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NASA to Discuss Firefly’s First Robotic Artemis Moon Flight

By |2024-12-10T13:06:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander will carry 10 NASA science and technology instruments to the Moon’s near side. Credit: Firefly Aerospace NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 17, to discuss the agency science and [...]

Vacuum Testing Complete on Artemis II Orion Spacecraft

By |2024-12-10T13:05:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, a team returns the Artemis II Orion spacecraft to the Final Assembly and Test cell from a vacuum chamber inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where it underwent vacuum testing. NASA/Eric Hernandez NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II test [...]

Spacesuits and Space Biology Fill Day Aboard Space Station

By |2024-12-10T13:02:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

Astronaut Suni Williams displays science hardware housing bacteria and yeast samples for a biomanufacturing experiment that may enable the production of food and medicine in space. Spacesuits and space biology were the main focus on Tuesday as the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station gets ready for a spacewalk and keeps up critical [...]

NASA Invites Social Creators for Launch of Two NASA Astrophysical Missions 

By |2024-12-10T12:45:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s SPHEREx observatory undergoes integration and testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in April 2024. The space telescope will use a technique called spectroscopy across the entire sky, capturing the universe in more than 100 colors. BAE Systems Registration is open for digital content creators to attend the launch of NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the [...]

Discovery Alert: A Planet with a ‘Tail’

By |2024-12-10T12:07:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Artist’s concept depicts new research that has expanded our understanding of exoplanet WASP-69 b’s “tail.” NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) The Planet WASP-69 b The Discovery The exoplanet WASP-69 b has a “tail,” leaving a trail of gas in its wake. Key Takeaway  WASP-69 b is slowly losing its atmosphere as light hydrogen and helium particles [...]

Scientists Share Early Results from NASA’s Solar Eclipse Experiments 

By |2024-12-10T10:00:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 Min Read Scientists Share Early Results from NASA’s Solar Eclipse Experiments  On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada. This photo was taken from Dallas, Texas. Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber On April 8, [...]

NASA TechLeap Prize: Space Technology Payload Challenge

By |2024-12-10T09:35:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Space Technology Payload Challenge invites individuals, teams, and organizations to submit applications for systems that advance technology to address one or more of NASA’s shortfalls. These shortfalls identify technology areas where further technology development is required to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs. In addition, technologies to address these select shortfalls [...]

3D Printable Bioreactor for Deep Space Food Production

By |2024-12-10T09:27:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Synthetic Biology Project is turning to the 3D printing experts in the GrabCAD community for ideas and or designs that could lead to the ability to reuse and recycle small scale bioreactors to reduce the mass and volume requirements for deep space missions. Ideally, designs that could be printed using a 3D printer, [...]

The Great Meteor Storm of 1833

By |2024-12-10T08:09:08-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day It was a night of 100,000 meteors. The Great Meteor Storm of 1833 was perhaps the most impressive meteor event in recent history. Best visible over eastern North America during the pre-dawn hours of November 13, many people -- including a young Abraham Lincoln -- were woken up to see [...]

Sols 4386-4388: Powers of Ten

By |2024-12-10T05:26:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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