2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is bringing the world of planetary defense to the public with its new documentary, “Planetary Defenders.” Dr. Shantanu Naidu, Asteroid Radar Researcher, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory points toward the Goldstone Solar System Radar in Barstow, CA – the most powerful planetary radar [...]
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2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Portrait of David Mitchell, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson building in Washington.NASA/Bill Ingalls David Mitchell, the Associate Administrator for MSD. Have you ever wondered how NASA manages to achieve all the incredible missions it does, like probing the Sun and [...]
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Portrait of David Mitchell, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson building in Washington.NASA/Bill Ingalls David Mitchell, Associate Administrator for Mission Support Directorate Have you ever wondered how NASA manages to achieve all the incredible missions it does, like probing the Sun [...]
NASA Deep Space Station 43 (DSS-43), a 230-foot-wide (70-meter-wide) radio antenna at NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia, is seen in this March 4, 2020, image. DSS-43 was more than six times as sensitive as the original antenna at the Canberra complex, so it could communicate with spacecraft at greater distances from Earth. [...]
Explore This Section Science Science Activation Findings from the Field: A… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 3 min read Findings from the Field: A Research Symposium for Student Scientists Within the scientific community, peer review has become the process norm for which an [...]
NASA astronauts (left to right) Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under Artemis. Astronauts on their first flight aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft will confirm all of the spacecraft’s systems operate as designed with crew [...]
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The radio antennas of NASA’s Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex are located near the Australian capital. It’s one of three Deep Space Network facilities around the world that keep the agency in contact with dozens of space missions.NASA Located at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve near [...]
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives Style Guide 34 min read Style Guidelines for ‘The Earth Observer’ Newsletter Introduction The Earth Observer Editorial Process Types of Articles in The Earth Observer General article format — Announcement article — [...]
NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-10 Pilot Nichole Ayers.Credit: SpaceX Students from Dade City, Florida, will have the chance to connect with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers as she answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related questions from aboard the International Space Station. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth call at 1 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 11, on [...]
