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FAQ: The Real Story About Astronaut Health Care in Space

By |2024-11-21T15:10:00-05:00November 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague pedals on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization (CEVIS), an exercise cycle located aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. CEVIS provides aerobic and cardiovascular conditioning through recumbent (leaning back position) or upright cycling activities.NASA Lee esta historia en español aquí. The International [...]

Ring Around Tabby’s Star

By |2024-11-21T13:52:00-05:00November 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech This Oct. 4, 2017, illustration shows a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbiting KIC 8462852, also known as Boyajian’s Star or Tabby’s Star. The star has experienced unusual dips in brightness over a matter of days, as well as much subtler but longer-term dimming trends. Scientists proposed several explanations for this unexpected behavior, ranging [...]

Ready, Set, Action! Our Sun is the Star in Dazzling Simulation

By |2024-11-21T13:07:00-05:00November 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 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 A 3D simulation showing the evolution of turbulent flows in the upper layers of the Sun. The more saturated and bright reds represent the most vigorous [...]

NASA: Mystery of Life’s Handedness Deepens

By |2024-11-21T13:05:00-05:00November 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA — a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before DNA emerged — can favor making the building blocks of proteins in [...]

NASA’s Hubble Finds Sizzling Details About Young Star FU Orionis

By |2024-11-21T13:00:00-05:00November 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Hubble Space Telescope Home NASA’s Hubble Finds… 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 [...]

Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars

By |2024-11-20T21:16:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|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 The Solar System The [...]

NASA, SpaceX Illustrate Key Moments of Artemis Lunar Lander Mission

By |2024-11-20T16:37:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

An artist’s concept of SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) on the Moon. NASA is working with SpaceX to develop the Starship HLS to carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back for Artemis III and Artemis IV. Starship HLS is roughly 50 meters tall, or about the length of an [...]

STS-129 Crew Aboard the Space Station

By |2024-11-20T16:07:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Pictured (clockwise) from bottom left are astronauts Charles O. Hobaugh, commander; Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert L. Satcher Jr. and Randy Bresnik, all mission specialists; along with Barry E. “Butch” Wilmore, pilot; and Nicole Stott, mission specialist.NASA The STS-129 crew members pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the Expedition 21 crew [...]

Media Invited to Learn About NASA, GE Aerospace Contrails Flight Tests

By |2024-11-20T15:01:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Media are invited to learn about a unique series of flight tests happening in Virginia in partnership between NASA and GE Aerospace that aim to help the aviation industry better understand contrails and their impact on the Earth’s climate. Contrails are the lines of clouds that can be created by high-flying aircraft, but they may [...]

NASA’s Chandra, Hubble Tune Into ‘Flame-Throwing’ Guitar Nebula

By |2024-11-20T13:57:00-05:00November 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The guitar shape in the “Guitar Nebula” comes from bubbles blown by particles ejected from the pulsar through a steady wind as it moves through space. A movie of Chandra (red) data taken in 2000, 2006, 2012, [...]

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