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En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars

By |2025-02-04T13:51:00-05:00February 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This mosaic of a star field was made from three images captured Dec. 4, 2024, by star tracker cameras aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Showing part of the constellation Corvus, it’s the first imagery of space the orbiter has captured since its launch [...]

In the Starlight: Anika Isaac’s Mission to Counsel NASA’s Workforce

By |2025-02-04T12:52:00-05:00February 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

An interesting fact about Johnson Space Center’s Anika Isaac, MS, LPC, LMFT, LCDC, CEAP, NCC, is that there are more letters following her name than there are in it. A licensed professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, and chemical dependency counselor with several other certifications, Isaac has been a fixture of Johnson’s Employee Assistance Program [...]

NASA’s Cloud-based Confluence Software Helps Hydrologists Study Rivers on a Global Scale

By |2025-02-04T11:52:00-05:00February 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read NASA’s Cloud-based Confluence Software Helps Hydrologists Study Rivers on a Global Scale The Paraná River in northern Argentina. Confluence, which is open-source and free to use, allows researchers to estimate river discharge and suspended sediment levels in Earth’s rivers at a global scale. NASA/ISS Rivers and streams wrap around Earth in [...]

Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy with Nine Rings

By |2025-02-04T10:00:00-05:00February 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble 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 Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]

Persevering Through Science

By |2025-02-04T03:01:00-05:00February 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Mars Home Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance 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 Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where [...]

Sols 4441-4442: Winter is Coming

By |2025-02-04T01:20:00-05:00February 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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 3 min read Sols [...]

Combustor Facilities

By |2025-02-03T17:48:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

9 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Sector Combustor Studies (CE-5B-1) Combustion studies are conducted in this two-test position facility specifically in support of the NOx-reduction research for the High Speed Research program and the Advanced Subsonic Technology program. CE-5B-1 is large enough to test sector arrangements of injector elements to [...]

NASA Awards Contract for Airborne Science Flight Services Support

By |2025-02-03T16:31:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA has awarded Dynamic Aviation Group Inc. of Bridgewater, Virginia, the Commercial Aviation Services contract to support the agency’s Airborne Science Program. The program provides aircraft and technology to further science and advance the use of Earth observing satellite data, making NASA data about our home planet and innovations accessible to all. This is an [...]

NASA Presses Forward Search for VIPER Moon Rover Partner

By |2025-02-03T16:22:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) sits outside a testing chamber after completing its thermal vacuum testing in the fall of 2024. Credit: NASA/JSC David DeHoyos To advance plans of securing a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on the Moon in collaboration with industry the [...]

Station Science Top News: Jan. 31, 2025

By |2025-02-03T16:17:00-05:00February 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Seeds survive space A close-up view of the Materials International Space Station Experiment hardware housing materials for exposure to space.NASA Researchers found that plant seeds exposed to space germinated at the same rate as those kept on the ground. This finding shows that plant seeds can remain viable during long-term space travel and plants could [...]

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