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NASA Shares Medical Expertise with New Space Station Partners

[ad_1] NASA is opening access to space for more people by working with private industry on the development of new commercial space stations for low Earth orbit where the agency’s astronauts could fly in the future. New commercial space stations will be available to people beyond government or professional astronauts with years of specialized training […]

NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire

[ad_1] After 37 years of successful airborne science missions, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft completed its final mission and returned to the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, on April 1. The DC-8 and crew were welcomed back with a celebratory water salute by the U.S Air Force Plant 42 Fire Department after […]

NASA’s Lola Fatoyinbo Receives Royal Geographical Society Prize

[ad_1] Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo, a research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, received the Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Prize on April 8 in London. The prize, according to the RGS, recognizes “outstanding achievement by an individual in the pursuit and/or application of geographical research, with a particular emphasis […]

NASA Wallops Launches 3 Rockets During Eclipse in Virginia

[ad_1] Three Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia April 8, 2024, during the solar eclipse. The rockets launched for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission to study the disturbances in the electrified region of Earth’s atmosphere known as the ionosphere created when the Moon eclipses the […]

New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations

[ad_1] To address a rapidly changing space operating environment and ensure its preservation for generations to come, NASA released the first part of its integrated Space Sustainability Strategy, on Tuesday advancing the agency’s role as a global leader on this crucial issue. “The release of this strategy marks true progress for NASA on space sustainability,” […]

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara to Discuss Space Station Mission

[ad_1] After spending six-and-a-half-months aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will participate in a news conference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Monday, April 15, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will air live on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Learn how to […]

Through Astronaut Eyes, Virtual Reality Propels Gateway Forward

[ad_1] NASA astronauts are using virtual reality to explore Gateway. When they slip on their headsets, they’re not just seeing the station—they’re in it, meticulously surveying every detail and offering crucial insights on design and functionality. Astronauts living aboard the Gateway lunar space station will be the first humans to make their home in deep […]

Seeing Totality – NASA

[ad_1] On April 8, 2024, a NASA photographer captured the total solar eclipse in Dallas. A small part of North America, from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, saw the total solar eclipse, while all North America and parts of Central America and Europe saw a partial solar eclipse. The next […]

Making Ultra-fast Electron Measurements in Multiple Directions to Reveal the Secrets of the Aurora

[ad_1] In the design of APES, one major trade-off had to be made. For the magnetic field geometry to work properly, the instrument can only observe in one direction. This concept works well if the goal is just to measure the precipitating (downgoing) electrons in the aurora that ultimately hit the atmosphere. However, we know […]

From NASA’s First Astronaut Class to Artemis II: The Importance of Military Jet Pilot Experience

[ad_1] On April 9, 1959, reporters and news media crammed into the ballroom of the Dolley Madison House in Washington—the location of NASA Headquarters at that time—to learn the names of the first American astronauts who came to be known as the Mercury 7. Public Information Director Walter Bonney kicked off the announcement by pointing […]

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NASA Shares Medical Expertise with New Space Station Partners

NASA’s DC-8 Completes Final Mission, Set to Retire

NASA’s Lola Fatoyinbo Receives Royal Geographical Society Prize

NASA Wallops Launches 3 Rockets During Eclipse in Virginia

New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future for Space Operations

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara to Discuss Space Station Mission

Through Astronaut Eyes, Virtual Reality Propels Gateway Forward

Seeing Totality – NASA

Making Ultra-fast Electron Measurements in Multiple Directions to Reveal the Secrets of the Aurora

From NASA’s First Astronaut Class to Artemis II: The Importance of Military Jet Pilot Experience