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NASA, Global Astronomers Await Rare Nova Explosion

By |2024-06-06T11:28:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar to T Coronae Borealis. The red giant is a large sphere in shades of red, orange, and white, with the side facing the white dwarf the lightest [...]

The First Responder UAS Wireless Data Gatherer Challenge

By |2024-06-06T10:06:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The First Responder UAS Wireless Data Gatherer Challenge (UAS 6.0) seeks innovators with applicable expertise across and beyond the UAS ecosystem. For public safety and the greater good, contribute invaluable knowledge and ingenuity in artificial intelligence (AI), radio communications and mapping, Internet of Things (IoT), cybersecurity, and more. Challenge results will support the public [...]

The 2024 FAA Data Challenge

By |2024-06-06T09:58:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The 2024 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Data Challenge ushers in a groundbreaking opportunity for university students to identify challenges and present solutions toward the evolution of the National Airspace System (NAS) into a more information-centric entity. By harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, participants are invited to tackle pressing challenges within [...]

Targeted Genome Editor Delivery Challenge

By |2024-06-06T09:46:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Gene editing holds the promise to treat genetic diseases at the source by correcting the faulty genetic patterns within our cells. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched the TARGETED (Targeted Genome Editor Delivery) Challenge to advance genome editing technology by sourcing innovative solutions for delivering genome editors to somatic cells. The Challenge [...]

Boeing’s Starliner Approaching Station Live on NASA TV

By |2024-06-06T09:40:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Boeing’s Starliner crew ship approaches the space station during the company’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 mission on May 20, 2022. NASA’s arrival coverage of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station is now underway on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Docking is scheduled at approximately 12:15 p.m. EDT [...]

Water Supply Forecast Rodeo

By |2024-06-06T09:39:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Accurate seasonal water supply forecasts are crucial for effective water resources management. Help the Bureau of Reclamation develop models to forecast the cumulative streamflow volume for sites across the Western United States. Government Agency: Bureau of Reclamation Award: $500,000 Open Date: October 2023 Close Date: July 2024 For more information, visit: https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/group/reclamation-water-supply-forecast/ [...]

NASA Marshall Engineer Receives AIAA Honors Award

By |2024-06-06T09:34:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) AIAA Executive Director Daniel Dumbacher, left, and AIAA President Laura McGill, right, present NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Chief Engineer Kurt Polzin with the Engineer of the Year Award at the AIAA Awards Gala on May 15 at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing [...]

Pioneering Research for Early Prediction of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias EUREKA Challenge

By |2024-06-06T09:29:00-04:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks to stimulate the use of data resources with appropriate sample diversity, including data relevant to under-resourced, underserved communities disproportionately burdened by AD/ADRD. For example, for Asian, Black, or Hispanic older adults, the protein amyloid – which has long [...]

Meet the Simunauts: Ohio State Students to Test Space Food Solutions for NASA

By |2024-06-05T16:29:00-04:00June 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 Min Read Meet the Simunauts: Ohio State Students to Test Space Food Solutions for NASA Ohio State University has hired four student “Simunauts” (simulated analog astronauts) to test NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge technologies at the Wilbur A. Gould Food Industries Center's Food Processing Pilot Plant this summer. From left to right: Charlie [...]

The Marshall Star for June 5, 2024

By |2024-06-05T16:14:00-04:00June 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

26 Min Read The Marshall Star for June 5, 2024 LIFTOFF! NASA Astronauts Pilot First Starliner Crewed Test to Station NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely in orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. As part of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight [...]

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