Kathy Lueders Selected to Lead NASA’s Human Spaceflight Office

[ad_1] NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Friday selected Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders to be the agency’s next associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. Since 2014, Lueders has directed NASA’s efforts to send astronauts to space on private spacecraft, which culminated in the first successfu [ad_2] Source link

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Hubble Glimpses a Galaxy Among Many

[ad_1] Looking deep into the universe, the Hubble Space Telescope catches a passing glimpse of the numerous arm-like structures that sweep around this barred spiral galaxy, known as NGC 2608. Appearing as a slightly stretched, smaller version of our Milky Way, the peppered blue and red spiral arms are anchored together by the prominent horizontal […]

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NASA Selects Astrobotic to Fly Water-Hunting Rover to the Moon

[ad_1] NASA has awarded Astrobotic of Pittsburgh $199.5 million to deliver NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon’s South Pole in late 2023. [ad_2] Source link

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Grand Finale: One of Cassini's Last Dives

[ad_1] This illustration imagines the view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during one of its final dives between Saturn and its innermost rings. [ad_2] Source link

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The Space In-between: Aurora Australis

[ad_1] Like a wisp of green smoke, the aurora australis seemingly intersects with the Earth’s airglow as the International Space Station orbited above the Indian Ocean halfway between Australia and Antarctica. [ad_2] Source link

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Japan's HTV-9 Cargo Craft Helps Supply the Space Station

[ad_1] Japan’s resupply ship, the H-II Transfer Vehicle-9 (HTV-9), is pictured attached to the International Space Station’s Harmony module. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Highlights Student Participants in Spacesuit Technology Challenge

[ad_1] Media are invited to attend virtual student presentations for the NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technology for Students (NASA SUITS) challenge at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 11. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA to Announce Selection of Company to Fly VIPER Rover to Moon

[ad_1] NASA will announce the commercial provider selected to deliver NASA’s new water-hunting mobile robot, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), to the South Pole of the Moon during a media teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 10. [ad_2] Source link

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The Red Planet's Holden Crater

[ad_1] Exquisite layering is revealed emerging from the sand in southern Holden Crater. Sequences like these offer a window into Mars’ complicated geologic history. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Awards Contracts for Architect-Engineer Services

[ad_1] NASA has selected BRPH Architects Engineers Inc. of Melbourne, Florida, Affiliated Engineers SE, Inc. of Newberry, Florida, and Nelson Engineering Co. of Merritt Island, Florida, to provide architect-engineer services for the design and other professional services necessary to rehabilitate, modernize and develop new or existing mechanical systems f [ad_2] Source link

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