ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/31/2020
by By Bill Keeter Payloads Space Studio KIBO: The crew performed the Kubo studio operations parts 1-4. The Space Frontier Studio KIBO is a broadcasting studio …
Month: December 2020
Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula
Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula Source:: updates 3
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/30/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Cryo Chiller: The crew installed sample cartridge into the Cryo Chiller facility. Cryo Chiller is a single Expedite the Processing of …
Our Work Continued in a Challenging Year
In a challenging year, NASA Glenn continued to move our research forward. Source:: Glenn Center
NASA Approves Heliophysics Missions to Explore Sun, Earth’s Aurora
NASA has approved two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space weather near Earth. Source:: updates 5
Space Station Science Highlights: Weeks of December 21 and 28, 2020
The final two weeks of 2020, crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted dozens of scientific investigations, including studies of how plants grow in …
NASA Television to Air Departure of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus from Space Station
Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday, Jan. 6, more than three months after delivering nearly 8,000 …
Best Space Station Science Pictures of 2020
It has been a busy year of research aboard the International Space Station. Source:: space station 2
What We Learned This Year from Space Station Science
Research conducted in 2020 is advancing our understanding in areas of study from Parkinson’s disease to combustion. Source:: space station 2
Young Students Send Questions to Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Students from across the country will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Source:: updates 6 …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/28/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads NanoRacks Module-9: The crew performed the 3rd operations of sample tube mixtures. NanoRacks Module-09 is a combination of 35 experiments provided …
Shaping a Spiral Galaxy
Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and X-ray composite image of the galaxy. Source:: updates 3 …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/24/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Cardinal Heart: The crew performed a periodic cell culture media exchange in the various cell culture chambers. Effect of Microgravity on …
Apollo 8: Earthrise
This iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon. Source:: updates 3
NASA Armstrong Marks Milestones in 2020
Despite challenges with the global pandemic, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California continued agency work in a mostly remote environment Source:: Armstrong Flight Center …
Space Station 20th: Celebrating the Holidays in Space
Space Station 20th: Celebrating the Holidays in Space Source:: space station 2
NASA’s Annual Christmas Shows Brought Joy to Community Children
For decades, NASA Glenn staff staged a Christmas show for the community. Source:: Glenn Center
NASA’s AIM Sees First Night-Shining Clouds of Antarctic Summer
NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere mission — AIM for short — spotted the summer’s first noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds on Dec. 8, 2020. …
NASA Awards Contract for LISA Charge Management Device
NASA has awarded the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Charge Management Device (CMD) contract to the University of Florida, Gainesville. Source:: Goddard
A Salty Tale: Study Examines Sodium Regulation in Space
An ESA (European Space Agency) investigation conducted from 2008 to 2012, SOLO, examined the relationship between how much salt astronauts eat and the volume of …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/21/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Airborne Particulate Monitor (APM): The APM hardware was relocated from the US Lab to Node 3. This hardware is routinely moved …
This May Be the First Complete Observation of a Nanoflare
Researchers may have found the long-sought “nanoflares” thought to heat the solar corona to its incredible temperatures. Source:: Goddard
Recently Discovered Comet Seen During 2020 Total Solar Eclipse
As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on Dec. 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun …
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of December 14, 2020
Scientific investigations conducted aboard the International Space Station the week of Dec. 14 included crystallizing antibodies in microgravity and studies of changes in the gene …
Progress in 2020 Advances Aviation’s Future
With confidence in a bright future for the aviation community, NASA’s aeronautical innovators this past year persevered to accomplish their mission to explore advances in …
Space4U Podcast: Sarah Cruddas – Space Journalist
By Space Foundation Editorial Team In this episode: We meet Sarah Cruddas, an accomplished space journalist, international TV host, and award-winning author from the United …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/18/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads Astrorad Vest: The crew continued with the assessment of the Astrorad vest and its impacts to various activities. The AstroRad vest …
Key Building Block for Organic Molecules Discovered in Meteorites
Scientists from Japan and NASA have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key organic molecule which may have been used to build other organic …
Hubble Sees a ‘Molten Ring’
This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, depicts GAL-CLUS-022058s, located in the southern hemisphere constellation of Fornax (the Furnace). Source:: Goddard
NASA Awards Contract for X-59 Community Overflight Operations
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company of Palmdale, California, to provide support for the community overflight response phase of the agency’s Low-Boom Flight Demonstration …
NASA Awards Contract for Cold Stowage II
NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide a suite of freezers to maintain a controlled temperature environment for …
NASA Moves Forward with Campaign to Return Mars Samples to Earth
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are moving to the next phase in a campaign to deepen understanding of whether life ever existed on Mars …
Biweekly Washington, D.C., Update for the Week Ending December 18, 2020
By Hanh Le Last week, the National Space Council met for the last time of the year at the Kennedy Space Center. President Trump signed …
NASA Opens Limited Media Credentialing for Mars Perseverance Rover Landing
Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California will credential a limited number of media for on-site access …
NASA, UN Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Peaceful Uses of Space
NASA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging cooperation in areas of science and …
New Educational Collaboration Announced Between Space Foundation and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space
By Space Foundation Editorial Team Space Foundation’s Teacher Liaison program and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space’s Space Station Ambassador Program …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/17/2020
By Bill Keeter Payloads ISS Experience: The crew set up the appropriate equipment to record a session of The ISS Experience in the Russian segment …
NASA Earth Science Technologies developed for Space, applied at Home
Everything from satellite-assisted search-and-rescue missions, to a drill developed for the Mars Perseverance rover that’s now aiding geologists on Earth – shows that the sky …
On the Hunt for a Missing Giant Black Hole
Astronomers are searching for signs of a supermassive black hole in the galaxy cluster Abell 2261. Scientists think this galaxy underwent a merger with another …