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NASA Ames Stars of the Month: January 2025

By |2024-12-18T18:19:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Maurice Valdez, Niki Parenteau, Dori Myer, and Judy Alfter. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond. Space Science and Astrobiology Star: Maurice Valdez Maurice Valdez [...]

More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight

By |2024-12-18T16:35:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A rendering of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander and a rover developed for the company’s third mission to the Moon as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative.Credit: Firefly Aerospace NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six [...]

NASA Payload Aims to Probe Moon’s Depths to Study Heat Flow

By |2024-12-18T16:18:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) LISTER (Lunar Instrumentation for Subsurface Thermal Exploration with Rapidity) is one of 10 payloads flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. The instrument is equipped with a drilling system and thermal probe designed to dig into the lunar [...]

NASA Knows: How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades 5-8)

By |2024-12-18T16:17:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This article is for students grades 5-8. The Sun is the star of our solar system. Its gravity holds Earth and our planetary neighbors in its orbit. At 865,000 miles (1.4 million km) in diameter, it’s the largest object in our solar system. On Earth, its influence is felt in our weather, seasons, climate, and [...]

NASA, CU Enact Collaborative Space Act Agreement

By |2024-12-18T16:15:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Dr. Jeannette Wing and Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard sign a collaborative Space Act Agreement at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. NASA/Travis Wohlrab NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Columbia University in New York, New York, enacted a collaborative Space Act Agreement to advance research and education opportunities during [...]

OTPS Releases Its 2024 Annual Report

By |2024-12-18T15:48:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, shares highlights from the office in 2024, including key accomplishments and collaborations that support the NASA mission. Read the full report, NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy: A Year in Review 2024 Share Details Last Updated Dec [...]

NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist Presents Their Annual Year in Review 2024

By |2024-12-18T15:48:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) OTPS shares an annual letter from the Agency Chief Technologist (ACT), updates on various studies in the technology domain within OTPS, overviews of the center chief technologists, and vignettes of various technology projects across the agency. Read the full report, A Year in Review 2024 from [...]

NASA’s Spot the Station App Developed by and for the People 

By |2024-12-18T14:56:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Spot the Station app was developed in collaboration with the public through a series of crowdsourcing competitions.NASA With more than 25 years of operations, the International Space Station continues to symbolize discovery and cooperation for the benefit of humanity. Since 2012, observers have [...]

Crew Works Advanced Exercise and Space Tech, Gets Ready for Thursday Spacewalk

By |2024-12-18T14:54:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

Astronaut Suni Williams installs the European Materials Ageing experiment hardware inside the Nanoracks Bishop airlock that will expose a variety of materials to the vacuum of space for about a year. A new exercise system, spacecraft fire safety, and advanced life support gear were the main research priorities aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. [...]

Chandra and Webb Spy a Cosmic Wreath

By |2024-12-18T13:15:00-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeidler This new image of star cluster NGC 602, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with a previously released image from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb data provide the ring-like outline of the “wreath,” while X-rays from Chandra (red) show young, massive stars that are illuminating [...]

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