Month: October 2019

NASA has awarded ThunderCat Technology LLC of Reston, Virginia, to provide ServiceNow products, renewals and support services for purchase when needed with a Solutions for …

A Series of Spacewalks Four Years in the Making Will Attempt to Revive a Scientific Experiment

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer – 02 (AMS-02) has been looking for evidence of dark matter from the vantage point of the International Space Station since …

ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/31/2019

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PIA23531: Okata, Japan

Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team Source:: updates

NASA to Live Stream Symposium on Exoplanet Science

The symposium, titled “Rocky Exoplanets in the Era of NASA’s Webb: Theory and Observation” is the second symposium hosted by the Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration …

PIA23524: Nili Fossae

Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates

Firefighting Efforts in Kincade and Getty Fires in California Slowing Growth

Firefighters for both the Kincade and Getty fires in California have made great strides overnight trying to put out the flames. Source:: Goddard

NASA Armstrong Interns Create a New Way to Explore Flight

If you have ever dreamt of having a NASA aircraft in your living room, then you are in luck. The Aeronautics AR app, which has …

Observing California’s Wildfires from the Space Station

From the vantage point of space aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan captured this image of a California wildfire. Source:: updates 3 …

NASA Awards Modification to Safety, Mission Assurance Services Contract

NASA has awarded a contract modification to Bastion Technologies, Inc. of Houston for safety and mission assurance (SMA) services. Source:: updates 2

NASA Selects Minority-Serving Institutions to Advance Aerospace Manufacturing

The Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) of NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement is partnering with the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate to provide …

PIA23469: A Light Touch Required for NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover

Mission: Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates

NASA Assigns Chris Cassidy to Next Space Station Crew, Holds Media Briefing

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy will return to the International Space Station next April. Source:: updates 5

Combing Through The “X-Ray Files”

In its 20 years of operations, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed hundreds of thousands of X-ray sources across the Universe. These data are stored …

ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/30/2019

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Building Solar Panels in Space Might be as Easy as Clicking Print

Scientists are testing a new, durable, recyclable and efficient material that could soon power habitats on the Moon. Source:: Glenn Center

55 Years Ago: The First Flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle

55 Years Ago: The First Flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle Source:: Armstrong Flight Center

NASA Deputy Administrator, Astronaut Candidate to Visit University of North Carolina

NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard and astronaut candidate Zena Cardman will visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) Wednesday to Thursday, …

NASA Administrator, Astronaut Candidate to Visit University of North Carolina

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and astronaut candidate Zena Cardman will visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) Wednesday to Thursday, Nov. …

The Face of the Antares Rocket

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is seen as it rolls out to Pad-0A, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Source:: …

ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/29/2019

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Jupiter’s Cloud Tops: From High to Low

This view from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures colorful, intricate patterns in a jet stream region of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere known as “Jet N3.” Source:: updates …

NASA Experimented with Wind Turbines at Plum Brook in the 1970s

by NASA, Aliens & KouroshOctober 28, 2019

In the 1970s, a wind turbine at NASA’s Plum Brook Station ushered in an era of wind energy research. Source:: Glenn Center

ISS Daily Summary Report – 10/28/2019

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Maine Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

by NASA, Aliens & KouroshOctober 25, 2019

Students from Maine will have an opportunity next week to talk live with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Source:: updates 6

PIA23510: Indus Vallis

by NASA, Aliens & KouroshOctober 25, 2019

Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: Mars

PIA23468: That’s One Small Step for a Mars Rover

Mission: Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: Spacecraft and Telescopes

PIA23439: From High to Low

Target: Jupiter Mission: Juno Instrument: JunoCam Image Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Gerald Eichstadt Source:: Jupiter

NASA Invites Media to Boeing Orbital Flight Test Launch for Commercial Crew

Media accreditation is open for Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) to the International Space Station, as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Source:: space …

Chandra Spots a Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making

Astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a rare collision between four galaxy clusters. …

PIA23378: Curiosity at Glen Etive

Target: Mars Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Instrument: MAHLI Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Source:: Mars

PIA23509: Dark Slope Streaks