Thursday, October 31, 2024

International SWOT Satellite Spots Planet-Rumbling Greenland Tsunami

Data from space shows water tilting up toward the north side of the Dickson Fjord as it sloshed from south to north and back every 90 seconds for nine days after a 2023 rockslide. The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission, a collaboration between NASA and France’s CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales), […]

October 31, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/1vPKnBj
via IFTTT

NPR News: A hunter in Alaska is found dead after being mauled by a bear

A hunter in Alaska is found dead after being mauled by a bear
The 50-year-old had been reported overdue from a deer hunting trip. At least 30,000 brown bears are estimated to be in Alaska and mainly live along the southern coast.

Read more on NPR

Witch Nebula Casts Starry Spell

This 2013 image taken by NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captures a nebula that looks like a witch screaming. Perhaps that imagined scream is a creation spell, for the Witch Hat nebula’s billowy clouds are a star nursery. We can see these clouds thanks to massive stars lighting them up; dust in the […]

October 31, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/Y9ToaNG
via IFTTT

NPR News: How parrot plumage gets its dazzling reds and yellows

How parrot plumage gets its dazzling reds and yellows
Parrots are unique among birds in how they produce the pigmentation that makes their vibrant feathering. It turns out a single enzyme calibrates the reds and yellows of a parrot’s brilliance.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Unprecedented flooding in Spain kills at least 158 people

Unprecedented flooding in Spain kills at least 158 people
Crews in Spain searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings as people tried to salvage what they could from homes following monstrous flash floods.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Unprecedented flooding in Spain kills at least 158 people

Unprecedented flooding in Spain kills at least 158 people
Crews in Spain searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings as people tried to salvage what they could from homes following monstrous flash floods.

Read more on NPR

Artemis I Moon Tree Stewards

Artemis I Moon Tree seedlings continue to find new homes with schools, museums, libraries, universities, and community organizations across the contiguous United States. An open call to NASA’s Artifacts Module in Fall, 2023 welcomed over 1000 organization submissions, which were reviewed and ranked by a joint USDA Forest Service and NASA panel. Final recipient selection […]

October 31, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/zqrJo6S
via IFTTT

Why NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Make ‘Most Colorful’ Cosmic Map Ever

The space telescope will detect over 100 colors from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. Here’s what astronomers will do with all that color. NASA’s SPHEREx mission won’t be the first space telescope to observe hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies when it launches no later than April 2025, but it will be […]

October 31, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/aUoHNIl
via IFTTT

‘Blood-Soaked’ Eyes: NASA’s Webb, Hubble Examine Galaxy Pair

Stare deeply at these galaxies. They appear as if blood is pumping through the top of a flesh-free face. The long, ghastly “stare” of their searing eye-like cores shines out into the supreme cosmic darkness. It’s good fortune that looks can be deceiving. These galaxies have only grazed one another to date, with the smaller […]

October 31, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/Gy91Ful
via IFTTT

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse

The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as it passed in front of the Sun, creating an eye in Mars’ sky. From its perch on the western wall of Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently spied a “googly eye” peering down from space. The pupil in this celestial […]

October 30, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/I0QTN8b
via IFTTT

La NASA lleva un dron y un rover espacial a un espectáculo aéreo

Read this story in English here. En septiembre, los tres centros de la NASA en California se reunieron para compartir innovaciones aeroespaciales con miles de asistentes en el Espectáculo Aéreo de Miramar, en San Diego, California. Expertos de la agencia hablaron del apasionante trabajo que realiza la NASA mientras explora los secretos del universo en […]

October 30, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/qk9sUeS
via IFTTT

NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 31st Station Resupply Launch, Arrival

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:29 p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 4, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 31st SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency. Filled with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on […]

October 30, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/x5CU1QD
via IFTTT

NASA, NOAA Rank 2024 Ozone Hole as 7th-Smallest Since Recovery Began

Healing continues in the atmosphere over the Antarctic: a hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth’s southern pole was relatively small in 2024 compared to other years. Scientists with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project the ozone layer could fully recover by 2066. During the peak of ozone […]

October 30, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/aZs54CJ
via IFTTT

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

President John F. Kennedy’s national commitment to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade posed multiple challenges, among them how to train astronauts to land on the Moon, a place with no atmosphere and one-sixth the gravity on Earth. The Lunar Landing Research […]

October 30, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/M0nq34u
via IFTTT

A Spooky Soliday: Haunting Whispers from the Martian Landscape

The Perseverance rover lurks in the quiet, cold, desolate landscape of Jezero crater on Mars, a place masked in shadows and haunted by past mysteries. Built to endure the planet’s harsh conditions, Perseverance braves the thin atmosphere and extreme temperature swings. Its microphone captures the eerie whispers of martian winds, sending shivers down your spine, […]

October 30, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/95a6qdS
via IFTTT

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Carissa Arillo: Testing Spacecraft, Penning the Owner’s Manuals

Flight operations engineer Carissa Arillo helped ensure one of the instruments on NASA’s PACE mission made it successfully through its prelaunch testing. She and her group also documented the work rigorously, to ensure the flight team had a comprehensive manual to keep this Earth-observing satellite in good health for the duration of its mission. Name: […]

October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/Wh1lsVF
via IFTTT

NASA Sets Coverage for its SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon Station Relocation

In preparation for the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft to a different docking port Sunday, Nov. 3. Live coverage begins at 6:15 a.m. EST on NASA+ and will end shortly after docking. Learn how to watch […]

October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/FOCWQZV
via IFTTT

Team II Test Page



October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/56svEbg
via IFTTT

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets

There’s water on the Moon, but scientists only have a general idea of where it is and what form it is in. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers. When NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer begins orbiting the Moon next year, it will help resolve an enduring mystery: Where is the Moon’s water? Scientists have seen […]

October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/TFXvzw5
via IFTTT

Memorable Moment 2024

As a NASA Community Anchor, Union Station (Kansas City, KS) has welcomed over 1,100 students from different Kansas City area schools to our Spectra programming, which includes all expense paid field trips, Planetarium shows, Observation Nights, and tabling at KC PrideFest. This program has allowed us to increase our reach to the Kansas City LGBTQIA+ […]

October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/aRHO1ub
via IFTTT

NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming

Earth’s far northern reaches have locked carbon underground for millennia. New research paints a picture of a landscape in change. A new study, co-authored by NASA scientists, details where and how greenhouse gases are escaping from the Earth’s vast northern permafrost region as the Arctic warms. The frozen soils encircling the Arctic from Alaska to […]

October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/3QEqGYk
via IFTTT

NASA Group Amplifies Voices of Employees with Disabilities

Kathy Clark started her career at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland straight out of high school, and when offered either a job as an accountant or a job in training, the choice was crystal clear. “I started in training, I’ve stayed in training, and I’ll probably retire in training,” said Clark, now a human […]

October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/ypXHo1O
via IFTTT

NASA Relaunches Mentor-Protégé Program to Fill Supply Chain Gaps

In an effort to grow new commercial markets that support the future of space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research, NASA is preparing to relaunch its Mentor-Protégé Program for contractors on Friday, Nov. 1. The program originally was launched to encourage NASA prime contractors, or mentors, to enter into agreements with eligible small businesses, or […]

October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/lAkcXD3
via IFTTT

New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing

Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from snowy peaks into the rivers, reservoirs, and streams that supply millions of Americans with freshwater—as much as 75% of the annual freshwater supply for some states. But as climate change brings winter temperatures to new highs, these […]

October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/2GivMRa
via IFTTT

Gateway: Centering Science

Gateway is set to advance science in deep space, bringing groundbreaking research opportunities to lunar orbit.

October 29, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/mIU8AQf
via IFTTT

Monday, October 28, 2024

Watch How Students Help NASA Grow Plants in Space: Growing Beyond Earth

Since 2015, students from across the USA have been partnering with scientists at NASA to advance research on growing plants in space, ultimately to feed astronauts on long-distance space missions, as part of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s Growing Beyond Earth project, which is now in its 9th year. This classroom-based citizen science project for 6th-12th […]

October 28, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/UM8EXVR
via IFTTT

An Opportunity to Study Water

NASA astronaut Don Pettit fills a sphere of water with food coloring in this image from Oct. 20, 2024. Pettit calls experiments like these “science of opportunity” – moments of scientific exploration that spontaneously come to mind because of the unique experience of being on the International Space Station. During his previous missions, Pettit has contributed […]

October 28, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/iyp37wG
via IFTTT

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Looks Back While Climbing Slippery Slope

On its way up the side of Jezero Crater, the agency’s latest Red Planet off-roader peers all the way back to its landing site and scopes the path ahead.   NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is negotiating a steeply sloping route up Jezero Crater’s western wall with the aim of cresting the rim in early December. […]

October 28, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/XhI9yeE
via IFTTT

NASA Announces STEM Engagement Lead, Chief Economist Retirements

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Mike Kincaid, associate administrator, Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), and Alexander MacDonald, chief economist, will retire from the agency. Following Kincaid’s departure on Nov. 30, Kris Brown, deputy associate administrator for strategy and integration in OSTEM, will serve as acting associate administrator for that office beginning Dec. 1, and […]

October 28, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/4bZzXv6
via IFTTT

NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, a piece of infrastructure that will hold the mission’s instruments, which will be integrated onto the larger spacecraft at a later date. The Roman Coronagraph is a technology demonstration that scientists will use to take […]

October 28, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/N9LbsB0
via IFTTT

NASA Provides Update on Artemis III Moon Landing Regions

As NASA prepares for the first crewed Moon landing in more than five decades, the agency has identified an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar South Pole for its Artemis III mission. These areas will be further investigated through scientific and engineering study. NASA will continue to survey potential areas for […]

October 28, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/ldeDL8R
via IFTTT

NPR News: Dengue fever is rare in L.A. That could start to change because of climate change

Dengue fever is rare in L.A. That could start to change because of climate change
Several people caught dengue fever locally in Los Angeles this fall. Climate change and invasive mosquitoes have made that possible, experts say.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: From Honeycrisp to Red Delicious — love it or hate it, your apple is a clone

From Honeycrisp to Red Delicious — love it or hate it, your apple is a clone
What's your favorite apple? Maybe it's the crowd-pleasing Honeycrisp, the tart Granny Smith or the infamous Red Delicious. Either way, before that apple made it to your local grocery store or orchard it had to be invented — by a scientist. So today, we're going straight to the source: Talking to an apple breeder. Producer Hannah Chinn reports how apples are selected, bred, grown ... and the discoveries that could change that process. Plus, what's a "spitter"? Want to know how science impacts other food you eat? Email us at shortwave@npr.org and we might cover your food of choice on a future episode!

Read more on NPR

NPR News: From Honeycrisp to Red Delicious — love it or hate it, your apple is a clone

From Honeycrisp to Red Delicious — love it or hate it, your apple is a clone
What's your favorite apple? Maybe it's the crowd-pleasing Honeycrisp, the tart Granny Smith or the infamous Red Delicious. Either way, before that apple made it to your local grocery store or orchard it had to be invented — by a scientist. So today, we're going straight to the source: Talking to an apple breeder. Producer Hannah Chinn reports how apples are selected, bred, grown ... and the discoveries that could change that process. Plus, what's a "spitter"? Want to know how science impacts other food you eat? Email us at shortwave@npr.org and we might cover your food of choice on a future episode!

Read more on NPR

Sunday, October 27, 2024

NPR News: A small, silver lining to the Colorado River drought

A small, silver lining to the Colorado River drought
Land re-emerging from dried out reservoirs seems to be thriving with native plants. They're out-competing invasive weeds that are choking the river elsewhere.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Scientists may be able to revive the Tasmanian tiger from extinction. But should they?

Scientists may be able to revive the Tasmanian tiger from extinction. But should they?
A company says it is pulling together DNA to try to re-create the Tasmanian tiger, which went extinct. But some people question whether it makes sense to restore creatures to a different world.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Scientists may be able to revive the Tasmanian tiger from extinction. But should they?

Scientists may be able to revive the Tasmanian tiger from extinction. But should they?
A company says it is pulling together DNA to try to re-create the Tasmanian tiger, which went extinct. But some people question whether it makes sense to restore creatures to a different world.

Read more on NPR

Saturday, October 26, 2024

NPR News: Centuries-old remains found in a well may be man from Norse saga

Centuries-old remains found in a well may be man from Norse saga
An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well.

Read more on NPR

Friday, October 25, 2024

Sols 4343-4344: Late Slide, Late Changes

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 Curiosity is driving along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, heading for a good vantage point before turning westward and leaving the channel behind to explore the canyons beyond. The contact science for “Chuck Pass” on sol 4341 and backwards 30-meter drive (about 98 feet) on […]

October 25, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/w9Vbk6s
via IFTTT

Red Rocks with Green Spots at ‘Serpentine Rapids’

After discovering and sampling the “leopard spots” of “Bright Angel,” it became apparent that Perseverance’s journey of discovery in this region was not yet finished. Approximately 20 sols (Martian days) after driving south across Neretva Vallis from Bright Angel, the rover discovered the enigmatic and unique red rocks of “Serpentine Rapids.” At Serpentine Rapids, Perseverance […]

October 25, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/SGTw86I
via IFTTT

Destacado de la NASA: Felipe Valdez, un ingeniero inspirador

Read this story in English here. Felipe Valdez es una persona que aprovechó todas las oportunidades posibles en la NASA, trabajando desde que inicio como pasante universitario hasta su trabajo actual como ingeniero de controles de vuelo.  Nacido en los Estados Unidos pero criado en México, Valdez enfrentó grandes desafíos mientras crecía.     “Mi madre trabajaba por largas horas, […]

October 25, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/D1YPX6t
via IFTTT

Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball

The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind it. The scenes that galaxies appear in from Earth’s point of view are fascinating; many seem to hang […]

October 25, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/WpOGMjr
via IFTTT

Kites in the Classroom: Training Teachers to Conduct Remote Sensing Missions

The NASA Science Activation program’s AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network (AREN), led by Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) in Wayne County, MI, provides learners with hands-on opportunities to engage with science instruments & NASA technologies and practices in authentic, experiential learning environments. On July 25, 2024, the AREN team held a four-day virtual workshop: […]

October 25, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/RZWgpr9
via IFTTT

Event Details

The next CSUG event will take place November 6 – 7 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Throughout the CSUG, representatives from NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program and CSP’s industry partners will share updates on commercial SATCOM capability developments and the commercial service demonstrations taking place under CSP. NASA attendees must […]

October 25, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/6NOz5pF
via IFTTT

High-Altitude ER-2 Flights Get Down-to-Earth Data

Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform. With its unique ability to observe from as high as 65,000 feet, the ER-2 aircraft is often a platform for Earth science that facilitates new and crucial information about our planet, especially when the plane is […]

October 25, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/NF0ku1W
via IFTTT

NASA Stennis Achieves Milestone in Preparation for Future Artemis Testing

NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, achieved a key milestone this week for testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket stage to fly on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Over a two-week period beginning Oct. 10, crews completed a safe lift and installation of the interstage simulator component […]

October 25, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/yOUVFtK
via IFTTT

NPR News: The small team caring for some of the last of Hawaii's native snail species

The small team caring for some of the last of Hawaii's native snail species
More than a million species are at risk of extinction, many within decades, because of human actions. Among them? The kāhuli, Hawaii's native tree snails that are some of the most endangered animals on the planet. At one point, there used to be about 750 species of snails in Hawaii — almost all of them found nowhere else. Now, they are rapidly disappearing. NPR climate reporters Lauren Sommer and Ryan Kellman join host Emily Kwong to tell the story of the small team caring for the last of some of these snail species — and their fight against extinction. Read more of Lauren and Ryan's reporting. Curious about other biodiversity news? Email us at shortwave@npr.org and we might cover your topic on a future episode!

Read more on NPR

Thursday, October 24, 2024

NPR News: Are biodiversity efforts keeping up with the effects of climate change?

Are biodiversity efforts keeping up with the effects of climate change?
This week and next, world leaders are gathering in Colombia for the 16th United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to check up on their collective progress in slowing biodiversity loss. Can they successfully turn those plans into action against what the United Nations is calling "humanity's senseless and suicidal war with nature?" For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: A ship will set one more record when it becomes the world's largest artificial reef

A ship will set one more record when it becomes the world's largest artificial reef
The SS United States, the fastest ocean liner to ever cross the Atlantic, is preparing for one final voyage. Then it'll be sunk and turned into the world's largest artificial reef.

Read more on NPR

NASA Awards NOAA’s Solar Wind Plasma Sensors Contract

NASA has selected the University of New Hampshire in Durham to build Solar Wind Plasma Sensors for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Next Program. This cost-plus-no-fee contract is valued at approximately $24.3 million and includes the development of two sensors that will study the […]

October 24, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/CbvquYS
via IFTTT

PSI Database is Live with New Features to Improve User Experience

Since its ​launch​​​ in 2014, ​the ​Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) ​system ​has served as NASA’s online repository for physical science data. ​Now​​​, the PSI system​ is​ ​live with new​​​ update​s​ to further align with NASA’s open data policy​.​  ​​With its first significant update in over five years,​​ t​he data repository has been completely redesigned, featuring […]

October 24, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/ayVUtX5
via IFTTT

NASA Chief AI Officer on the Federal Executive Forum: How Agencies Are Strategizing About AI

Listen to Chief AI Officer Dave Salvagnini represent NASA in a Federal Executive Forum webinar on “Artificial Intelligence Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2024.” Featuring Chief AI Officers and technology experts at the IRS, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Red Hat, Deloitte, and Pure Storage, this discussion covers current […]

October 24, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/NfjHSsm
via IFTTT

Educator Night at the Museum of the North: Activating Science in Fairbanks Classrooms

The NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) set out to activate science in Fairbanks classrooms in early October at the University of Alaska’s Museum of the North annual Educators’ Night. This free Fall semester event introduces educators and school staff to a variety of resources and connections, connecting attendees with resources and university departments […]

October 24, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/i8nxoGI
via IFTTT

Statement from NASA’s Janet Petro on FY23 Economic Impact Report

America is returning to the Moon with our sights set on Mars, and NASA is leading the way. Along with our industry and international partners, we’re advancing scientific research, inspiring the next generation of explorers, and ensuring reliable and continuous access to space for our nation. NASA’s Economic Impact Report for fiscal year (FY) 2023 […]

October 24, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/NyBS3K4
via IFTTT

NASA Science on Health, Safety to Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission

New science experiments for NASA are set to launch aboard the agency’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The six investigations aim to contribute to cutting-edge discoveries by NASA scientists and research teams. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will liftoff aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at […]

October 24, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/H7Ygx4s
via IFTTT

New Report Shows NASA’s $75.6 Billion Boost to US Economy

NASA’s work, including its Moon to Mars exploration approach, is advancing science and technology for the Artemis Generation, while also driving significant economic growth across the United States, the agency announced Thursday. In its third agencywide economic impact report, NASA highlighted how its Moon to Mars activities, climate change research and technology development, and other […]

October 24, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/U4joTgt
via IFTTT

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

NASA Invites Media to 2024 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium

Media are invited to attend the 2024 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium Monday Oct. 28 to Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Organized by the American Astronautical Society in collaboration with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, the annual symposium gathers leaders from across government, industry, policy, and academia to […]

October 23, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/cz5YTo4
via IFTTT

The Marshall Star for October 23, 2024

Editor’s Note: Starting Nov. 4, the Office of Communications at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will no longer publish the Marshall Star on nasa.gov. The last public issue will be Oct. 30. To continue reading Marshall news, visit nasa.gov/marshall. Habitation Systems Business Unit Spotlight: Living and Working in Space For centuries, humans have dreamed of […]

October 23, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/mUYzidA
via IFTTT

Artemis II Astronauts Put Orion’s Side Hatch to the Test

Artemis II crew members recently traveled to Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, where they practiced opening and closing an Orion crew module side hatch model to help demonstrate its reliability and durability during their 10-day mission around the Moon.

October 23, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/IUXbcRv
via IFTTT

Melbourne City Lights

Astronaut Don Pettit captured this image of Melbourne, Australia from the International Space Station on Oct. 9, 2024, as it orbited 271 miles above the city. Astronauts aboard the space station take photos using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station’s cupola, for Crew Earth Observations. Crew members have produced hundreds of thousands […]

October 23, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/K1DqupQ
via IFTTT

After 60 Years, Nuclear Power for Spaceflight is Still Tried and True

Six decades after the launch of the first nuclear-powered space mission, NASA is embarking on a bold future of human exploration and scientific discovery.

October 23, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/uDisCa1
via IFTTT

Europa Trek: NASA Offers a New Guided Tour of Jupiter’s Ocean Moon

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is on its way to explore a moon of Jupiter that researchers believe may be one of the best places in the Solar System to search for life beyond Earth. While the spacecraft makes its more-than-five year journey to Europa, scientists, students, teachers, and the public can tour and explore the […]

October 23, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/8D2CnS3
via IFTTT

NASA Begins New Deployable Solar Array Tech Demo on Pathfinder Spacecraft

NASA recently evaluated initial flight data and imagery from Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-4 (PTD-4), confirming proper checkout of the spacecraft’s systems including its on-board electronics as well as the payload’s support systems such as the small onboard camera. Shown above is a test image of Earth taken by the payload camera, shortly after PTD-4 reached orbit. This […]

October 23, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/t3Tu29f
via IFTTT

NASA Quiet Space Fan Research to Benefit Commercial Space Stations

NASA researchers developed a Quiet Space Fan to reduce the noise inside crewed spacecraft, sharing the results with industry for potential use on future commercial space stations. Controlling noise inside spacecraft helps humans talk to each other, hear alarms clearer, get restful sleep, and minimizes the risk of hearing loss. It is best to control […]

October 23, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/NLD9KUJ
via IFTTT

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

NPR News: The Greek island paradise of Amorgos is wrestling with a water shortage

The Greek island paradise of Amorgos is wrestling with a water shortage
Most visitors to Greece's Amorgos don’t know though is that on the island itself, water for household use and irrigating crops is far from abundant. Farmers are struggling to grow crops.

Read more on NPR

NASA Awards Custodial, Refuse Collection Contract 

NASA has selected All Native Synergies Company of Winnebego, Nebraska, to provide custodial and refuse collection services at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Custodial and Refuse Collection Services III contract is a firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision. Its maximum potential value is approximately $33.5 million. The performance period begins […]

October 22, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/W4XBFeK
via IFTTT

A Dazzling Supernova

This image, released on Feb. 24, 2017, shows Supernova 1987a (center) surrounded by dramatic red clouds of gas and dust within the Large Magellanic Cloud. This supernova, first discovered on Feb. 23, 1987, blazed with the power of 100 million Suns. Since that first sighting, SN 1987A has continued to fascinate astronomers with its spectacular […]

October 22, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/o1hPlQt
via IFTTT

Read With NASA: Books, More to Inspire Young Explorers

Stories open up new worlds and spark curiosity in readers of all ages – and NASA is using the power of storytelling to encourage the Artemis Generation to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Through the below list of reading resources – books, comics, and graphic novels written and illustrated by NASA experts, and […]

October 22, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/umcRvqI
via IFTTT

I Am Artemis: Casey Wolfe

While precision, perseverance, and engineering are necessary skills in building a Moon rocket, Casey Wolfe knows that one of the most important aspects for the job is teamwork. “Engineering is vital, but to get this type of work done, you need to take care of the human element,” said Wolfe, the assistant branch chief of […]

October 22, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/x8NbsgG
via IFTTT

Meloë Kacenelenbogen Eyes the Future of Air Quality, Climate Research

A mentor of research scientist Meloë Kacenelenbogen once shared a sentiment from French author André Gide: “You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Kacenelenbogen pushes beyond her comfort zone to explore the unknown. Name: Meloë S. KacenelenbogenFormal Job Classification: Research scientistOrganization: Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Science […]

October 22, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/lpeC064
via IFTTT

Gateway: Life in a Lunar Module

Teams at NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and Thales Alenia Space, including astronauts Stan Love and Luca Parmitano, came together in Turin, Italy, this summer for a test run of Gateway, humanity’s first space station to orbit the Moon. The group conducted what is known as human factors testing inside a mockup of Lunar I-Hab, […]

October 22, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/mMkbzWf
via IFTTT

Explore International Space Station Research with NASA Mobile Apps

At any given time, crew members are conducting dozens of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations on the International Space Station. If you’re curious about this work, the Space Station Research Xplorer (SSRX) mobile application provides information on these experiments, special facilities on the station, research benefits, and published results. The app includes summaries of each […]

October 21, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/GxjYaAr
via IFTTT

Monday, October 21, 2024

Industry Supported Battery Passivation Techniques – Request for Information

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC) on behalf of the Space Technology Mission Directorate’s (STMD) Small Spacecraft Technology (SST) Program and is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for inputs on industry, academia, or government adopted battery passivation techniques. As part of a continual process improvement effort and potential requirement revisions, the […]

October 22, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/lU6i0cI
via IFTTT

NASA Invites Media to Chile Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony

Chile will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 25, at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will host Aisén Etcheverry, Chile’s minister of science, technology, knowledge and innovation, and Juan Gabriel Valdés, ambassador of Chile to the United States, along with other officials from Chile and […]

October 21, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/mqUNwTk
via IFTTT

On the Road Again…

In this image from Oct. 3, 2024, NASA’s mobile launcher 1 makes its way back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after undergoing upgrades and tests in preparation for the agency’s Artemis II mission. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence […]

October 21, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/hAijMTI
via IFTTT

Station Science Top News: Oct. 18, 2024

Microgravity had no immediate effect on a person’s ability to perceive the height of an object, indicating that astronauts can safely perform tasks that rely on accurate and precise height judgments soon after arrival in space. We use the height and width of objects around us to complete tasks such as reaching for objects and deciding whether […]

October 21, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/oKbDYWs
via IFTTT

NPR News: The American red wolf is endangered. These 'ghost genes' could save it

The American red wolf is endangered. These 'ghost genes' could save it
Every American red wolf alive right now is descended from only 14 canids. In the 1970s, humans drove the red wolf to the brink of extinction. Because of that, red wolves today have low genetic diversity. But what if we could recover that diversity ... using "ghost genes"? That's right, today's episode is a ghost story. Along the way, we get into gene dictionaries, the possibilities of poo and how a photo of a common Texas coyote started it all. Have another animal you want us to dig into for a future episode? Email us at shortwave@npr.org!

Read more on NPR

35 Years Ago: STS-34 Sends Galileo on its Way to Jupiter

On Oct. 18, 1989, space shuttle Atlantis took off on its fifth flight, STS-34, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Its five-person crew of Commander Donald E. Williams, Pilot Michael J. McCulley, and Mission Specialists Shannon W. Lucid, Franklin R. Chang-Díaz, and Ellen S. Baker flew a five-day mission that deployed the Galileo […]

October 21, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/1mlfMB5
via IFTTT

NPR News: Mushroom lovers, there's a board game for you

Mushroom lovers, there's a board game for you
Calling all foragers! The new board game Undergrove, co-designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and Mark Wooten, is all about the symbiotic relationships between trees and fungi. Players assume the role of mature Douglas fir trees and partner with mushrooms, which represent the mycorrhizal network. P.S. If the name "Elizabeth Hargrave" sounds familiar — she also designed the bird-collecting game Wingspan. Have another science-backed board game you'd like us to play? Email us at shortwave@npr.org!

Read more on NPR

Sunday, October 20, 2024

NPR News: 1,000-year-old seed germinates. But what is it?

1,000-year-old seed germinates. But what is it?
Dr. Sarah Sallon planted a 1,000-year-old seed that could soon could bare extinct fruit.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Little is known about the striped skunk's smellier, spotted cousin. That's changing

Little is known about the striped skunk's smellier, spotted cousin. That's changing
New research from Oregon State University paints a portrait of the elusive spotted skunk living in the Pacific Northwest.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: A hidden tomb was found in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra

A hidden tomb was found in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra
NPR's Eric Westervelt talks to Dr Richard Bates, a geophysicist, about the discovery of a hidden tomb in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Little is known about the striped skunk's smellier, spotted cousin. That's changing

Little is known about the striped skunk's smellier, spotted cousin. That's changing
New research from Oregon State University paints a portrait of the elusive spotted skunk living in the Pacific Northwest.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: A hidden tomb was found in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra

A hidden tomb was found in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra
NPR's Eric Westervelt talks to Dr Richard Bates, a geophysicist, about the discovery of a hidden tomb in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra.

Read more on NPR

Friday, October 18, 2024

S-MODE, ASIA-AQ, and the Role of ESPO in Complex Airborne Campaigns

ESPO solves problems before you know you have them. If you are missing a canister of liquid nitrogen, got locked out of your rental car, or need clearance for a South Korean military base, you want ESPO in your corner. What is ESPO? While the Earth Science Project Office (ESPO) does many things, one of […]

October 18, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/6Nhp3ws
via IFTTT

NASA Michoud Gets a Rare Visitor

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passes over NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in this Oct. 13, 2024, image. This comet comes from the Oort Cloud, far beyond Pluto and the most distant edges of the Kuiper Belt. Though Comet C/2023 A3 will be visible through early November, the best time to observe is between […]

October 18, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/V6Ty8dD
via IFTTT

NPR News: NOAA's annual winter forecast is here. These are the weather predictions for your area

NOAA's annual winter forecast is here. These are the weather predictions for your area
Large swaths of the South and the East Coast are favored to see warmer-than-average temperatures, while the Pacific Northwest has greater odds of cooler-than-normal conditions this winter.

Read more on NPR

NASA and Partners Scaling to New Heights 

NASA, in partnership with AeroVironment and Aerostar, recently demonstrated a first-of-its-kind air traffic management concept that could pave the way for aircraft to safely operate at higher altitudes. This work seeks to open the door for increased internet coverage, improved disaster response, expanded scientific missions, and even supersonic flight. The concept is referred to as […]

October 18, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/8GTu0t5
via IFTTT

Five Years Ago: First All Woman Spacewalk

The fifth anniversary of the first all-female spacewalk by NASA astronauts Christina H. Koch and Jessica U. Meir seems like a good time to tell the story of women spacewalkers. Since the first woman stepped outside a spacecraft in 1984, 23 women from four nationalities have participated in 61 spacewalks. These women made significant contributions […]

October 18, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/bJfTxmk
via IFTTT

NASA, Artemis Accords Signatories Progress on Sustainable Exploration

A record number of Artemis Accords signatories, including the United States, gathered at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the world’s largest global space conference taking place in Milan this week, furthering discussions on the safe and responsible use of space for the benefit of all. During the space conference, top space agency leaders and other […]

October 18, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/WYbm8pz
via IFTTT

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Just Keep Roving

Throughout the past week, Perseverance has continued marching up the Jezero crater rim. This steep ascent through the Martian regolith (soil) can prove to be slow driving for the rover, as the wheels can slip on the steepest areas.

October 17, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/KgZ51s8
via IFTTT

Old Data Yields New Secrets as NASA’s DAVINCI Preps for Venus Trip

How NASA’s DAVINCI mission to Venus uses old data to reveal new secrets.

October 17, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/GBIq4iU
via IFTTT

Imagining the Future

A space shuttle lifts off high above the surrounding land in this Aug. 1, 1973, illustration. With 135 missions flown over 30 years, NASA’s shuttle fleet achieved numerous firsts and opened space up to more people than ever before. Each space shuttle consisted of three major components: the orbiter, which housed the crew, a large […]

October 17, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/noAsD79
via IFTTT

Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities

Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life. While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen water on the planet’s surface. Through computer modeling, the study’s authors have shown that the amount of sunlight that can shine […]

October 17, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/9eKGsSO
via IFTTT

Scientist Profile: Jacquelyn Shuman Blazes New Trails in Fire Science

Jacquelyn Shuman, FireSense Project Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, originally wanted to be a veterinarian. By the time she got to college, Shuman had switched interests to biology, which became a job teaching middle and high school science. Teaching pivoted to finance for a year, before Shuman returned to the science world to pursue […]

October 17, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/MKhpvzo
via IFTTT

Iowa Students to Connect with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

Students from Iowa will have the opportunity to hear NASA astronaut Nick Hague answer their prerecorded questions while he’s serving an expedition aboard the International Space Station on Monday, Oct. 21. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth call at 11:40 a.m. EDT on NASA+. Students from Iowa State University in Ames, First Robotics Clubs, World Food Prize […]

October 17, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/Z8vxEsr
via IFTTT

NASA’s SpaceX 31st Resupply Mission to Launch Experiments to Station

NASA and its international partners are launching scientific investigations on SpaceX’s 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station including studies of solar wind, a radiation-tolerant moss, spacecraft materials, and cold welding in space. The company’s Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Read more about […]

October 17, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/cmhbZsi
via IFTTT

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

NASA to Embrace Commercial Sector, Fly Out Legacy Relay Fleet 

NASA is one step closer on its transition to using commercially owned and operated satellite communications services to provide future near-Earth space missions with increased service coverage, availability, and accelerated science and data delivery.      As of Friday, Nov. 8, the agency’s legacy TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) system, as part of the Near Space […]

October 16, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/Hg1G25P
via IFTTT

Sols 4334-4335: Planning with Popsicles — A Clipper Celebration!

Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 Today was an unusually exciting day during tactical planning on the Curiosity mission because it intersected with a momentous event in space exploration: the launch of Europa Clipper from Kennedy Space Center. Even though the launch window occurred right in the middle of our morning planning meetings, at […]

October 16, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/AaNCZfJ
via IFTTT

NASA’s Hubble Sees a Stellar Volcano

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colorful close-up look at one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. Located approximately 700 light-years away, a binary star system called R Aquarii undergoes violent eruptions that blast out huge filaments of glowing gas. The twisted […]

October 16, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/1dCKhlm
via IFTTT

Christine Knudson Uses Earthly Experience to Study Martian Geology

Geologist Christine Knudson works with the Curiosity rover to explore Mars — from about 250 million miles away.

October 16, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/AtSqpIR
via IFTTT

NPR News: Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan

Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan
The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say they've found a remarkable 12 complete skeletons in a hidden tomb beneath it.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan

Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan
The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say they've found a remarkable 12 complete skeletons in a hidden tomb beneath it.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Tourist favorites, giant pandas from China, will be back on display at National Zoo

Tourist favorites, giant pandas from China, will be back on display at National Zoo
Two giant pandas from China arrived Tuesday at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Their arrival marks the end of an 11-month chill in so-called panda diplomacy.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: NASA's Europa Clipper has launched — and it's searching for signs of life

NASA's Europa Clipper has launched — and it's searching for signs of life
NASA's Europa Clipper mission launched Monday, beginning its years-long journey to the distant icy moon it's named after. This mission is designed to tell scientists more about the structure, the interior and the habitability of Europa, one of the four large moons of Jupiter. Host Regina G. Barber talks with astrobiologist and friend of the show Mike Wong about why their mutual love for this fascinating moon and what it means for the search for life outside of Earth. Plus, they talk about other icy moons that may also have the trifecta of ingredients needed to sustain life: liquid water, specific elements and an energy source. Want to hear more space science? Let your voice be heard by emailing shortwave@npr.org! Also, if you liked this episode, check out our episodes on NASA's future missions to Uranus and our episode on whether Dune could really exist!

Read more on NPR

NPR News: NASA's Europa Clipper has launched — and it's searching for signs of life

NASA's Europa Clipper has launched — and it's searching for signs of life
NASA's Europa Clipper mission launched Monday, beginning its years-long journey to the distant icy moon it's named after. This mission is designed to tell scientists more about the structure, the interior and the habitability of Europa, one of the four large moons of Jupiter. Host Regina G. Barber talks with astrobiologist and friend of the show Mike Wong about why their mutual love for this fascinating moon and what it means for the search for life outside of Earth. Plus, they talk about other icy moons that may also have the trifecta of ingredients needed to sustain life: liquid water, specific elements and an energy source. Want to hear more space science? Let your voice be heard by emailing shortwave@npr.org! Also, if you liked this episode, check out our episodes on NASA's future missions to Uranus and our episode on whether Dune could really exist!

Read more on NPR

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

What is a Coral Reef?

Coral reefs cover only 1% of the ocean floor, but support an estimated 25% of all marine life in the ocean, earning them the moniker ‘rainforest of the sea.’ They also play a critical role for coastal communities; preventing coastal erosion, protecting coastlines from hurricane damage, and generating $36 billion in annual income worldwide. We […]

October 16, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/l4QPXap
via IFTTT

Snippet of Euclid Mission’s Cosmic Atlas Released by ESA

With contributions from NASA, the mission will map a third of the sky in order to study a cosmic mystery called dark energy. ESA (the European Space Agency) has released a new, 208-gigapixel mosaic of images taken by Euclid, a mission with NASA contributions that launched in 2023 to study why the universe is expanding […]

October 15, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/6TOKvYp
via IFTTT

Eclipse Megamovie Coding Competition

Making the most of a solar eclipse demands attention to detail. Do you have what it takes? NASA’s Eclipse Megamovie project launched a new coding competition, and they need your help to organize images from the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse. This is your chance to make a lasting contribution to solar science! The […]

October 15, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/P1LXQnG
via IFTTT

Revealing the Hidden Universe with Full-shell X-ray Optics at NASA MSFC

The study of X-ray emission from astronomical objects reveals secrets about the Universe at the largest and smallest spatial scales. Celestial X-rays are produced by black holes consuming nearby stars, emitted by the million-degree gas that traces the structure between galaxies, and can be used to predict whether stars may be able to host planets […]

October 15, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/TukJthq
via IFTTT

NPR News: Neighborhoods in Boulder aim to harvest fruit trees before bears have a go at it

Neighborhoods in Boulder aim to harvest fruit trees before bears have a go at it
Climate change and habitat loss are driving bears into urban areas in search of food. In Boulder, Colo., people are making an effort to harvest residential fruit trees to deter visits from bears.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: It's Short Wave's 5th birthday! Here are science questions 5-year-olds asked us

It's Short Wave's 5th birthday! Here are science questions 5-year-olds asked us
In honor of our show turning 5 (!!) today... 5 Short Wave staffers answer 5(x2) questions from some of our 5-year-old listeners and explain the science ... like they're 5. SPOILER ALERT: The questions are brilliant, delightful and span everything from how colors work to insects, the formation of Earth and space. Want to know more about the science of the world? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we might cover it on a future episode!

Read more on NPR

Monday, October 14, 2024

NPR News: Giant pandas will arrive at D.C.'s National Zoo this week

Giant pandas will arrive at D.C.'s National Zoo this week
After an 11-month wait, giant pandas will populate the zoo once again. A pair of pandas, which left China on FedEx's "Panda Express" cargo jet, are expected to arrive in the D.C. area on Tuesday.

Read more on NPR

OpenET: Balancing Water Supply and Demand in the West

At the end of 2022, 65 percent of the Western United States was in severe drought, the result of a two decades long mega drought in the Colorado River Basin that had captured headlines around the world.  However, it was flooding, not drought, that was making headlines when we began our research for this story […]

October 14, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/WuyTwV9
via IFTTT

NASA Spotlight: Felipe Valdez, an Inspiring Engineer

Felipe Valdez is someone who took advantage of every possible opportunity at NASA, working his way from undergraduate intern to his current job as a flight controls engineer.  Born in the United States but raised in Mexico, Valdez faced significant challenges growing up.   “My mom worked long hours, my dad battled addiction, and eventually, school […]

October 14, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/OSGsYjE
via IFTTT

NPR News: The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe

The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe
Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the indigenous groups that fought to create it.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe

The U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe
Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the indigenous groups that fought to create it.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: A spacecraft headed to one of Jupiter's moons is set to launch

A spacecraft headed to one of Jupiter's moons is set to launch
Europa Clipper will make a six-year journey to Jupiter to study Europa, an icy-surfaced moon that scientists believe has “ingredients for life.”

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Why traditional plant knowledge is not a quick fix

Why traditional plant knowledge is not a quick fix
Host Regina G. Barber talks with Rosalyn LaPier about ethnobotany--what it is and how traditional plant knowledge is frequently misunderstood in the era of COVID and psychedelics. And, how it's relevant and important for reproductive health today. (encore) Have a topic you want us to cover on a future episode? Email us at shortwave@npr.org!

Read more on NPR

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Sols 4331-4333: Today’s Rover ABC – Aurora, Backwards Driving, and Chemistry, with a Side of Images

Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 This blogger is in the United Kingdom, just north of London, where we yesterday had beautiful night skies with a red aurora that was even visible with the unaided eye, and looked stunning on photographs. That reminded me of the solar storm that made it all the way […]

October 13, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/9ZYU7xd
via IFTTT

Journey to a Water World: NASA’s Europa Clipper Is Ready to Launch

Find details about the launch sequences for the orbiter, which is targeting an Oct. 14 liftoff on its mission to search for ingredients of life at Jupiter’s moon Europa. In less than 24 hours, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is slated to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. […]

October 13, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/DJ9iEsj
via IFTTT

NASA Welcomes Estonia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

While in Milan for international meetings, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson was among the witnesses as Estonia signed the Artemis Accords and became the 45th nation to join the United States and other signatories agreeing to the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The signing ceremony took place ahead of Italy […]

October 13, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/cIwuBj4
via IFTTT

NPR News: SpaceX rocket booster successfully 'caught' on first attempt during flight test

SpaceX rocket booster successfully 'caught' on first attempt during flight test
SpaceX conducted its fifth flight test of Starship, its most powerful spacecraft.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: There’s a wrinkle — or many — in the story behind an elephant’s trunk

There’s a wrinkle — or many — in the story behind an elephant’s trunk
A bump in the elephant brain stem pointed scientists to the wrinkles on their trunks and the role those folds play in the animal’s life.

Read more on NPR

Una reunión familiar de la NASA por casualidad

Al crecer en Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Díaz no imaginó que algún día trabajaría en la NASA. En la actualidad, se desempeña como coordinadora de proyectos técnicos en el Centro de Investigación Langley de la NASA en Virginia, apoyando a su Dirección de Investigación Aeronáutica. El puesto de Cruz-Díaz le requiere viajar para apoyar eventos de […]

October 13, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/WJps0b5
via IFTTT

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Can Life Exist on an Icy Moon? NASA’s Europa Clipper Aims to Find Out

With a spacecraft launching soon, the mission will try to answer the question of whether there are ingredients suitable for life in the ocean below Europa’s icy crust. Deep down, in an ocean beneath its ice shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa might be temperate and nutrient-rich, an ideal environment for some form of life — what […]

October 13, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/XMe8E7v
via IFTTT

NASA Activates Resources to Help Assess Impacts from Hurricane Milton

In the wake of Hurricane Milton, NASA is deploying resources to support Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and state emergency management agencies to aid their response effort including satellite and aerial data collection. The agency’s Disasters Response Coordination System and Airborne Science Program are began conducting flights Friday to provide emergency responders with better insight […]

October 12, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/w4ycAVj
via IFTTT

Friday, October 11, 2024

NASA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2024

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize Hispanic astronauts who have flown in space. The table below lists these individuals of various nationalities who have made significant contributions to their space programs. The first Hispanic astronauts completed short flights to a Soviet space station and aboard the space shuttle. In the past 23 years, […]

October 11, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/Swo5grc
via IFTTT

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-8 Return, Splashdown

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 7:05 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 13, for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to undock from the International Space Station. Pending weather conditions, the earliest splashdown time is targeted for 3:38 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at one of the multiple zones available off the coast of Florida. NASA […]

October 11, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/r69ZT2R
via IFTTT

NPR News: Florida dog found tied to fence and abandoned before Milton is safe with rescue group

Florida dog found tied to fence and abandoned before Milton is safe with rescue group
The pooch was left on the side of I-75, with a third of his body submerged in water, just hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall. A rescue organization said the dog was stressed but recovering.

Read more on NPR

Ancient Comet Makes Appearance

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this timelapse photo of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) International Space Station as it orbited 272 miles above the South Pacific Ocean southeast of New Zealand just before sunrise on Sept. 28, 2024. At the time, the comet was about 44 million miles away from Earth. Though the comet is very […]

October 11, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/XA57Eqa
via IFTTT

ESA/NASA’s SOHO Spies Bright Comet Making Debut in Evening Sky

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of the second-brightest comet to ever pass through its field of view, comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.

October 11, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/hP81pHZ
via IFTTT

Pioneering NASA Astronaut Health Tech Thwarts Heart Failure

Prioritizing health is important on Earth, and it’s even more important in space. Exploring beyond the Earth’s surface exposes humans to conditions that can impact blood pressure, bone density, immune health, and much more. With this in mind, two NASA inventors joined forces 20 years ago to create a way to someday monitor astronaut heart […]

October 11, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/iTf7yXn
via IFTTT

Controlled Propulsion for Gentle Landings 

A valve designed for NASA rover landings enables effective stage separations for commercial spaceflight

October 11, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/ocYThBI
via IFTTT

NPR News: The northern lights dazzle night skies across U.S. and Europe

The northern lights dazzle night skies across U.S. and Europe
The aurora borealis did not disappoint on Thursday night, with stargazers reporting seeing the stunning light show from across the U.S. — as far south as Texas and Florida — and Europe.

Read more on NPR

Thursday, October 10, 2024

NASA Highlights Low Earth Orbit, Sustainability at Space Conference

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will lead the agency’s delegation at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) from Monday, Oct. 14, to Thursday, Oct. 17, in Milan. During the congress, NASA will discuss its Low Earth Orbit Microgravity Strategy, emphasizing the agency’s efforts to advance microgravity science, technology, and exploration. The agency […]

October 10, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/5CUklnL
via IFTTT

Ring Around the Mountain

On June 10, 2023, the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 acquired this image of Mount Taranaki, a snow-capped mountain in New Zealand that is ringed by a dark green forest. Two older and extinct volcanoes, Kaitake and Pouakai, lie to the northwest of its peak. Learn more about Mount Taranaki. Image Credit: NASA/Wanmei Liang, […]

October 10, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/mu4iMvT
via IFTTT

NPR News: Rare comet to streak across night sky. Here’s how you can see it

Rare comet to streak across night sky. Here’s how you can see it
Your unusual chance to see a comet in the sky is here. C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was discovered by astronomers in 2023 — and will appear to the naked eye over the next couple weeks.

Read more on NPR

Lunar Autonomy Mobility Pathfinder Workshop: A NASA Chief Technologist Sponsored Workshop

OVERVIEW The NASA chief technologist’s team, within the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS), is hosting a Lunar Autonomy Mobility Pathfinder (LAMP) workshop on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, to provide a community forum to discuss modeling and simulation testbeds in this domain. The workshop is in coordination with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.  With the […]

October 10, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/DWIlXVS
via IFTTT

Kathryn Sullivan: The First American Woman to Walk in Space

Forty years ago, in October 1984, Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space. But being the first presented several challenges that started well before she took those historic steps. Things got complicated just after she learned of her assignment. Questions of Physiology Biomedical researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) raised what […]

October 10, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/6F0Nv2J
via IFTTT

Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io?

The existence of a moon located outside our solar system has never been confirmed but a new NASA-led study may provide indirect evidence for one. New research done at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reveals potential signs of a rocky, volcanic moon orbiting an exoplanet 635 light-years from Earth. The biggest clue is a sodium cloud […]

October 10, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/khvK4if
via IFTTT

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

NPR News: Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners

Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners
A lynx stretching in the sun, tadpoles swimming beneath lily pads and an investigator dusting a tusk for prints are among the winning images from the newest Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.

Read more on NPR

NASA Terminal Transmits First Laser Communications Uplink to Space 

NASA’s LCOT (Low-Cost Optical Terminal), a ground station made of modified commercial hardware, transmitted its first laser communications uplink to the TBIRD (TeraByte Infrared Delivery), a tissue box-sized payload formerly in low Earth orbit. During the first live sky test, NASA’s LCOT produced enough uplink intensity for the TBIRD payload to identify the laser beacon, […]

October 09, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/AruRHvC
via IFTTT

How Do Astronauts Get in Shape? – New “Ask SME” from NASA eClips

The NASA Science Activation program’s NASA eClips project, led by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), aims to increase Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) literacy and inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists by providing effective web-based, standards-aligned, in-school and out-of-school learning and teaching resources through the lens of NASA. As a part […]

October 09, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/ZDEeAfN
via IFTTT

NASA-Funded Study Assesses Pollution Near Los Angeles-Area Warehouses

Satellite-based data offers a broad view of particulate air pollution patterns across a major West Coast e-commerce hub. As goods of all shapes and sizes journey from factory to doorstep, chances are they’ve stopped at a warehouse along the way — likely several of them. The sprawling structures are waypoints in the logistics networks that […]

October 09, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/jzunWyO
via IFTTT

Black Hole Destroys Star, Goes After Another, NASA Missions Find

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a supermassive black hole that has torn apart one star and is now using that stellar wreckage to pummel another star or smaller black hole, as described in our latest press release. This research helps connect two cosmic mysteries and provides information about the environment around […]

October 09, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/vkdzFHC
via IFTTT

NPR News: Researchers work to make pitch-perfect turf for the 2026 World Cup

Researchers work to make pitch-perfect turf for the 2026 World Cup
Researchers work to grow grass that will offer the same level playing field for athletes at the various soccer venues that will be used during the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Read more on NPR

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

NASA Seeks Innovative Artemis Lunar Logistics, Mobility Solutions

NASA is asking U.S. industry to submit innovative architecture solutions that could help the agency land and move cargo on the lunar surfaced during future Artemis missions. Released in September, the agency’s request for proposal also supports NASA’s broader Moon to Mars Objectives. Previously, NASA published two white papers outlining lunar logistics and mobility gaps […]

October 08, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/Ka2xg5B
via IFTTT

Public Participation in Machine Learning Bolsters Extraterrestrial Research

When NASA conducts research beyond our world, scientists on Earth prepare as much as possible before sending instruments on extraterrestrial journeys. One way to prepare for these exploration missions is by using machine learning techniques to develop algorithms with data from commercial instruments or from flight instruments on planetary missions. For example, NASA uses mass spectrometer […]

October 08, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/wyzmv4x
via IFTTT

NPR News: A jellyfish with a superpower - it can fuse with another and become one

A jellyfish with a superpower - it can fuse with another and become one
Researchers found that two individuals of a type of comb jelly can fuse and become one with a shared nervous system and digestive system — which has implications for animal regeneration and immune systems.

Read more on NPR

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Exoskeleton’ Whirls Through Major Test

A major component of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just took a spin on the centrifuge at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Called the Outer Barrel Assembly, this piece of the observatory is designed to keep the telescope at a stable temperature and shield it from stray light. The two-part spin […]

October 08, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/KiJeMZj
via IFTTT

NPR News: Are hurricanes getting worse? Here’s what you need to know

Are hurricanes getting worse? Here’s what you need to know
Climate change hasn't increased the total number of hurricanes hitting the U.S., but it is making dangerous storms more common.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Are hurricanes getting worse? Here’s what you need to know

Are hurricanes getting worse? Here’s what you need to know
Climate change hasn't increased the total number of hurricanes hitting the U.S., but it is making dangerous storms more common.

Read more on NPR

Monday, October 7, 2024

Sols 4325-4326: (Not Quite) Dipping Our Toes in the Sand

Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 If you read this blog very often, you know that nearly every time the rover stops for science, MAHLI and APXS focus on interesting (and accessible!) rocks as targets. The rover science team is, after all, built with a lot of geologists. But geology is not all rocks, […]

October 07, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/Ks1Ul8o
via IFTTT

Tech Today: Spraying for Food Safety

Whether protecting crops from diseases and pests or sanitizing contaminated surfaces, the ability to spray protective chemicals over important resources is key to several industries. Electrostatic Spraying Systems Inc. (ESS) of Watkinsville, Georgia, manufactures electrostatic sprayers and equipment that make this possible. By licensing NASA electrostatic technology, originally made to water plants in space, ESS’s […]

October 07, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/FURLnZ2
via IFTTT

Instructions for Aliens

The golden records placed aboard Voyager 1 and 2 each have a cover with special etchings, seen here in this photo from Sept. 4, 1977. These drawings show how the record should be used to receive a message from Earth. For example, the drawing in the bottom right corner is of the phonograph record and […]

October 07, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/mOaosZE
via IFTTT

NASA, Smithsonian Open New Exhibit to Showcase Our Dynamic Earth

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington and agency leadership to unveil the new Earth Information Center exhibit during an early preview on Monday. “NASA has studied Earth and our changing climate for more than 60 years. The Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian Museum […]

October 07, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/TOp4IQU
via IFTTT

Perseverance Matters

It is an important and exciting juncture in Mars exploration and astrobiology. This year, the SHERLOC instrument beat the odds and made one of the most exciting discoveries of the Mars 2020 mission.

October 07, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/2vJVLQh
via IFTTT

Mark Sonoda: Leading NASA’s Path to the Commercialization of Space

With over 34 years of experience in human spaceflight, Mark Sonoda has witnessed some of NASA’s most pivotal moments, from the startup of the International Space Station to the retirement of the space shuttle. As the acting associate program manager for the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program (CLDP), he is set to help guide […]

October 07, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/HqTNbDo
via IFTTT

NPR News: Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA
The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is "proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function."

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Fruit flies are hard to swat. Mapping their brain might tell us why

Fruit flies are hard to swat. Mapping their brain might tell us why
Fruit fly brains are smaller than a poppy seed, but that doesn't mean they aren't complex. For the first time, researchers have published a complete diagram of 50 million connections in an adult fruit flies brain. The journal Nature simultaneously published nine papers related to this new brain map. Until now, only a roundworm and a fruit fly larva had been mapped in this way. Read more of science correspondent Jon Hamilton's reporting here. Want to know more about the future of brain science? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we might cover it on a future episode!

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Fruit flies are hard to swat. Mapping their brain might tell us why

Fruit flies are hard to swat. Mapping their brain might tell us why
Fruit fly brains are smaller than a poppy seed, but that doesn't mean they aren't complex. For the first time, researchers have published a complete diagram of 50 million connections in an adult fruit flies brain. The journal Nature simultaneously published nine papers related to this new brain map. Until now, only a roundworm and a fruit fly larva had been mapped in this way. Read more of science correspondent Jon Hamilton's reporting here. Want to know more about the future of brain science? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we might cover it on a future episode!

Read more on NPR

Sunday, October 6, 2024

NPR News: How eastern US forests look almost a century after chestnut trees started disappearing

How eastern US forests look almost a century after chestnut trees started disappearing
Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Meet the kayakers cleaning up the historically polluted Anacostia River

Meet the kayakers cleaning up the historically polluted Anacostia River
We look at local effort by kayakers to clean up the Anacostia River, which is polluted with trash and debris.

Read more on NPR

Saturday, October 5, 2024

NPR News: Stunning photos of a vast e-waste dumping ground — and those who make a living off it

Stunning photos of a vast e-waste dumping ground — and those who make a living off it
Three photojournalists have created an in-depth report on electronic waste — its negative and ... positive ... consequences.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Stunning photos of a vast e-waste dumping ground — and those who make a living off it

Stunning photos of a vast e-waste dumping ground — and those who make a living off it
Three photojournalists have created an in-depth report on electronic waste — its negative and ... positive ... consequences.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Why Massachusetts loves Nibi the beaver and is fighting to keep her out of the wild

Why Massachusetts loves Nibi the beaver and is fighting to keep her out of the wild
For the past several weeks, the beloved beaver has been embroiled in a court battle over whether she should return to the wild or stay at the rescue center where she has lived since she was a newborn.

Read more on NPR

Friday, October 4, 2024

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: NASA OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

There are no current openings. Please check back later for opportunities to join our team.

October 04, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/EqAsOPI
via IFTTT

Science Activation’s PLACES Team Facilitates Third Professional Learning Institute

The NASA Science Activation program’s Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship (PLACES) project supports middle and high school educators to engage students in data-rich Earth science learning through the integration of NASA data sets, images, classroom lessons, and other assets. This project draws on a place-based approach as a means to increase “data […]

October 04, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/p37rByt
via IFTTT

Sunglint on the Alabama River

In this June 26, 2023, photo taken from the International Space Station, sunlight shines off the smooth waters of the Alabama River in a phenomenon known as sunglint. When photographing Earth, astronauts often take advantage of sunglint’s tendency to increase the contrast between water surfaces and surrounding land surfaces. In the 1960s, the Alabama River […]

October 04, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/pzV1CIP
via IFTTT

NASA Announces Teams for 2025 Student Launch Challenge

NASA has selected 71 teams from across the U.S. to participate in its 25th annual Student Launch Challenge, one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges. The competition is aimed at inspiring Artemis Generation students to explore science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for the benefit of humanity. As part of the challenge, teams will design, […]

October 04, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/OvktPWl
via IFTTT

NASA Announces Teams to Compete in International Rover Challenge

NASA has selected 75 student teams to begin an engineering design challenge to build rovers that will compete next spring at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The competition is one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges, encouraging students to pursue degrees and careers in […]

October 04, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/fOW4qM8
via IFTTT

Hubble Observes a Peculiar Galaxy Shape

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy, NGC 4694. Most galaxies fall into one of two basic types. Spiral galaxies are young and energetic, filled with the gas needed to form new stars and sporting spiral arms that host these hot, bright youths. Elliptical galaxies have a much more pedestrian look, and their […]

October 04, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/pk7fcvd
via IFTTT

NPR News: How do scientists study lightning? With a spy plane and some big storms

How do scientists study lightning? With a spy plane and some big storms
Lightning: It happens all the time, and yet the exact details of how it's made has long eluded scientists. That is, until now. New research out this week in the journal Nature holds new insights into the precursor to lightning. To figure it out, researchers flew a NASA ER-2 – essentially the research version of a spy plane – over several tropical thunderstorms. What they found: The same high energy radiation is found in places like neutron stars and around black holes. Want to hear more stories about the science behind natural phenomena? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you!

Read more on NPR

NPR News: How do scientists study lightning? With a spy plane and some big storms

How do scientists study lightning? With a spy plane and some big storms
Lightning: It happens all the time, and yet the exact details of how it's made has long eluded scientists. That is, until now. New research out this week in the journal Nature holds new insights into the precursor to lightning. To figure it out, researchers flew a NASA ER-2 – essentially the research version of a spy plane – over several tropical thunderstorms. What they found: The same high energy radiation is found in places like neutron stars and around black holes. Want to hear more stories about the science behind natural phenomena? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you!

Read more on NPR

Thursday, October 3, 2024

General Law

The General Law Practice Group is responsible for providing Agency-wide legal advice and counsel in the areas of ethics, fiscal law, environmental law, personnel and labor law, civil rights and equal employment law, information disclosure law, safety and security law, and other administrative law matters.  The Practice Group also represents the Agency in litigation and […]

October 03, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/FkQpHqW
via IFTTT

NASA’s Laser Comms Demo Makes Deep Space Record, Completes First Phase

The Deep Space Optical Communications tech demo has completed several key milestones, culminating in sending a signal to Mars’ farthest distance from Earth. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration broke yet another record for laser communications this summer by sending a laser signal from Earth to NASA’s Psyche spacecraft about 290 million miles (460 […]

October 03, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/eYP6pui
via IFTTT

GPM Celebrates Ten Years of Observing Precipitation for Science and Society

Introduction On February 27, 2014, the four-ton Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory (CO) spacecraft launched aboard a Japanese H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. On that day, the GPM mission, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), began its journey to provide the world with […]

October 03, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/eULiNod
via IFTTT

How NASA Astronauts Vote from Space Aboard International Space Station 

NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the opportunity to vote in general elections through absentee ballots or early voting in coordination with the county clerk’s office where they live.   So, how is voting from space possible? Through NASA’s Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) Program.  Similar to most data transmitted between the space station […]

October 03, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/yXKs3qJ
via IFTTT

NASA’s LRO: Lunar Ice Deposits are Widespread

Deposits of ice in lunar dust and rock (regolith) are more extensive than previously thought, according to a new analysis of data from NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) mission. Ice would be a valuable resource for future lunar expeditions. Water could be used for radiation protection and supporting human explorers, or broken into its hydrogen […]

October 03, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/JYZP01i
via IFTTT

Gateway Stands Tall for Stress Test

Gateway space station’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost has successfully completed static load testing in Turin, Italy. With this phase of stress testing complete, the module is one step closer to final outfitting ahead of launch to lunar orbit.

October 03, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/yam67dE
via IFTTT

NPR News: Birders argue over plan to change dozens of bird names

Birders argue over plan to change dozens of bird names
On Thursday, a major birding society will discuss how how to go about changing potentially offensive bird names. There's resistance to the original plan to rename all birds named after people.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: From fruit fly to this guy: a map of one tiny brain may show how larger ones work

From fruit fly to this guy: a map of one tiny brain may show how larger ones work
The first full map of an adult fruit fly’s brain shows 50 million connections between neurons. Researchers are using the map to learn how all brains work.

Read more on NPR

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Unique NASA Partnerships Spark STEM Learning on Global Scale

NASA offers a world of experiences and opportunities to engage young explorers around the globe in the excitement of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement collaborates with experts throughout the agency, the U.S. government, and a variety of global partners to spark inspiration in Artemis Generation students everywhere. Partnerships with […]

October 02, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/idb2VUh
via IFTTT

2024 ASGSR Art Competition! 

Showcase your creative side and your research!    They say, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This year’s ASGSR conference will include an art competition, inviting researchers to bring their science to life through art.   Consider submitting an entry for yourself or encourage your students to enter, too!  Entries will be displayed at the 2024 […]

October 02, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/bTLg1Wv
via IFTTT

Sols 4321-4322: Sailing Out of Gediz Vallis

Earth planning date: Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 For the past few plans, Curiosity has been wrapping up its science campaign within Gediz Vallis. Over the weekend, the rover completed analyses on white stones encountered while departing the channel, before continuing along the western margin of Gediz Vallis. As we exit the channel, a metaphorical red […]

October 02, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/KkxFQ4R
via IFTTT

Via NASA Plane, Scientists Find New Gamma-ray Emission in Storm Clouds

There’s more to thunderclouds than rain and lightning. Thunderclouds can produce intense bursts of gamma rays.

October 02, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/amLVhTR
via IFTTT

What’s Up: October 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA

A new comet is passing through the inner solar system! Time will tell if it’s the brightest of the year, once it appears in twilight after about Oct. 14.

October 02, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/AiJXelS
via IFTTT

NASA’s TESS Spots Record-Breaking Stellar Triplets

Professional and amateur astronomers teamed up with artificial intelligence to find an unmatched stellar trio called TIC 290061484, thanks to cosmic “strobe lights” captured by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite).  The system contains a set of twin stars orbiting each other every 1.8 days, and a third star that circles the pair in just […]

October 02, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/wCYMUaS
via IFTTT

NASA’s Webb Reveals Unusual Jets of Volatile Gas from Icy Centaur 29P

Inspired by the half-human, half-horse creatures that are part of Ancient Greek mythology, the field of astronomy has its own kind of centaurs: distant objects orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has mapped the gases spewing from one of these objects, suggesting a varied composition and providing new insights […]

October 02, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/ElCnzm4
via IFTTT

NPR News: Feathers have been ruffled over bird name changes

Feathers have been ruffled over bird name changes
To remove potentially offensive names, a birding society said it would rename birds originally named after people. Since many birders resisted the change, it will be a topic at their annual meeting.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Consequences of viral cuteness as the internet raves about a pygmy hippo at Thailand

Consequences of viral cuteness as the internet raves about a pygmy hippo at Thailand
While we might think it's cute when an animal goes viral online, but there are some real-world implications to an animal becoming too popular.

Read more on NPR

NPR News: Why Astronomy 101 is 'perfect' for teaching climate change

Why Astronomy 101 is 'perfect' for teaching climate change
Years ago, astronomy professors started noticing something that troubled them: Many of their students didn't understand climate change and the science supporting it. So a small group of professors decided to do something about it — teach climate change in their introductory astronomy courses. Want to hear more stories about climate change? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you!

Read more on NPR

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

NPR News: Fat Bear Week delayed after a large bear kills a rival bear

Fat Bear Week delayed after a large bear kills a rival bear
The scene was relayed by a live webcam of bears on Alaska's Brooks River. “This is very difficult to watch and comprehend,” said Naomi Boak of the nonprofit Katmai Conservancy.

Read more on NPR

Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA

Oct. 1, 2024 Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the agency across multiple programs, including 157 days in space and three spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired United States Navy captain and naval aviator with more than two decades of […]

October 01, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/0SODCXd
via IFTTT

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Concludes Space Station Scientific Mission

NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin are returning to Earth after months aboard the International Space Station conducting scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. The four launched on March 3 aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]

October 01, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/P3Vartu
via IFTTT

NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation Belt

From Aug. 19-20, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the spacecraft zipped past our Moon and home planet, Juice’s instruments came online for a dry run of what they’ll do when they reach Jupiter. During […]

October 01, 2024
from NASA https://ift.tt/wEjpL8s
via IFTTT

NPR News: These scientists are trying to build a fungal-resistant future

These scientists are trying to build a fungal-resistant future
Over six million fungal species are believed to inhabit planet Earth. Outsmarting them is the work of Arturo Casadevall's lifetime. What If Fungi Win? is the question at the heart of Arturo's new book, co-authored with journalist Stephanie Desmon. In this episode, Emily and Regina take a trip to Arturo's lab at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and meet a group of scientists thinking about the fungal consequences of climate change, urban heat islands, and scooping up microbes with candy. Curious about fungi? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you!

Read more on NPR

NPR News: These scientists are trying to build a fungal-resistant future

These scientists are trying to build a fungal-resistant future
Over six million fungal species are believed to inhabit planet Earth. Outsmarting them is the work of Arturo Casadevall's lifetime. What If Fungi Win? is the question at the heart of Arturo's new book, co-authored with journalist Stephanie Desmon. In this episode, Emily and Regina take a trip to Arturo's lab at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and meet a group of scientists thinking about the fungal consequences of climate change, urban heat islands, and scooping up microbes with candy. Curious about fungi? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you!

Read more on NPR

NPR News: These scientists are trying to build a fungal-resistant future

These scientists are trying to build a fungal-resistant future
Over six million fungal species are believed to inhabit planet Earth. Outsmarting them is the work of Arturo Casadevall's lifetime. What If Fungi Win? is the question at the heart of Arturo's new book, co-authored with journalist Stephanie Desmon. In this episode, Emily and Regina take a trip to Arturo's lab at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and meet a group of scientists thinking about the fungal consequences of climate change, urban heat islands, and scooping up microbes with candy. Curious about fungi? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we'd love to hear from you!

Read more on NPR