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Eclipses Create Atmospheric Gravity Waves, NASA Student Teams Confirm

By |2024-09-05T09:09:00-04:00September 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

4 Min Read Eclipses Create Atmospheric Gravity Waves, NASA Student Teams Confirm In this photo taken from the International Space Station, the Moon passes in front of the Sun casting its shadow, or umbra, and darkening a portion of the Earth's surface above Texas during the annular solar eclipse Oct. 14, 2023. Credits: NASA [...]

NASA Tunnel Generates Decades of Icy Aircraft Safety Data

By |2024-09-05T08:12:00-04:00September 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics researcher notes the conditions on the P-39L after its first test run in the Icing Research Tunnel on Sept. 13, 1944. The aircraft was too large to fit in the test section, so it was installed downstream in [...]

Artemis IV: Gateway Gadget Fuels Deep Space Dining

By |2024-09-05T07:00:00-04:00September 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A prototype of the Mini Potable Water Dispenser, currently in development at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, is displayed alongside various food pouches during a demonstration at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. NASA/David DeHoyos NASA engineers are working hard to ensure no astronaut goes hungry [...]

Sol 4294: Return to McDonald Pass

By |2024-09-05T01:56:00-04:00September 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity NavigationCuriosity HomeMission OverviewWhere is Curiosity?Mission UpdatesScienceOverviewInstrumentsHighlightsExploration GoalsNews and FeaturesMultimediaCuriosity Raw ImagesImagesVideosAudioMore ResourcesMars MissionsMars Sample ReturnMars Perseverance RoverMars Curiosity RoverMAVENMars Reconnaissance OrbiterMars OdysseyMore Mars MissionsThe Solar SystemThe SunMercuryVenusEarthThe MoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto & Dwarf PlanetsAsteroids, Comets & MeteorsThe Kuiper BeltThe Oort Cloud 2 min read Sol 4294: Return to McDonald Pass This image was taken by Front Hazard [...]

Sols 4291-4293: Fairview Dome, the Sequel

By |2024-09-05T01:32:00-04:00September 5th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity NavigationCuriosity HomeMission OverviewWhere is Curiosity?Mission UpdatesScienceOverviewInstrumentsHighlightsExploration GoalsNews and FeaturesMultimediaCuriosity Raw ImagesImagesVideosAudioMore ResourcesMars MissionsMars Sample ReturnMars Perseverance RoverMars Curiosity RoverMAVENMars Reconnaissance OrbiterMars OdysseyMore Mars MissionsThe Solar SystemThe SunMercuryVenusEarthThe MoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto & Dwarf PlanetsAsteroids, Comets & MeteorsThe Kuiper BeltThe Oort Cloud 3 min read Sols 4291-4293: Fairview Dome, the Sequel This image was taken by Left Navigation [...]

The Marshall Star for September 4, 2024

By |2024-09-04T15:50:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

23 Min Read The Marshall Star for September 4, 2024 Rocket Hardware for Future Artemis Flights Moved to Barge for Delivery to Kennedy NASA is making strides with the Artemis campaign as key components for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket continue to make their way to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Teams with NASA and Boeing loaded [...]

NASA Earth Scientists Take Flight, Set Sail to Verify PACE Satellite Data

By |2024-09-04T15:00:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) More than 100 scientists will participate in a field campaign involving a research vessel and two aircraft this month to verify the accuracy of data collected by NASA’s new PACE satellite: the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission. The process of data validation includes [...]

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit’s Science of Opportunity on Space Station

By |2024-09-04T14:08:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Don Pettit.NASA Science ideas are everywhere. Some of the greatest discoveries have come from tinkering and toying with new concepts and ideas. NASA astronaut Don Pettit [...]

Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up

By |2024-09-04T12:50:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The powerhouse of Gateway, NASA’s orbiting outpost around the Moon and a critical piece of infrastructure for Artemis, is in the midst of several electric propulsion system tests. The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), being manufactured by Maxar Technologies, provides Gateway with power, high-rate communications, and propulsion for maneuvers around the Moon and to [...]

NASA TechRise Student Challenge

By |2024-09-04T12:27:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Are you ready for this year’s NASA TechRise Student challenge? From researching Earth’s environment to designing experiments for space exploration, schools are invited to join NASA in its mission to inspire the world through discovery. If you are in sixth to 12th grade at a U.S. public, private, or charter school – including those [...]

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