Pat Slane Selected as Director of Chandra X-ray Center
by Dr. Patrick (Pat) Slane of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has been named the next Director of the Chandra X-ray Center …
Month: August 2020
PIA24081: Candor Chasma – False Color
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: sun
Global Survey Using NASA Data Shows Dramatic Growth of Glacial Lakes
In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has …
Stellar Back-to-School Resources Help Students, Teachers, and Parents Reach New Heights
By Space Foundation Editorial Team Space Foundation offering “Digital Backpack” of Content, Tools, and Activities COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — August 31, 2020 — As school …
Sunrise Shadows Over the Philippine Sea
As the International Space Station orbited more than 200 miles above our home planet, the crew caught this glimpse of the sunrise casting long shadows …
Space Station 20th: Two Months to Go to Expedition 1
Space Station 20th: Two Months to Go to Expedition 1 Source:: space station 2
Dragonfly Aerospace Emerges from SCS Aerospace Group
By Space Foundation Editorial Team Ex-SCS employees find international investors and revitalise the South African space dream with a new company focused on creating microsatellites …
Terra MISR Used to Visualize Cloud-top Heights From Tropical Storm Laura in 3D
This perspective can help researchers spot features in a hurricane, including those that could indicate whether a hurricane will intensify or weaken. Source:: Goddard
NASA Selects Proposals for New Space Environment Missions
NASA has selected five proposals for concept studies of missions to help improve understanding of the dynamics of the Sun and the constantly changing space …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of August 24, 2020
Scientific investigations conducted during the week of August 24 aboard the International Space Station included studies on DNA damage caused by radiation, fire safety, and …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/28/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads MSRR/MSL (Materials Science Laboratory) SCA exchange: The crew removed the processed calibration cartridge and inserted the first ESA batch-2b Sample Cartridge …
NASA’s Lucy Mission One Step Closer to Exploring the Trojan Asteroids
NASA’s first mission to explore the Trojan asteroids is one step closer to launch. The Discovery Program’s Lucy mission passed a critical milestone and is …
Space4U Podcast: Giorgio Coraluppi and Michael Hockenberry — Compunetix
By Space Foundation Editorial Team In this episode: We meet Dr. Giorgio Coraluppi, President of Compunetix, Inc. and subsidiaries, and Michael Hockenberry, Vice President and …
Wheelock Readies Astronauts for Moon Landing
Astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock spent his NASA career expanding knowledge of living and working in space. His new mission is working to determine the best …
Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast
This Hubble Space Telescope image depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, the result of the “death” of a star 20 times …
PIA23215: NASA’s ECOSTRESS Sees Fire-Induced Tornado From Space
Target: Earth Mission: ECOSTRESS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
NASA Names Robyn Gatens Acting Director for International Space Station
Kathy Lueders, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has named Robyn Gatens as acting director of the International Space Station at NASA Headquarters. …
NASA to Highlight Artemis Booster Test with Live Broadcast, Media Teleconference
NASA will broadcast a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket full-scale booster test at 2:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 2, on NASA Television and the agency’s …
NASA Awards Environmental and Medical Services Contract
NASA has awarded a contract to HSG LLC of Las Vegas to provide the agency environmental management, environmental health, and medical services. Source:: updates 5 …
Inside NASA’s Pandemic Response Campaigns
Inside NASA’s Pandemic Response Campaigns Source:: Armstrong Flight Center
Hubble Maps Giant Halo Around Andromeda Galaxy
In a landmark study, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense halo of gas enveloping the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic …
PIA24079: Mawrth Vallis – False Color
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
NASA’s Terra Satellite Reveals Burn Scars From California’s Two Largest Fires
On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA’s Terra satellite was able to image the two areas in California where the fires have been most active and using …
NASA’s Webb “Powerhouse” Solar Array Reconnects to the Telescope
One kilowatt is about what it takes to heat up some leftovers in a microwave — or to power the largest and most technically advanced …
Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait
In this large celestial mosaic taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2019, there’s a lot to see, including multiple clusters of stars …
NASA Langley Produces Popular Educational Videos for Virginia Public Media
NASA Langley produced a series of videos for Virginia Public Media, the PBS TV and NPR radio affiliate for Richmond, Central Virginia and the Shenandoah …
Update on Chandra X-ray Observatory Anomaly
On Monday August 24, housekeeping data from Chandra indicated an anomaly in the High Resolution Camera. The science payload has been turned off while the …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/26/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Combustion Integrated Rack/Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (CIR/ACME): The crew replaced the Gas Chromatograph (GC) helium bottle, GC check gas bottle, …
NASA’s Female Pilot Celebrated on Women’s Equality Centennial
Female pilots are still rare in the aviation industry and that’s also true at NASA. Source:: Armstrong Flight Center
This Week in NASA History: STS-128 Launches – Aug. 28, 2009
This week in 2009, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-128, launched to the International Space Station on the 30th mission dedicated to the assembly and maintenance …
From Astronomical Observatory to Earth Observatory: Translating Science With Kathryn Hansen
As a science writer for NASA’s Earth Observatory, Kathryn Hansen has made a career out of learning new things directly from the experts and then …
A Fermi Spirograph and Women’s Equality Day
What does this Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Spirograph have in common with Women’s Equality Day? Source:: updates 3
NASA Administrator to Open Space Station Research and Development Conference
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is set to open the ninth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. …
PIA23865: Spitzer Image of Star Factory W51
Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope Instrument: Spitzer Space Telescope Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/25/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor (SCRAM): The crew removed the MCA (Major Constituent Analyzer) plug from the SCRAM and powered it up. The …
PIA24077: Wind and Sand – False Color
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
NASA Missions Explore a ‘TIE Fighter’ Active Galaxy
Not so long ago, astronomers mapped a galaxy far, far away using radio waves and found it has a strikingly familiar shape. In the process, …
NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Joins First Operational Boeing Crew Mission to Space Station
NASA has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a mission to …
Artist’s View of a Planet Where Liquid Water Might Exist
A newly discovered, roughly Earth-sized planet orbiting our nearest neighboring star might be habitable, according to a team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s …
Space Policy Pod – Episode 9: (Kevin O’Connell, U.S. Department of Commerce)
By Space Foundation Editorial Team This episode features Kevin O’Connell, Director of the Office of Space Commerce at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Mr. O’Connell …