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Kites in the Classroom: Training Teachers to Conduct Remote Sensing Missions

By |2024-10-25T13:22:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Learn Home Kites in the Classroom:… Earth Science Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   3 min read Kites in the Classroom: Training Teachers to Conduct Remote Sensing Missions The NASA Science Activation program’s AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network (AREN), led by Wayne Regional Educational [...]

High-Altitude ER-2 Flights Get Down-to-Earth Data

By |2024-10-25T12:00:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Francisco Rodriguez (aircraft mechanic) services liquid oxygen or LOX on the ER-2 during the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx) research project. Experts like Rodriguez sustain a high standard of safety on airborne science aircraft like the ER-2 and science missions like GEMx. The ER-2 [...]

Event Details

By |2024-10-25T10:53:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The next CSUG event will take place November 6 – 7 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Throughout the CSUG, representatives from NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program and CSP’s industry partners will share updates on commercial SATCOM capability developments and the commercial service demonstrations taking place under CSP. NASA attendees must [...]

NASA Stennis Achieves Milestone in Preparation for Future Artemis Testing

By |2024-10-25T10:00:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, achieved a key milestone this week for testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket stage to fly on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Over a two-week period beginning Oct. 10, crews [...]

NASA Provides Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Update

By |2024-10-25T08:08:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The following is attributed to Cheryl Warner, news chief, NASA’s Office of Communications: “Following NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission’s safe splashdown and recovery off Florida’s coast early Friday morning, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation. The crew exited [...]

Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball

By |2024-10-25T07:00:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Hubble Space Telescope Home Hubble Sees a Celestial… Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro [...]

Back on Earth: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Splashes Down Off Florida

By |2024-10-25T04:45:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 members, from left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps, are seen inside the Dragon spacecraft shortly after having landed off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on Oct. 25, 2024. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission successfully splashed down at 3:29 a.m. [...]

Splashdown! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Returns Safely to Earth

By |2024-10-25T03:37:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 3:29 a.m. EDT, returning Crew-8 to Earth. Photo credit: NASA TV. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, splashed down safely in [...]

Dragon Deorbit Burn Complete; Next Up, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Splashdown

By |2024-10-25T02:49:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is seen inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 crew members return to Earth on Oct. 25, 2024. Next to him is NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. Dragon is scheduled to splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Prepares for Deorbit Burn

By |2024-10-25T02:18:00-04:00October 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA is providing live coverage as NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, make their return to Earth inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. Splashdown is scheduled for approximately 3:29 a.m. EDT off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. Recovery teams are taking [...]

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