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Space Station AMS-02 Instrument Works on the Mystery of Dark Matter

By |2024-09-04T09:29:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

AMS-02 mounted on the outside of the space station.NASA Visible matter in the form of stars and planets adds up to about five percent of the total known mass of the Universe. The rest is either dark matter, antimatter, or dark energy. The exact nature of these substances is unknown, but the International Space Station’s [...]

Lagniappe for September 2024

By |2024-09-04T09:28:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

7 Min Read Lagniappe for September 2024 Explore the September 2024 issue, highlighting NASA Stennis Silver Snoopy awards, center visits, and more! Explore Lagniappe for September 2024 featuring: NASA Honors NASA Stennis Employees for Flight Safety Summer Interns Display NASA Stennis Work NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office Visits NASA Stennis Gator Speaks NASA’s [...]

Key Moments Lead to Fulfilling NASA Stennis Career

By |2024-09-04T09:07:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Joseph Ladner stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where he leads a team managing the budgets to fund the nation’s premier propulsion test site. NASA/Danny Nowlin Joseph Ladner’s experiences working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, motivate him to “pay it forward” so more people can [...]

Research Plane Dons New Colors for NASA Hybrid Electric Flight Tests 

By |2024-09-04T06:00:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Dash 7 aircraft that will be modified into a hybrid electric research vehicle under NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project is seen taking off from Moses Lake, Washington en route to Seattle for a ceremony unveiling its new livery. The aircraft is currently [...]

La NASA invita a los medios al lanzamiento de Europa Clipper

By |2024-09-03T17:27:00-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Técnicos ponen a prueba un conjunto de enormes paneles solares que miden aproximadamente 14,2 metros de largo y 4,1 metros de alto para la nave espacial Europa Clipper de la NASA, dentro de la Instalación de servicio de carga peligrosa de la agencia en el Centro Espacial Kennedy en Florida el 7 de agosto.Crédito: NASA/Kim [...]

El X-59 de la NASA avanza en las pruebas de preparación para volar

By |2024-09-03T17:00:00-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) El técnico de soporte vital de la NASA Matthew Sechler ayuda a instalar un asiento eyectable en el avión X-59, en las instalaciones de Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, en Palmdale, California. La culminación de instalación del asiento marca un hito en la integración de [...]

40 Years Ago: STS-41D – First Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery

By |2024-09-03T16:00:00-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On Aug. 30, 1984, space shuttle Discovery lifted off on the STS-41D mission, joining NASA’s fleet as the third space qualified orbiter. The newest shuttle incorporated newer technologies making it significantly lighter than its two predecessors. Discovery lofted the heaviest payload up to that time in shuttle history. The six-person crew included five NASA astronauts [...]

La NASA invita a creadores de las redes sociales al lanzamiento de la misión Europa Clipper

By |2024-09-03T15:35:00-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Crédito: NASA Read this article in English here La NASA invita a los creadores de contenido digital a inscribirse para asistir al lanzamiento de la nave espacial Europa Clipper, la cual recopilará datos para ayudar a los científicos a determinar si Europa, la luna helada de Júpiter, podría albergar vida. La NASA y SpaceX planean [...]

NASA Mission Gets Its First Snapshot of Polar Heat Emissions

By |2024-09-03T15:24:00-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Data from one of the two CubeSats that comprise NASA’s PREFIRE mission was used to make this data visualization showing brightness temperature — the intensity of infrared emissions — over Greenland. Red represents more intense emissions; blue indicates lower intensities. The data was captured [...]

NASA Invites Media to View Launch of Jupiter Moon Mission

By |2024-09-03T15:20:00-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Technicians test a set of massive solar arrays measuring about 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) high for NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the agency’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 7.Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA and SpaceX are targeting a launch period opening Thursday, [...]

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