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Electrodynamic Dust Shield Heading to Moon on Firefly Lander

By |2025-01-08T13:55:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Inside of the Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an electrodynamic dust shield (EDS) is in view on Jan. 18, 2023. The dust shield is one of the payloads that will fly aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. [...]

AMS Hyperwall Schedule

By |2025-01-08T13:53:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Earth ObserverEarth HomeEarth Observer HomeEditor’s CornerFeature ArticlesMeeting SummariesNewsScience in the NewsCalendarsIn MemoriamMoreArchives 3 min read AMS Hyperwall Schedule NASA Science at AMS Hyperwall Schedule, January 13-16, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #401) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. MONDAY, JANUARY 13 6:10 – 6:25 PMThe Golden Age [...]

415 Years Ago: Astronomer Galileo Discovers Jupiter’s Moons

By |2025-01-08T11:06:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On Jan. 7, 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered through his newly improved 20-power homemade telescope at the planet Jupiter. He noticed three other points of light near the planet, at first believing them to be distant stars. Observing them over several nights, he noted that they appeared to move in the wrong direction with [...]

NASA Lander to Test Vacuum Cleaner on Moon for Sample Collection

By |2025-01-08T10:49:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Lunar Planet Vac, or LPV, is one of 10 payloads set to be carried to the Moon by the Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander in 2025. LPV is designed to efficiently collect and transfer lunar soil from the surface to other science and analysis [...]

Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station

By |2025-01-08T10:13:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, along with astronaut Suni Williams, will also complete other [...]

NASA’s 2024 International Space Station Achievements

By |2025-01-08T10:00:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

City lights streak across Earth and an aurora is visible on the horizon as the International Space Station passes over Lake Michigan.NASA For more than 24 years, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth for the benefit of [...]

NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft

By |2025-01-08T10:00:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function while there. “With this incredible milestone, Roman remains on track for launch, and we’re a big step [...]

Sols 4416-4417: New Year, New Clouds

By |2025-01-08T00:47:00-05:00January 8th, 2025|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 Mosaics 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 [...]

Best of 2024: Reestablished NASA Art Program Begins with Mural in New York City

By |2025-01-07T16:00:00-05:00January 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Joel Kowsky The New York-based artist team Geraluz, left, and WERC, right, pose in front of their mural “To the Moon, and Back” with their son Amaru, 5. The community mural was created as part of the reimagined NASA Art Program, which aims to inspire and engage the next generation of explorers – the Artemis [...]

NASA eClips Educator Receives 2024 VAST Science Educator Specialist Award

By |2025-01-07T14:24:00-05:00January 7th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Learn Home NASA eClips Educator Receives… Science Activation Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   2 min read NASA eClips Educator Receives 2024 VAST Science Educator Specialist Award On November 14, 2024, NASA eClips team member, Betsy McAllister, was recognized with the prestigious Virginia Association [...]

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