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NASA-Led Team Links Comet Water to Earth’s Oceans

Scientists find that cometary dust affects interpretation of spacecraft measurements, reopening the case for comets like 67P as potential sources of water for early Earth.  Researchers have found that water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a similar molecular signature to the water in Earth’s oceans. Contradicting some recent results, this finding reopens the case that Jupiter-family [...]

By |2024-12-03T12:16:00-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Coming Spring 2025: Planetary Defenders Documentary

1 Min Read Coming Spring 2025: Planetary Defenders Documentary David Rankin, Senior Survey Operations Specialist at Catalina Sky Survey, is seen opening the dome structure surrounding the telescope at the asteroid-hunting facility in Mt. Lemmon, AZ. Credits: NASA How would humanity respond if we discovered an asteroid headed for Earth? NASA’s Planetary Defenders is [...]

By |2024-12-03T12:13:00-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Edward Gonzales Fosters a Culturally Safe Workplace for Current, Future Employees

7 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) As the program manager for people, culture and equity, “people whisperer” Edward Victor Gonzales helps ensure people’s wellbeing, comfort, and safety. Name: Edward Victor Gonzales Title: Program Manager for People, Culture, and Equity Organization: Heliophysics Division, Science and Exploration Directorate (Code 670) Eddie Gonzales [...]

By |2024-12-03T11:40:00-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

SWE Diverse Podcast Ep 291: Supporting Postpartum Engineers in the Workplace With Megan Casey

Explore how STEM leaders can foster an inclusive environment for birthing parents, plus self-advocacy tips in the postpartum period, in this new episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast! Source

By |2024-12-03T10:03:00-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Ice Clouds over a Red Planet

Photo of the Day If you could stand on Mars -- what might you see? You might look out over a vast orange landscape covered with rocks under a dusty orange sky, with a blue-tinted Sun setting over the horizon, and odd-shaped water clouds hovering high overhead. This was just the view captured last [...]

By |2024-12-03T08:09:07-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Interview with Luke Sollitt

Let’s begin by Inquiring into your early years, your childhood, where you were born, where you grew up, what your family was like? Do you have siblings? What did your parents do, and how young were you when you developed an interest in what has become your career? I was born in Boston. My [...]

By |2024-12-03T04:52:00-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4375-4381: A Stuffed Holiday Plan

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions The Solar System The [...]

By |2024-12-02T18:42:00-05:00December 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Experts Share Inspiring Stories of Perseverance to Students

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A group of middle school students engage with a model aircraft while learning from NASA experts in the model lab at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California during an event hosted by NASA’s California Office of STEM Engagement.NASA/Steve Freeman In celebration of [...]

By |2024-12-02T17:53:00-05:00December 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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