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30 Years Ago: STS-65 Lifts Off

By |2024-07-08T15:40:00-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA The space shuttle Columbia launches from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 8, 1994. This was the second flight of International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2), carrying more than twice the number of experiments and facilities as IML-1. The crew split into two teams to perform around-the-clock research. More than 80 [...]

Robotics, Cargo Ops, and Health Research to Kick Start Week

By |2024-07-08T15:05:00-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter, attached to the Unity module, is pictured firing its single engine boosting the International Space Station’s orbital altitude. This long-duration photograph also shows an atmospheric glow hovering above Earth’s horizon. A full day of robotics and cargo ops kept the Expedition 71 and Boeing Crew Flight Test crews busy on [...]

NASA’s Neurodiversity Network Interns Speak at National Space Development Conference

By |2024-07-08T14:33:00-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read NASA’s Neurodiversity Network Interns Speak at National Space Development Conference Two high school interns funded by NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) presented their work from Summer 2023 at the recent National Space Society (NSS) International Space Development Conference (ISDC-2024), held in Los Angeles, CA (May 23-26, 2024). Both interns were mentored by [...]

Happy Birthday, Meatball! NASA’s Iconic Logo Turns 65

By |2024-07-08T12:27:00-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A painter applies a fresh coat of paint to the NASA “meatball” logo on the north façade of Glenn Research Center’s Flight Research Building, or hangar, in 2006.Credit: NASA/Marvin Smith On July 15, 2024, NASA’s logo is turning 65. The iconic symbol, known affectionately [...]

NASA Mission to Study Mysteries in the Origin of Solar Radio Waves

By |2024-07-08T12:12:00-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read NASA Mission to Study Mysteries in the Origin of Solar Radio Waves NASA’s CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment, or CURIE, is scheduled to launch July 9, 2024, to investigate the unresolved origins of radio waves coming from the Sun. CURIE will investigate where solar radio waves originate in coronal mass ejections, like [...]

NextSTEP Q: CIS Capability Studies III – Lunar User Terminals & Network Orchestration and Management System

By |2024-07-08T10:45:00-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis missions aim to establish a sustained lunar presence on and around the Moon. Communications and navigation technologies will be critical to enabling the safety, science, and operations of our astronauts and missions.NASA Solicitation Number: NNH16ZCQ001K-1_Appendix-Q July 8, 2024 – Solicitation Released Solicitation Overview NASA’s long-term vision to provide for a resilient space and [...]

NASA’s Begoña Vila Awarded 2024 Galician Excellence Award

By |2024-07-08T10:20:00-04:00July 8th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Begoña Vila, an instrument systems engineer from KBR who worked on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has been selected to receive the 2024 Galician Excellence Title in the Sciences and Medicine Category for her career and work on Webb. Dr. Begoña Vila, Instrument Systems Engineer, James Webb Space Telescope This award comes from the Spanish Association [...]

Sols 4236-4238: One More Time… for Contact Science at Mammoth Lakes

By |2024-07-06T13:13:00-04:00July 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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The NASA Breath Diagnostics Challenge

By |2024-07-05T16:00:00-04:00July 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The NASA Breath Diagnostics challenge tasks solvers to leverage their expertise to develop a classification model that can accurately discriminate between the breath of COVID-positive and COVID-negative individuals, using existing data. The ultimate goal is to improve the accuracy of the NASA E-Nose device as a potential clinical tool that would provide diagnostic results [...]

NASA Science Activation Teams Present at National Rural STEM Summit

By |2024-07-05T12:55:00-04:00July 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read NASA Science Activation Teams Present at National Rural STEM Summit NASA Science Activation (SciAct) teams participated in the National Rural STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) Summit held June 4-7, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. Hosted by Kalman Mannis of the Rural Activation and Innovation Network (Arizona Science Center) and the SciTech [...]

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