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Dragon Operations Continue During Stem Cell Research on Station

The 11-member Expedition 72 crew poses for a portrait inside Harmony module. In the front (from left) are, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, Matthew Dominick, Aleksandr Gorbunov, and Suni Williams. In the back are, Jeanette Epps, Aleksandr Grebenkin, Mike Barratt, Ivan Vagner, Don Pettit, and Alexey Ovchinin. The Expedition 72 crew continued working inside the two [...]

By |2024-10-04T16:49:00-04:00October 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

Sunglint on the Alabama River

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot this photo of large meanders of the Alabama River while orbiting over the southern United States. The river’s smooth water surface reflects sunlight back toward the astronaut’s camera, producing an optical phenomenon known as sunglint.NASA/Woody Hoburg In this June 26, 2023, photo taken from the International Space [...]

By |2024-10-04T12:39:00-04:00October 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Science Activation’s PLACES Team Facilitates Third Professional Learning Institute

Learn Home Science Activation’s PLACES… Earth Science Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   5 min read Science Activation’s PLACES Team Facilitates Third Professional Learning Institute The NASA Science Activation program’s Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship (PLACES) project supports middle and high [...]

By |2024-10-04T12:30:00-04:00October 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Announces Teams for 2025 Student Launch Challenge

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Students celebrate after a successful performance in the 2024 Student Launch competition at Bragg Farms in Toney, Alabama.NASA NASA has selected 71 teams from across the U.S. to participate in its 25th annual Student Launch Challenge, one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges. The [...]

By |2024-10-04T11:00:00-04:00October 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Announces Teams to Compete in International Rover Challenge

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA MSFC HERC is the annual engineering competition – one of NASA’s longest standing challenges – held its concluding event April 19 and April 20, at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.NASA NASA has selected 75 [...]

By |2024-10-04T10:07:00-04:00October 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Hubble Observes a Peculiar Galaxy Shape

Hubble Space Telescope Home Hubble Observes a Peculiar… Missions Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts [...]

By |2024-10-04T08:10:00-04:00October 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Mobile Launcher Back at Vehicle Assembly Building

NASA’s mobile launcher 1 atop the spaceport’s crawler is transported inside the agency’s Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of integration of the Artemis II Moon rocket on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. The mobile launcher will be used to assemble, process, and launch NASA’s SLS (Space Launch Systems) and Orion spacecraft [...]

By |2024-10-04T01:57:00-04:00October 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

Sols 4323-4324: Surfin’ Our Way out of the Channel

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 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 Sun [...]

By |2024-10-03T21:00:00-04:00October 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Ongoing Crew Return Preps and Biology, Earth Science Top Crew’s Day

The four SpaceX Crew-8 members are pictured during pre-flight training in January inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: SpaceX Dragon configurations topped the schedule once again on Thursday as four Expedition 72 crewmates target a return to Earth next week. Meanwhile, critical space research and lab maintenance filled the rest [...]

By |2024-10-03T16:35:00-04:00October 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|
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