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NASA Plane Supported Innovative Microgravity Research in ‘90s

NASA Lewis Research Center’s DC-9 commences one of its microgravity-producing parabolas in the fall of 1994. It was the center’s largest aircraft since the B-29 Superfortress in the 1940s.Credit: NASA/Quentin Schwinn A bell rings and a strobe light flashes as a pilot pulls the nose of the DC-9 aircraft up sharply. The blood quickly drains [...]

By |2024-11-27T11:34:00-05:00November 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

An Electronic Traffic Monitor for Airports 

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The focus of Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 was IADS, a software that coordinates flight schedules between the ramp, tower, terminal, and center control facilities. This visual representation of data helps minimize delays on the ground.NASA / Jim Banke If every commuter drove the same [...]

By |2024-11-27T11:01:00-05:00November 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Management and Program Analyst Tami Wisniewski

“I love my country. I love serving my country. I think that was ingrained in me in the military, where I grew to realize how lucky we are to live in America and have the freedoms that we have. When I returned from [my first duty station] in Germany, I separated from the Air [...]

By |2024-11-27T09:23:00-05:00November 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Manager and Program Analyst Tami Wisniewski

“I love my country. I love serving my country. I think that was ingrained in me in the military, where I grew to realize how lucky we are to live in America and have the freedoms that we have. When I returned from [my first duty station] in Germany, I separated from the Air [...]

By |2024-11-27T09:23:00-05:00November 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Meteor and the Comet

Photo of the Day How different are these two streaks? The streak on the upper right is Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas showing an impressive dust tail. The comet is a large and dirty iceberg that entered the inner Solar System and is shedding gas and dust as it is warmed by the Sun's light. The streak [...]

By |2024-11-27T08:09:06-05:00November 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Next-Generation Space Weather Sensors

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory of Laurel, Maryland, to build the Suprathermal Ion Sensors for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next Program. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is valued at approximately $20.5 million and includes the development of [...]

By |2024-11-26T16:00:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA, USAID Invite Media to Launch of New SERVIR Central America Hub

NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) invite media to the official launch celebration of the new SERVIR Central America regional hub, located in Costa Rica, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m. EST. The event will be hosted by NASA SERVIR Program Manager Daniel Irwin, U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador William H. [...]

By |2024-11-26T15:33:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Selfie Time with Astronaut Victor Glover

NASA/Ben Smegelsky Employees at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA astronaut Victor Glover (right) happily snap a photo of themselves during a visit on Nov. 8, 2024. The employees are part of the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), which develops and operates the systems and facilities needed to process and launch rockets and [...]

By |2024-11-26T15:07:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA AI, Open Science Advance Disaster Research and Recovery

4 min read NASA AI, Open Science Advance Disaster Research and Recovery Hurricane Ida is pictured as a category 2 storm from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above the Gulf of Mexico. In the foreground is the Canadarm2 robotic arm with Dextre, the fine-tuned robotic hand, attached. NASA By Lauren [...]

By |2024-11-26T15:01:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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