Biweekly Washington, D.C., Update for the Week Ending July 24, 2020
by By Hanh Le For the international space community, this summer, and especially this week have been heavily focused on Mars. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) …
Month: July 2020
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/24/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Spectrum: The crew performed a shutdown of the Spectrum hardware after the ground teams performed a checkout. The hardware will be …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of July 20, 2020
The week of July 20, research conducted by crew members aboard the International Space Station included studies on how microgravity affects the behavior of fluids …
PIA24010: Icaria Fossae
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Space4U Podcast: Danielle Dallas Roosa – Back to Space
By Space Foundation Editorial Team In this episode: We meet Danielle Dallas Roosa, Cofounder & Chief Communications Officer of Back to Space, a transmedia organization …
Hubble Snaps Ghostly Galaxy
The stunning silvery-blue spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 4848 are observed in immense detail in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Source:: Goddard …
Apollo 11 Aboard the USS Hornet
This image, taken on July 24, 1969, shows the Apollo 11 command codule and the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are photographed aboard the USS Hornet …
Mission Complete: NASA Announces Artemis Generation Winners of NASA Student Launch
The category and overall winners of the 2020 NASA Student Launch competition are announced. Source:: updates 2
Volunteer Spotlight: Marissa Blum
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 …
NASA Awards Contract for Human Space Flight Technical Integration
NASA has awarded the Human Space Flight Technical Integration Contract (HSFTIC) to Barrios Technology Ltd. of Houston to support multiple human spaceflight programs at the …
Hubble Sees Summertime on Saturn
Saturn is truly the lord of the rings in this latest snapshot from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, taken on July 4, 2020, when the opulent …
NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Launch
NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities and events ahead of the launch of the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which …
PIA24009: South Polar Textures
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
The NACA Cools B-29 Engines During World War II
NACA researchers solved engine overheating issues on WWII aircraft. Source:: Glenn Center
PIA23988: Five Ganymedes
Target: Ganymede Mission: Juno Instrument: JIRAM Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM Source:: updates
Comet NEOWISE Streaks Across the Sky Above Lone Pine Lake
Comet NEOWISE streaked across the sky above the tree line of Lone Pine Lake, located on the Mount Whitney Trail in the Eastern Sierra Nevada …
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Passes Flight Readiness Review
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission cleared its Flight Readiness Review Wednesday, an important milestone on its way to the launch pad. Source:: updates 5 …
Meet Marshall’s Caleb Fassett, NASA Scientist Who Discovered Next Mars Rover Landing Site
As a college student in the early 2000s, Marshall scientist Caleb Fassett was transfixed by images of a site on Mars he suspected to be …
NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to First Operational Commercial Crew Launch
Media accreditation now is open for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station – the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/22/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools (EarthKAM): The crew performed the shutdown and stow of the EarthKAM hardware completing …
PIA24008: Lucus Planum Yardangs
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
NASA Mentor-Protégé Program Cultivates Space Industry Firms’ Skills, Know-how – and Talent Pool
NASA’s Mentor-Protégé Program, now led for the agency by NASA’s Marshall Center, creates mutually advantageous growth opportunities among veteran, large companies and energetic newcomers – …
This Week in NASA History: Chandra Launches – July 23, 1999
This week in 1999, space shuttle Columbia, mission STS-93, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a four-day mission to deliver the Chandra X-ray Observatory …
Developing Technologies to Send Humans to Mars
NASA is developing technologies to send humans to the Red Planet. Source:: updates 3
Fruit Punch and Foam Could Help Us Learn to Manage Liquids in Space
Hurley conducted his foam infill demonstration as a part of the Capillary Structures for Exploration Life Support (Capillary Structures) investigation, which studies the use of …
Making the Most of a Virtual NASA Internship
To maintain steady progress with projects, NASA Langley decided to allow their interns to work remotely from their residences. Many of these interns work on …
NASA Glenn Names New Deputy Director
NASA’s Glenn Research Center Director Marla Pérez-Davis has appointed Susan Motil as the next deputy director of the center in Cleveland. Source:: Glenn Center
NASA Awards Fellowships to Advance Exploration, Increase Minority STEM Opportunities
NASA has awarded 17 fellowships to minority-serving institutions, through its Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), and an additional five fellowships to other universities …
NASA’s ‘Robot Hotel’ Gets Its Occupants
As part of a spacewalk on July 21, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Chris Cassidy installed the “robot hotel” on the exterior of the International …
Recap: Mars Perseverance Mission Detailed by NASA Leadership in Space Foundation Webinar
By Andrew de Naray Seventh grader Alex Mather, who won the contest to name NASA’s new Mars rover on March 5, could not have had …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/21/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Food Physiology: The crew performed the setup for Saliva collection in support of the Food Physiology study. The Integrated Impact of …
PIA24007: Windstreaks
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
Matt Bolcar, Optical Engineer Who Helps the Upcoming Roman Space Telescope See
Matt Bolcar, Optical Engineer Who Helps the New Roman Space Telescope See Source:: Goddard
Apollo 11: Returning from the Moon
On July 21, 1969, command and service module pilot Michael Collins photographed this close-up view of the docking target on the Apollo 11 Lunar Module …
Langley CARES Volunteers Give Local STEM Students Virtual Tutoring
The aim of Langley CARES, or Community Alliance to Reinforce Education in STEM, is to empower the next generation of the NASA workforce in the …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/20/2020
By Bill Keeter Systems S6 Battery Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #4 Preparations: Today, the crew continued preparations for the final EVA in the S6 battery upgrade …
PIA24006: All Broken Up
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
We Came in Peace for All Mankind
On July 20, 1969, two American astronauts made history by landing on the surface of another celestial body. Source:: updates 3
NASA to Broadcast Mars 2020 Perseverance Launch, Prelaunch Activities
NASA is targeting 7:50 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 30, for the launch of its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V …
A Walk Through the Rainbow with PACE
For NASA’s upcoming Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission, or PACE, the colors of the rainbow — or, if you prefer, the visible wavelengths of …