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Alfonso Delgado Bonal Has His Head in the Clouds — for Research

By |2024-11-26T12:55:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Research scientist Alfonso Delgado Bonal makes important discoveries about patterns in cloud movements while thriving within the NASA Goddard family. Name: Alfonso Delgado Bonal Formal Job Classification: Research scientist Organization: Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Science Directorate (Code 613) Alfonso Delgado Bonal is a research [...]

This Thanksgiving, We’re Grateful for NASA’s Amateur Scientists!

By |2024-11-26T12:20:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

FjordPhyto participants playing in an incredible phytoplankton bloom surrounded by early season sea ice at Damoy on the Antarctic Peninsula. They share knowledge with one another and take samples to better understand and protect Antarctica. Allison Cusick This year, we’re giving thanks to you for Doing NASA Science! You and the millions of other [...]

This Thanksgiving, We’re Grateful for NASA’s Volunteer Scientists!

By |2024-11-26T12:20:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

FjordPhyto participants playing in an incredible phytoplankton bloom surrounded by early season sea ice at Damoy on the Antarctic Peninsula. They share knowledge with one another and take samples to better understand and protect Antarctica. Emily Gregory This year, we’re giving thanks to you for Doing NASA Science! You and the millions of other [...]

NASA Data Reveals Role of Green Spaces in Cooling Cities

By |2024-11-26T12:02:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Earth (ESD) Earth Home Explore Climate Change Science in Action Multimedia Data For Researchers As any urban dweller who has lived through a heat wave knows, a shady tree can make all the difference. But what happens when there’s no shade available? A recent study in Nature Communications used NASA satellite data to identify [...]

Art Meets Exploration: Cosmic Connections in Galveston

By |2024-11-26T11:13:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Texas Art Education Association hosted its annual conference from Nov. 14–16 at Moody Gardens Hotel & Convention Center in Galveston, Texas, drawing nearly 3,000 educators, administrators, and artists.   This year’s theme, “Cosmic Connections: SPACE, the Last Frontier and the Element of Art,” celebrated the fusion of creativity and space exploration, with NASA’s Johnson Space [...]

Space Station Research Tests Performance of Self-Healing Quantum Technology 

By |2024-11-26T10:31:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The Canadarm2 removes materials science samples from the Kibo laboratory module's airlock. NASA The Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility mounted on the outside of the International [...]

Emerging Engineering Leader Basil Baldauff Emphasizes Osage Values

By |2024-11-26T06:00:00-05:00November 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Basil Baldauff knew early in his tenure at NASA’s Johnson Space Center that he wanted to become a leader within the agency and make an impact on the future of space exploration. As a contract electrical design and test engineer working within Johnson’s Energy Systems Test Area, Baldauff had an opportunity to lead small teams [...]

NASA’s Commercial Partners Make Progress on Low Earth Orbit Projects

By |2024-11-25T16:18:00-05:00November 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Milky Way pictured from the International Space Station in a long-duration photographCredits: NASA NASA and its commercial partners continue to drive innovation in space exploration, achieving milestones that will ultimately benefit human spaceflight and commercial low Earth orbit efforts. These recent achievements from [...]

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Dragonfly Mission

By |2024-11-25T16:11:00-05:00November 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Caption: Artist’s concept of Dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn’s moon Titan. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA’s New Frontiers Program, designed to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. The mission will sample materials and determine surface composition in different [...]

Mini NASA Robot Takes a SWIM

By |2024-11-25T14:52:00-05:00November 25th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech A 16.5-inch-long prototype of a robot designed to explore subsurface oceans of icy moons is reflected in the water’s surface during a test in a competition swimming pool in September 2024. Conducted by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the testing showed the feasibility of a mission concept called SWIM, short for Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers. [...]

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