NASA’s AIRS Monitors Tropical Storm Fay as It Deluges the East Coast
by From its vantage point aboard the Aqua satellite, the instrument maps how much moisture the storm’s clouds contain. Source:: Hurricans
PIA23783: Tropical Storm Fay 2020
Target: Earth Mission: Aqua Instrument: AIRS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
Volunteer Spotlight: Quinn DeBates
By Space Foundation Editorial Team These Volunteer Spotlight articles profile some of the interesting and dedicated people who make Space Foundation programs possible. We could …
Biweekly Washington, D.C., Update for the Week Ending July 10, 2020
By Hanh Le It was another busy markup week for House appropriators following last week’s House Armed Services Committee’s full markup of the FY2021 National …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of July 6, 2020
Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of July 6 that included research on the perception of movement in …
Aviation Scholars to Speak with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Aviation scholars from across the nation will pose questions next week to NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Source:: updates 5
NASA Awards SETI Institute Contract for Planetary Protection Support
NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future planetary protection missions to ensure …
PIA24000: Mamers Valles
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Space4U Podcast: Jill Johnson and Allen Platek — Tempur-Pedic
By Space Foundation Editorial Team In this episode: We meet Jill Johnson, Vice President of Brand Management for Tempur-Pedic and Allen Platek, who leads the …
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Newly-Discovered Comet NEOWISE
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was at the right place at the right time to capture a unique view of comet NEOWISE on July 5, 2020. …
Hubble Sees Sculpted Galaxy
Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, this image shows NGC 7513, a barred spiral galaxy. This galaxy is moving at the astounding speed of 972 …
Creating Psyche: Mission to an Asteroid
An electric Hall thruster, identical to those that will be used to propel NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, undergoes testing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Source:: updates …
PIA23797: A Big Crane for a Big Dish
Mission: Deep Space Network (DSN) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
PIA23986: Maneuvering Perseverance
Mission: Mars 2020 Project Image Credit: NASA/KSC Source:: updates
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/09/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Droplet Formation Study (DFS) installation: The crew installed the DFS investigation hardware into the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG). The investigation is …
Alabama High School Students Create a Meal NASA Will Send to Astronauts in Space
To add variety to the healthy diet of the astronauts on the International Space Station, NASA’s HUNCH program, which stands for High school students United …
Astronauts add expertise, refine space station science in orbit
When NASA astronaut Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor tested the operation of a sextant aboard the International Space Station, she quickly realized that using the centuries-old navigation …
Conditions Ripe for Active Amazon Fire, Atlantic Hurricane Seasons
Warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the tropical North AtlanticOcean so far in 2020 have set the stage for an active hurricane season andelevated …
STS-135: Shuttle’s Final Launch and the Beginning of a New Era
Space Shuttle Atlantis’ STS-135 mission launched from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on July 8, 2011 and was the last space shuttle mission. …
PIA23827: Fitting the Rover’s Power Supply
Mission: Mars 2020 Project Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC/DOE Source:: updates
PIA23792: Comet NEOWISE Discovery Images
Target: Comet Mission: NEOWISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
More Faces Behind NASA’s Artemis Gateway
With the Artemis program, NASA will land the next man and first woman on the Moon by 2024 and establish a sustainable presence around the …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/08/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Fluids Integrated Rack/Light Microscopy Module (FIR/LMM)/CDM Change-out: As a continuation of the CDM experiment, the crew installed the seventh of the …
PIA23998: Inside a Crater
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
This Week in NASA History: Second International Microgravity Laboratory Launches – July 8, 1994
This week in 1994, space shuttle Columbia, mission STS-65, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying the second International Microgravity Laboratory. Source:: updates 2
Heat Shield Milestone Complete for First Orion Mission with Crew
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently finished meticulously applying more than 180 blocks of ablative material to the heat shield for the …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/07/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads NRCSD-18 Install to Slide Table: In preparation for the NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer – mission 18 (NRCSD-18) currently planned for later this …
PIA23880: Psyche’s Spectrometer
Target: Asteroid Mission: Psyche Instrument: Gamma Ray/Neutron Spectrometer (GRNS) Image Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman Source:: updates
PIA23997: Daedalia Planum Windstreak
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Space Foundation Names Highmount Co., Ltd. Space Certification™ Program Partner
By Space Foundation Editorial Team COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 7, 2020) — Through its Space Certification™ program, the Space Foundation builds awareness of the benefits …
PIA23896: NASA InSight’s Mole Taps the Bottom of the Lander’s Scoop
Target: Mars Mission: InSight Instrument: Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
Ethan Burbridge, In Control of the Thermostat, On Spacecraft
Ethan Burbridge, a thermal engineer, controls the thermostat on spacecraft for NASA. Source:: Goddard
NASA Provides Update on Commercial Crew Program, Close Call Review of Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 7, to discuss the outcome of its High Visibility Close Call review of …
PIA23955: Al Jowf, Saudi Arabia
Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team Source:: updates
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/06/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Fluids Integrated Rack/Light Microscopy Module (FIR/LMM)/CDM change out: As a continuation of the CDM experiment, the crew installed the sixth of …
PIA23975: Curiosity Finds Nodules near the Top of Pediment Slope
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Instrument: Mastcam Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Source:: updates
Artemis Generation Students Across US to Speak with NASA Astronaut in Space
Students from across the nation will pose questions about NASA’s Artemis program to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The educational event will air …
Upgrading the Space Station Is All in a Day’s Work
NASA astronaut Robert Behnken works during the Wednesday, July 1, 2020, six-hour and one-minute spacewalk to swap an aging nickel-hydrogen battery for a new lithium-ion …
PIA23995: Outflow Channels
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of June 29, 2020
Scientific investigations conducted aboard the International Space Station during the week of June 29 included research on autonomous robot assistants, the properties of liquid metals, …