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ARMD Solicitations (USRC Proposal Updates)

By |2025-01-16T15:00:00-05:00January 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

7 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / Lillian Gipson/Getty Images This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available opportunities with key dates requiring action are listed first. [...]

NASA’s Hubble Traces Hidden History of Andromeda Galaxy

By |2025-01-16T14:15:00-05:00January 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Hubble Space Telescope 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 [...]

Aerospace Latin America: A History

By |2025-01-16T13:07:00-05:00January 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) 2025 Seminar Series Throughout 2025, the NASA History Office is presenting a seminar series on the topic of Aerospace Latin America. This series will explore the origins, evolution, and historical context of aerospace in the region since the dawn of the Space Age, touching [...]

NASA International Space Apps Challenge Announces 2024 Global Winners

By |2025-01-16T12:30:00-05:00January 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 Min Read NASA International Space Apps Challenge Announces 2024 Global Winners The 2024 NASA Space Apps Challenge was hosted at 485 events in 163 countries and territories. Credits: NASA NASA Space Apps has named 10 global winners, recognizing teams from around the world for their exceptional innovation and collaboration during the 2024 NASA [...]

NASA Scientists Find New Human-Caused Shifts in Global Water Cycle

By |2025-01-16T11:27:00-05:00January 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read NASA Scientists Find New Human-Caused Shifts in Global Water Cycle Cracked mud and salt on the valley floor in Death Valley National Park in California can become a reflective pool after rains. (File photo) Credits: NPS/Kurt Moses In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to [...]

Exoplanets Need to Be Prepared for Extreme Space Weather, Chandra Finds

By |2025-01-16T10:36:00-05:00January 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This artist’s illustration represents the results from a new study that examines the effects of X-ray and other high-energy radiation unleashed on potential exoplanets from Wolf 359, a nearby red dwarf star. Researchers used Chandra and XMM-Newton to study the impact of steady X-ray and energetic ultraviolet radiation from Wolf 359 on the atmospheres of [...]

NASA’s Pandora Mission One Step Closer To Probing Alien Atmospheres

By |2025-01-16T10:14:00-05:00January 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides the structure, power, and other systems that will enable the mission to carry out its work. Watch to learn more about NASA’s Pandora mission, which will revolutionize the study of exoplanet atmospheres. NASA’s Goddard Space [...]

NASA Solar Observatory Sees Coronal Loops Flicker Before Big Flares

By |2025-01-15T14:37:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read NASA Solar Observatory Sees Coronal Loops Flicker Before Big Flares For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares — intense bursts of light on the Sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now, using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, one team has [...]

Langley’s Propeller Research Tunnel

By |2025-01-15T14:33:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Elton W. Miller, chief of aerodynamics at what is now NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, stands in the entrance cone of the Propeller Research Tunnel in this Sept. 9, 1926, photo. In front of the entrance is the Sperry M-1 Messenger, the first full-scale airplane tested in the tunnel. The Propeller Research [...]

NASA Seeks Proposals for Space Biology and Physical Sciences Research 

By |2025-01-15T13:39:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On Dec. 19, 2024, NASA released two amendments to the NASA Research Announcement Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2024 (NNH24ZDA001N) to announce the E.9 Space Biology: Research Studies and E.12 Physical Sciences Research Studies program elements.   Space Biology Proposals  The research emphases of E.9 Space Biology: Research Studies fall under two broad [...]

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