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Bundling the Best of Heliophysics Education: DigiKits for Physics and Astronomy Teachers

By |2024-11-05T15:13:00-05:00November 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Learn Home Bundling the Best of… For Educators Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   3 min read Bundling the Best of Heliophysics Education: DigiKits for Physics and Astronomy Teachers For nearly a decade, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has been working to [...]

U.S. Navy Fleet Training Launch to be Conducted at NASA Wallops

By |2024-11-05T14:52:00-05:00November 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This September 2024 aerial photograph shows the coastal launch range at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Wallops is the agency’s only owned-and-operated launch range.Courtesy Patrick J. Hendrickson; used with permission A rocket-propelled target is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility [...]

SpaceX Dragon Cargo Spacecraft Docks to Harmony Module

By |2024-11-05T10:04:00-05:00November 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

The International Space Station is viewed from a camera aboard the approaching SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. The SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew spacecraft is pictured (at center) docked to the Harmony module’s space-facing port. Credit: NASA+ At 9:52 a.m. EST, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the forward port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module. [...]

Dragon Approaching Station on 31st Cargo Mission

By |2024-11-05T08:33:00-05:00November 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft approaches the space station for a docking to the Harmony module’s space-facing port on March 23, 2024. NASA’s coverage is underway for arrival of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, [...]

From Campus to Cosmos: NASA Grants Boost Student, University Innovation

By |2024-11-05T08:16:00-05:00November 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Nicholas Bitner from Candeska Cikana Community College, left, and Jesse Rhoades from the University of North Dakota (UND), right, are pictured in UND’s BiPed lab, where their students test and capture motion data for the Mapi Hapa. Walter Criswell, UND Today Human exploration on [...]

Milky Way over Easter Island

By |2024-11-05T08:09:20-05:00November 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Why were the statues on Easter Island built? No one is sure. What is sure is that over 900 large stone statues called moais exist there. The Rapa Nui (Easter Island) moais stand, on average, over twice as tall as a person and have over 200 times as much mass. [...]

NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station

By |2024-11-04T22:04:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying more than 6,000 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory, lifted off at 9:29 p.m. EST Monday, on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Credits: NASA Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply mission, new scientific experiments and [...]

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-31: Dragon Launches at 9:29 p.m. EST

By |2024-11-04T21:39:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying more than 6,000 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory, lifted off at 9:29 p.m. EST Monday, on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credits: NASA At 9:29 p.m. EST, over 6,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to [...]

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-31: Launch Coverage Underway

By |2024-11-04T21:10:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon spacecraft atop, stands in a vertical position at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in preparation for the 31st commercial resupply services launch to the International Space Station. NASA’s coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency’s [...]

Sols 4352-4354: Halloween Fright Night on Mars

By |2024-11-04T19:26:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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