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NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon 

By |2025-03-04T13:14:00-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon  An artist's concept of the Blue Ghost lunar lander receiving GNSS signals from Earth. Credits: NASA/Dave Ryan NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3, when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track [...]

30 Years Ago: STS-67, the Astro-2 Mission 

By |2025-03-04T13:00:00-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On March 2, 1995, space shuttle Endeavour launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its eighth trip into space, on the STS-67 Astro-2 mission. The crew included Commander Stephen Oswald, Pilot William Gregory, Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld, Wendy Lawrence, and Tamara Jernigan – who served as payload commander on the mission – and [...]

Blue Ghost Lands on Moon

By |2025-03-04T12:54:00-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, 2025, near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the northeast quadrant of the Moon’s near side.Firefly Aerospace The shadow of Firefly [...]

X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds

By |2025-03-04T11:01:00-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Univ Mexico/S. Estrada-Dorado et al.; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI (M. Meixner)/NRAO (T.A. Rector); Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand; A planet may have been destroyed by a white dwarf at the center of a planetary nebula — the first time this has been seen. As described in our latest press release, this would [...]

NASA’s Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Duo May Be Trio

By |2025-03-04T11:00:00-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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Lagniappe for March 2025

By |2025-03-04T10:46:00-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 Min Read Lagniappe for March 2025 Explore the March 2025 issue, highlighting the installation of the new production RS-25 engine at NASA Stennis, and more! Explore Lagniappe for March 2025 featuring: NASA Stennis Teams Install New Production RS-25 Engine for Upcoming Hot Fire NASA Stennis Flashback: Learning About Rocket Engine Exhaust for Safe [...]

How NASA Employee Went from Rock Climbing to Rocket Propulsion

By |2025-03-04T10:45:00-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Jason Hopper is shown at the E Test Complex at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.NASA/Danny Nowlin Jason Hopper’s journey to NASA started with assessing the risk of stepping into the unknown. One day, while taking a break from his hobby of rock climbing at Mississippi State University, a fellow student noticed Hopper reading a rocket [...]

Orion Deputy Program Manager Debbie Korth Receives 2025 Engineer of the Year Award

By |2025-03-04T05:00:00-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The National Society of Professional Engineers recently named Debbie Korth, Orion deputy program manager at Johnson Space Center, as NASA’s 2025 Engineer of the Year. Korth was recognized during an award ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21, alongside honorees from 17 other federal agencies. The annual awards program honors [...]

Sols 4468-4470: A Wintry Mix of Mars Science

By |2025-03-04T01:42:00-05:00March 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 Mars Home 2 min [...]

Interview with Sean Colgan

By |2025-03-03T22:48:00-05:00March 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

I’m really pleased that you agreed to take advantage of this opportunity.  I don’t recall if I have actually met you personally,  but if so, then I apologize for not remembering. I don’t think so, although you’ve certainly signed things for me. Well, I guess I have because I do remember seeing your name [...]

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