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NASA, Rocket Lab Complete Launch of TROPICS CubeSat Constellation

By |2023-05-26T08:48:00-04:00May 26th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The final pair of NASA’s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) are in orbit after successfully launching at 11:46 p.m. EDT, May 25, (3:46 p.m. NZST Friday, May 26th), completing the constellation.

NASA to Discuss Science on Next SpaceX Cargo Launch to Space Station

By |2023-05-25T15:02:00-04:00May 25th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 30, to discuss the next science investigations, technology demonstrations, crew supplies, and hardware bound for the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply services mission for the agency.

NASA, Department of Education Partnership Strengthens STEM Education

By |2023-05-24T11:07:00-04:00May 24th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA and the U.S. Department of Education signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, strengthening the collaboration between the two agencies, including efforts to increase access to high-quality STEM and space education to students and schools across the nation.

NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds, Help Observe Our Dynamic Atmosphere

By |2023-05-22T12:37:00-04:00May 22nd, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA has selected a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth’s dynamic atmosphere – specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. The PolSIR instrument – short for Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer – will study such ice clouds to determine how and why they change throughout [...]

Axiom Space Private Astronauts Headed to International Space Station

By |2023-05-21T16:37:00-04:00May 21st, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), the second all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Axiom Space astronauts lifted off at 5:37 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 21, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. [...]

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