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In Memoriam: Pierre Morel [1933–2024]

By |2025-02-20T09:54:00-05:00February 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Earth Home Earth Observer Home Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives 3 min read In Memoriam: Pierre Morel [1933–2024] Pierre Morel [1933–2024] Photo Credit: Morel’s obituary on the Ecole Normale Supérieure website Pierre Morel, the first director of the World Climate [...]

Lunar Cold Electronics Assessment Workshop (Apr 30 – May 1, 2025)

By |2025-02-20T09:53:00-05:00February 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) How to Attend The workshop will be hosted by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Virtual and in-person attendance are available. Registration is required for both. (Link coming soon!) Virtual attendees will receive connection information one week before the workshop. Background, Goals and Objectives The NASA [...]

Summary of the Joint NASA LCLUC–SARI Synthesis Meeting

By |2025-02-20T09:52:00-05:00February 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Earth Home Earth Observer Home Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives 35 min read Summary of the Joint NASA LCLUC–SARI Synthesis Meeting Introduction The NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) is an interdisciplinary scientific program within NASA’s Earth Science program that aims [...]

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free to Retire After 30 Years Service

By |2025-02-19T18:56:00-05:00February 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Official portrait of NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, taken on Nov. 22, 2024, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington.Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announced Wednesday his retirement, effective Saturday, Feb. 22. As associate administrator, Free has been the senior advisor to NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro and leads NASA’s 10 center directors, [...]

In the Starlight: Portia Keyes Procures Mission-Critical Support

By |2025-02-19T17:00:00-05:00February 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

One semester as a NASA Pathways intern was enough to inspire Portia Keyes to sign up for a Russian language class at college. After interning in the Johnson Space Center’s Office of Procurement, Keyes hoped to someday use her new language skills in support of the International Space Station Program. Now, 12 years later, Keyes [...]

NASA Sends Experiment to Space to Study Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

By |2025-02-19T15:01:00-05:00February 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Astronaut Jeanette Epps extracts DNA samples from bacteria colonies for genomic analysis aboard the International Space Station’s Harmony module.NASA In an effort to learn more about astronaut health and the effects of space on the human body, NASA is conducting a new experiment aboard [...]

Spacesuits, Exercise Gear, and Spacecraft Operations Fill Wednesday Schedule

By |2025-02-19T14:05:00-05:00February 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

The full Moon is pictured just above Earth’s horizon from the International Space Station as it soared 260 miles over Durango, Mexico.NASA On Wednesday, the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station focused its efforts mostly on spacesuits and advanced exercise gear. The orbital residents also worked on crew and cargo spacecraft operations at [...]

How Long Does it Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 51

By |2025-02-19T08:21:00-05:00February 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) During the Apollo program, when NASA sent humans to the Moon, those missions took several days to reach the Moon. The fastest of these was Apollo 8, which took just under three days to go from Earth orbit to orbit around the Moon. Now [...]

HH 30: A Star System with Planets Now Forming

By |2025-02-19T08:09:07-05:00February 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day How do stars and planets form? New clues have been found in the protoplanetary system Herbig-Haro 30 by the James Webb Space Telescope in concert with Hubble and the Earth-bound ALMA. The observations show, among other things, that large dust grains are more concentrated into a central disk where they [...]

NASA Selects New Round of Student-Led Aviation Research Awards

By |2025-02-19T05:00:00-05:00February 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / Getty Images NASA has selected two new university student teams to participate in real-world aviation research challenges meant to transform the skies above our communities. The research awards were made through NASA’s University Student Research Challenge (USRC), which provides students with opportunities [...]

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