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Station Science Top News: Oct. 18, 2024

By |2024-10-21T14:42:00-04:00October 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Microgravity had no immediate effect on a person’s ability to perceive the height of an object, indicating that astronauts can safely perform tasks that rely on accurate and precise height judgments soon after arrival in space. We use the height and width of objects around us to complete tasks such as reaching for objects and deciding whether [...]

Explore International Space Station Research with NASA Mobile Apps

By |2024-10-21T13:13:00-04:00October 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

At any given time, crew members are conducting dozens of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations on the International Space Station. If you’re curious about this work, the Space Station Research Xplorer (SSRX) mobile application provides information on these experiments, special facilities on the station, research benefits, and published results. The app includes summaries of [...]

35 Years Ago: STS-34 Sends Galileo on its Way to Jupiter

By |2024-10-21T12:56:00-04:00October 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On Oct. 18, 1989, space shuttle Atlantis took off on its fifth flight, STS-34, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Its five-person crew of Commander Donald E. Williams, Pilot Michael J. McCulley, and Mission Specialists Shannon W. Lucid, Franklin R. Chang-Díaz, and Ellen S. Baker flew a five-day mission that deployed the Galileo [...]

NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-8 Undocking Date

By |2024-10-21T11:39:00-04:00October 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 crew members pose for a photo inside SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA Weather conditions near the multiple splashdown sites off Florida’s coast remain unfavorable for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station. Forecasts remain marginal for an undocking on Tuesday, Oct. 22, and Wednesday, Oct. [...]

Forecast Improves; Teams Target Monday for Crew-8 Undocking

By |2024-10-20T13:44:00-04:00October 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA and SpaceX teams have seen a marginal improvement in forecast weather conditions in potential splashdown sites off the coast of Florida for the return of the Crew-8 mission. The teams are proceeding closer to undock in order to get better resolution on the weather forecast, targeting no earlier than undocking of the spacecraft at [...]

Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe

By |2024-10-20T09:09:08-04:00October 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Is our universe haunted? It might look that way on this dark matter map. The gravity of unseen dark matter is the leading explanation for why galaxies rotate so fast, why galaxies orbit clusters so fast, why gravitational lenses so strongly deflect light, and why visible matter is distributed as [...]

NASA, SpaceX Watch for Weather Improvements for Crew-8 Return

By |2024-10-19T11:47:00-04:00October 19th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Weather conditions currently remain unfavorable at multiple splashdown sites off the coast of Florida for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station. There are signs of improvement midweek, however, and mission managers will meet at 5 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 20 for the next weather briefing. If weather conditions improve, NASA and [...]

S-MODE, ASIA-AQ, and the Role of ESPO in Complex Airborne Campaigns

By |2024-10-18T16:05:00-04:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

7 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Jhony Zavaleta, ASIA-AQ Project Manager, welcomes DC-8 Navigator Walter Klein and the rest of the aircraft crew to U-Tapao, Thailand for its initial arrival to the country during the ASIA-AQ campaign. Erin Czech (back, blue shirt) and Jaden Ta (front, black pants) served as [...]

NASA Michoud Gets a Rare Visitor

By |2024-10-18T15:41:00-04:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Eric Bordelon Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passes over NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in this Oct. 13, 2024, image. This comet comes from the Oort Cloud, far beyond Pluto and the most distant edges of the Kuiper Belt. Though Comet C/2023 A3 will be visible through early November, the best time to observe [...]

NASA, SpaceX Continue Weather Watch for Crew-8 Return

By |2024-10-18T12:25:00-04:00October 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The four crew members that make up the SpaceX Crew-8 mission aboard the International Space Station are pictured in the vestibule in between the Harmony module’s space-facing port and the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. From top to bottom are, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, Mike Barratt, and Matthew Dominick, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. Photo credit: [...]

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