3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Since childhood, Derrick Bailey always had an early fascination with aeronautics. Military fighter jet pilots were his childhood heroes, and he dreamed of joining the aerospace industry. This passion was a springboard into his 17-year career at NASA, where Bailey plays an important role [...]
What happens when you don’t have referrals or connections? Akanksha Prasad, a senior chemical engineering scientist, shares how to build your own way forward and develop resilience in the process. Source
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As sweeping anti-DEI legislation threatens progress worldwide, LGBTQ+ people in STEM face growing risks and fewer resources. Here’s how the STEM community can step up. Source
An artist’s concept of NASA’s Orion spacecraft orbiting the Moon while using laser communications technology through the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System.Credit: NASA/Dave Ryan As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, researchers at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are collaborating with The Australian National University (ANU) to prove inventive, cost-saving laser [...]
The Axiom Mission 4 crew gathers inside the International Space Station’s Harmony module shortly after docking aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. From left are, Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu.NASA+ At 8:14 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the hatch opened between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the [...]
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom Mission 4 nears the International Space Station’s space-facing docking port on the Harmony module.NASA+ At 6:31 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4. NASA’s arrival coverage will continue through [...]
(From left) Axiom Mission 4 Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, Commander Peggy Whitson, and Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski wave from inside the Space Dragon spacecraft.Axiom Space NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+ for the arrival of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4. The Dragon spacecraft [...]
6 Min Read NASA’s Chandra Shares a New View of Our Galactic Neighbor The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. Astronomers use Andromeda to understand the structure and evolution of our own spiral, which is [...]
This long-duration photograph shows Ax-4 soaring into low Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft after launching at 2:31 a.m. EDT on Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.SpaceX The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew members is orbiting Earth and on its way to the International Space Station after [...]
