwide by calling or texting three numbers from your cell 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/gener...#nasa #space #news #nasa_missions #nasa_apophis #nasa_asteroids #nasa_the_solar_system #nasa_uncategorized #nasa_blogs #nasa_nasa_history #nasa_general #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes
4 months ago
Johnson Celebrates AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Britney Tang
When you think about personal property, your home, clothes, and electronic devices probably come to mind. For NASA, personal property comprises government-owned government-held assets ranging from laptops to spacecraft and space station components. Managing the financial records for these assets is the responsibility of the Property Accounting Team, which includes Personal Property Accountant Britney Tang. 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_general #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa
4 months ago
Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data
An analysis of data from Magellans radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023 discovery of a different active volcano in Magellan data. Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus has been observed for a second time. Scientists in Italy analyzed archival data from NASAs Magellan mission 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/cente...#nasa #space #news #nasa_magellan #nasa_planetary_science #nasa_venus #nasa_volcanoes #nasa_johnson_space_center #nasa_people_of_johnson #nasa_people_of_nasa #nasa_women_at_nasa
