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Surfing NASA’s Internet of Animals: Satellites Study Ocean Wildlife

By |2024-07-10T14:12:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An aerial view of Palmyra Atoll, where animal tracking data now being studied by NASA’s Internet of Animals project was collected using wildlife tags by partners at The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and several universities.The Nature [...]

A Midsummer Red Sprite Seen from Space

By |2024-07-10T13:55:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Several transient luminous events illuminate pockets of Earth’s upper atmosphere. A line of thunderstorms off the coast of South Africa powers the rare phenomena. NASA/Matthew Dominick NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed red sprites in Earth’s upper atmosphere from the International Space Station on June 3, 2024. The bright red flashes (more easily seen by clicking [...]

NASA Deputy Administrator Strengthens Ties in Japan, Republic of Korea

By |2024-07-10T12:21:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy gives keynote remarks during the 37th Space Symposium, April 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will visit Japan and the Republic of Korea beginning Thursday, July 11, to underscore the critical role of international cooperation in advancing space exploration and technology development. During [...]

Sols 4239-4240: ‘Vuggin’ Out’

By |2024-07-10T11:54:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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NASA’s Hubble Finds Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri

By |2024-07-10T11:00:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 Min Read NASA’s Hubble Finds Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular star cluster, Omega Centauri. Credits: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Maximilian Häberle (MPIA) Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large [...]

NASA Administrator, Leaders to Discuss Space-Based Cancer Research

By |2024-07-10T10:47:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during an event with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to highlight how the agencies are making progress toward the Biden Cancer Moonshot on March 21 in the Earth Information Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working with agencies [...]

First Mars Crew Completes Yearlong Simulated Red Planet NASA Mission

By |2024-07-10T10:46:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The inaugural CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) crew is “back on Earth” after walking out of their simulated Martian habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 6. The first of three simulated missions, CHAPEA Mission 1 was designed to help scientists, engineers, and mission planners better understand how living on [...]

30 Years Ago: STS-65, the Second International Microgravity Lab Mission

By |2024-07-10T10:29:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On July 8, 1994, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on its 17th trip into space, on the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) mission. Six space agencies sponsored 82 life and microgravity science experiments. The seven-person crew consisted of Commander Robert D. Cabana, Pilot James D. Halsell, Payload Commander Richard J. Hieb, Mission Specialists [...]

NASA Marshall Researchers Battle Biofilm in Space

By |2024-07-10T09:30:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The biofilm mitigation research team at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center assembled its own test stand to undertake a multi-month assessment of a variety of natural and chemical compounds and strategies for eradicating biofilm accretion caused by bacteria and fungi in the wastewater tank [...]

Gateway: Illuminating the Future

By |2024-07-10T07:27:00-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

View of Gateway’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) at a Thales Alenia Space facility in Turin, Italy.Thales Alenia Space An interplay of light and shadows cast the docking ports for Gateway, humanity’s first space station around the Moon, into sharp relief.  Built by NASA commercial partner Northrup Grumman, HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), is one [...]

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