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Citizen Scientists Invited to Collect Data for NASA During Eclipse

[ad_1] 29 min read March-April 2024: The Next Full Moon is the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, or Worm Moon The next full moon is the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, or Worm Moon; the Paschal Moon; Purim; the Holi Festival Moon; Madin Poya; the Pothole Moon; a Micromoon, and a Partial Lunar Eclipse. [ad_2] Source link

Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Melanie Grande

[ad_1] Melanie Grande works in mission design and systems analysis at NASA’s Langley Research Center, where she has contributed to planning for human exploration of both the Moon and Mars. Starting in Langley’s Space Mission Analysis Branch (SMAB) as a Pathways co-op student in 2016, Melanie currently works as an aerospace engineer on the Mars […]

NASA’s Artemis IV: Building First Lunar Space Station

[ad_1] NASA and its partners are developing the foundational systems needed for long-term exploration at the Moon for the benefit of all with NASA’s Artemis campaign. Following the Artemis III mission that will land the first people near the Moon’s South Pole, astronauts on Artemis IV will live and work in humanity’s first lunar space […]

NASA’s Open Data Approach to Solar Eclipse Research

[ad_1] NASA is committed to open science and making scientific data available to everyone. Following each solar eclipse, the agency shares the data collected with the global community. Through publicly available datasets, accessible via online repositories and dedicated eclipse websites, NASA ensures that researchers, educators, students, and enthusiasts alike can delve into the intricacies of […]

Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: The Langley ASIA-AQ Team

[ad_1] In honor of Women’s History Month, we caught up with the ASIA-AQ team on the other side of the Earth and asked the women from Langley about their inspirations and challenges as scientists. The ASIA-AQ (Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality) mission is an international cooperative field study designed to address local […]

Meet the Two Women Leading Space Station Science

[ad_1] The International Space Station provides researchers access to the unique features of low Earth orbit: long-duration microgravity, exposure to space, and a one-of-a-kind perspective of our planet. These special attributes enable scientists to conduct innovative experiments that can’t be done anywhere else. Employees in the International Space Station Research Integration Office at NASA’s Johnson […]

NASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance Engineering Contract

[ad_1] NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation of Reston, Virginia, for safety and mission assurance support at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract III (SMAEC) is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the ability to issue cost-plus-award-fee and fixed price task […]

Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System

[ad_1] 05 Ceres Ceres is the smallest dwarf planet with an equatorial diameter of about 599 miles (about 964 kilometers). Ceres is about 1/13 the width of Earth. The closest dwarf planet to the Sun, Ceres orbits the Sun from an average distance of 257 million miles (413 million kilometers), and it’s about 2.8 times […]

The Next Full Moon is the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, or Worm Moon

[ad_1] Assuming you can find a place with clear skies near the centerline of this swath, this eclipse, in particular, should be quite a show. Compared to the eclipse in 2017, the Moon will be nearer its closest to the Earth, making its shadow larger, the sky darker, and the eclipse longer. In addition, the […]

NASA Names Finalists to Help Deal with Dust in Human Lander Challenge

[ad_1] NASA selected 12 finalist teams to compete in the next round of the Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) competition. In 2023, NASA invited undergraduate and graduate students from accredited colleges and universities in the United States to propose innovative solutions to manage the lunar dust a spacecraft stirs up when landing on the Moon. NASA’s […]

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Citizen Scientists Invited to Collect Data for NASA During Eclipse

Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Melanie Grande

NASA’s Artemis IV: Building First Lunar Space Station

NASA’s Open Data Approach to Solar Eclipse Research

Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: The Langley ASIA-AQ Team

Meet the Two Women Leading Space Station Science

NASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance Engineering Contract

Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System

The Next Full Moon is the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, or Worm Moon

NASA Names Finalists to Help Deal with Dust in Human Lander Challenge