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Sols 4284–4286: Environmental Science Extravaganza

By |2024-08-26T10:47:00-04:00August 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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Sols 4282-4283: Bumping Away from Kings Canyon

By |2024-08-26T10:40:00-04:00August 26th, 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 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 Sun [...]

Solar Panels for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Key Tests

By |2024-08-26T10:30:00-04:00August 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Both versions of the Solar Array Sun Shield for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope appear in this photo, taken in the largest clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The flight version lies flat in the foreground, while the qualification assembly stands upright in the background. The flight panels will shade the mission’s [...]

Webb Finds Early Galaxies Weren’t Too Big for Their Britches After All

By |2024-08-26T10:00:00-04:00August 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 Min Read Webb Finds Early Galaxies Weren’t Too Big for Their Britches After All This image shows a small portion of the field observed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) for the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey. The full image appears below. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, S. Finkelstein [...]

Hubble Captures Unique Ultraviolet View of a Spectacular Star Cluster

By |2024-08-26T09:41:00-04:00August 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Hubble Captures Unique Ultraviolet View of a Spectacular Star Cluster NASA, ESA, and C. Murray (Space Telescope Science Institute); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) Roughly 210,000 light-years away, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of our Milky Way galaxy’s closest neighbors. In fact, this small galaxy is [...]

The Making of Our Alien Earth: The Undersea Volcanoes of Santorini, Greece

By |2024-08-24T15:01:00-04:00August 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

14 Min Read The Making of Our Alien Earth: The Undersea Volcanoes of Santorini, Greece The expedition team and crew prepare to deploy Nereid Under Ice (NUI) into the sea. The following expedition marks the third installment of NASA Astrobiology’s fieldwork series, the newly rebranded Our Alien Earth, streaming on NASA+. Check out all [...]

NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew 

By |2024-08-24T13:25:00-04:00August 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership participate in a live news conference on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston where they provided an update about NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test.Credit: NASA NASA will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft, the [...]

August 2024 Transformer of the Month: Selina Salgado

By |2024-08-23T15:23:00-04:00August 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

As a Human Resource Business Partner at NASA Headquarters, Selina Salgado describes her job as helping with “all things people” for the enterprise. By facilitating technological solutions to human resources (HR) challenges and needs, she excels at an often-underestimated aspect of Digital Transformation (DT): the interpersonal side. As a champion of community building, knowledge [...]

NASA Ames Stars of the Month: August 2024

By |2024-08-23T13:53:00-04:00August 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane, Taryn Kavanagh, Andro Rios, and Hami Ray. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the talent, camaraderie, and vision needed to explore this world and beyond. Earth Science Star: Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane Sangsavang Stevie Phothisane, a Deputy [...]

First Look at Hybrid Electric Research Aircraft 

By |2024-08-23T13:20:00-04:00August 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The Dash 7 that will be modified into a hybrid electric research vehicle under NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project on display with its new livery for the first time. In front of the plane is an electric powertrain that magniX will integrate into the current aircraft to build a hybrid electric propulsion system.NASA/David [...]

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