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NASA Expands Small Business, Industry Engagement Resources

By |2024-09-23T11:09:00-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Pride Progress Flag is seen waving in the wind following a flag raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of LGBTQI+ Pride Month at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington on June 1, 2023.Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber Two new resources are available for businesses that provide products and services to support NASA’s missions, [...]

Find Exoasteroids and Peek into the Future

By |2024-09-23T10:10:00-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech What will remain of our solar system a few billion years from now?  We’re launching the Exoasteroids project to gather some clues. Join this new citizen science project, and help search for variable white dwarfs – bizarre objects that we can catch in the act of disassembling planetary systems. White dwarfs each pack [...]

NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return from Space Station

By |2024-09-23T09:16:00-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, return to Earth after completing their mission to the International Space Station.Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson completed a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on Monday, returning to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub. [...]

Soyuz Lands Returning Dyson, Two Crewmates Back to Earth

By |2024-09-23T08:12:00-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan at 7:59 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23. Credit: NASA At 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.m. Kazakhstan time), the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft made a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan. Spanning 184 days in space, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson’s mission includes [...]

NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Crewmates Returning to Earth Live on NASA+

By |2024-09-23T06:48:00-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

Individual pre-flight crew portraits of NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub wearing their Soyuz launch and landing suits. NASA’s live return coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, [...]

Soyuz Spacecraft Undocks, Three Crew Members Headed Back to Earth

By |2024-09-23T04:43:00-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft undocks from the International Space Station’s Prichal module. Credit: NASA At 4:36 a.m. EDT, the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft undocked from the orbiting laboratory’s Prichal module with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko. NASA’s live coverage of deorbit burn, entry, and landing will begin at [...]

Trio Departing Space Station Soon Live on NASA+

By |2024-09-23T04:03:00-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

Expedition 71 crew members (from left) Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, both Roscosmos cosmonauts, and NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station’s Rassvet module. NASA’s live coverage of undocking is now underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of [...]

Soyuz Hatch Closed, Trio Prepares to Undock From Station

By |2024-09-23T01:17:00-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson is pictured inside the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft ahead of hatch closure on Sept. 23. Credit: NASA At 1:02 a.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and return to Earth. NASA will provide live undocking coverage at 4 a.m. [...]

Live NASA Coverage Underway of Soyuz Crew Farewell and Hatch Closure

By |2024-09-23T00:52:00-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

The Soyuz MS-25 crew ship is pictured docked to the Prichal docking module as an aurora radiates brightly above the Indian Ocean. NASA’s live departure coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos [...]

Chicagohenge: Equinox in an Aligned City

By |2024-09-22T09:09:09-04:00September 22nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Chicago, in a way, is like a modern Stonehenge. The way is east to west, and the time is today. Today, and every equinox, the Sun will set exactly to the west, everywhere on Earth. Therefore, today in Chicago, the Sun will set directly down the long equatorially-aligned grid of [...]

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