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60 Years Ago: Gemini 1 Flies a Successful Uncrewed Test Flight

[ad_1] On April 8, 1964, Gemini 1 successfully completed the first uncrewed test flight of the Gemini spacecraft and its Titan II booster. The three-orbit mission proved the structural integrity of the spacecraft and the launch vehicle, paving the way for a second uncrewed test flight and ultimately missions with astronauts. The primary goals of […]

NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge

[ad_1] NASA selected nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged to explore how NASA has powered some of its most famous science missions and to dream up how their personal “super power” […]

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station

[ad_1] NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara returned to Earth after a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on Saturday, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya. The trio departed the space station aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at 11:54 p.m. EDT on April 5, and made a safe, parachute-assisted […]

NASA’s LRO Finds Photo Op as It Zips Past SKorea’s Danuri Moon Orbiter

[ad_1] NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), which has been circling and studying the Moon for 15 years, captured several images of Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Danuri lunar orbiter last month. The two spacecraft, traveling in nearly parallel orbits, zipped past each other in opposite directions between March 5 and 6, 2024. LRO’s narrow angle camera […]

NASA Selects University Teams to Compete in 2024 RASC-AL Competition

[ad_1] Fourteen undergraduate and graduate teams from across the country were selected as finalists to compete in one of NASA’s longest running student challenges — the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition. The competition fuels innovation and challenges undergraduate and graduate teams to develop new concepts to improve our ability to operate […]

NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles

[ad_1] A six-person team of researchers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will travel to Fort Drum, N.Y., to study changes in the Sun’s radiation as it reaches Earth before, during, and after the total solar eclipse April 8. Weather sensors similar to what is used on daily weather balloons by the National […]

NASA Leadership Spotlights Space Sustainability at Space Symposium

[ad_1] NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Associate Administrator Jim Free are scheduled to speak at the Space Foundation’s 39th Space Symposium from Tuesday, April 9 through Thursday, April 11 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. During her keynote, “Responsible Exploration: Preserving the Cosmos for Tomorrow,” Melroy will discuss NASA’s integrated approach to foster the long-term sustainability […]

Astronauts Protect Their Eyes with Eclipse Glasses

[ad_1] While visiting NASA Headquarters in Washington on March 19, 2024, astronauts Stephen Bowen, left, Frank Rubio, Warren Hoburg, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, right, posed for a photo wearing solar viewing glasses (“eclipse glasses”). Eclipse glasses with the ISO 12312-2 international standard or a safe handheld solar viewer are a must-have to look […]

40 Years Ago: STS-41C, the Solar Max Repair Mission

[ad_1] On Apr. 6, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fifth flight, STS-41C. Its five-person crew of Commander Robert L. “Crip” Crippen, Pilot Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, and Mission Specialists Terry J. “TJ” Hart, James D. “Ox” Van Hoften, and George D. “Pinky Nelson flew a seven-day mission that expanded the shuttle’s capabilities. […]

Lagniappe for April 2024 – NASA

[ad_1] Explore the April 2024 issue featuring: NASA Achieves Milestone for Engines to Power Future Artemis Missions NASA-Sponsored FIRST Robotics Competition Welcomes 37 Teams to Magnolia Regional NASA, Stennis Leaders Provide Annual Update Picture this. The year is 2044. It is 20 years into the future, and you think to yourself, “Life is all about […]

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60 Years Ago: Gemini 1 Flies a Successful Uncrewed Test Flight

NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge

NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from Space Station

NASA’s LRO Finds Photo Op as It Zips Past SKorea’s Danuri Moon Orbiter

NASA Selects University Teams to Compete in 2024 RASC-AL Competition

NASA Langley Team to Study Weather During Eclipse Using Uncrewed Vehicles

NASA Leadership Spotlights Space Sustainability at Space Symposium

Astronauts Protect Their Eyes with Eclipse Glasses

40 Years Ago: STS-41C, the Solar Max Repair Mission

Lagniappe for April 2024 – NASA