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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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 […]

NASA Activates Resources to Help Assess Impacts from Hurricane Milton - NASA

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Piratenpartei Deutschland 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Dank einer Piratin als Berichterstatterin hat der Europarat festgestellt, dass Julian Assange politischer Gefangener war!

Good to see Pirates at work!

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Parliamentary Assembly Strasbourg 2 October 2024

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 Curiosity is continuing to make good progress downhill along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, allowing us to take another look from a different perspective at this area we’ve spent many months exploring. The drive from Monday’s plan executed as expected, positioning us about 30 meters […]

Sols 4329-4330: Continuing Downhill - NASA Science

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 Curiosity is continuing to make good progress downhill along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, allowing us to take another look from a different perspective at this area we’ve spent many months…

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

The Next Full Moon is a Supermoon; the Hunter’s Moon; the Travel Moon, the Dying Grass Moon, or the Sanguine or Blood Moon; the start of Sukkoth; Sharad Purnima, Kumara Purnima, Kojagari Purnima, Navanna Purnima Kojagrat Purnima, or Kaumudi Purnima; the end of Vassa and Pavarana; the Thadingyut Festival Moon; the end of the Phaung […]

The Next Full Moon is a Supermoon, and the Hunter's Moon - NASA Science

The next full Moon will be Thursday morning, Oct. 17, 2024, at 7:26 a.m. EDT. This will be the third of four consecutive supermoons.

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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, […]

NASA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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 […]

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

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this timelapse photo of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the 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 […]

Ancient Comet Makes Appearance - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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.

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

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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.

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

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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 […]

NASA Astronaut Health Technology Thwarts Heart Failure

NASA research created for astronaut health monitoring provides early detection for patients battling heart failure through a commercial product.

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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

Controlled Propulsion for Gentle Landings - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

“My mom had to leave school after 9th grade to support her family, but she always emphasized the importance of education. And with a lot of sacrifices, got us an encyclopedia in Spanish, ‘Enciclopedia de Las Ciencias’. By getting that encyclopedia for us, without knowing it, my mom was my first mentor because she introduced […]

Program Executive Dr. Yaítza Luna-Cruz - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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RCRA Permit Modification - NASA

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ESA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Week in images: 07-11 October 2024

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

The sparkling scene depicted in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is of the spiral galaxy NGC 5248, located 42 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Boötes. It is also known as Caldwell 45. The Caldwell catalog holds visually interesting celestial objects that are not as commonly observed by amateur astronomers as the more […]

Hubble Spots a Grand Spiral of Starbursts - NASA Science

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ESA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Resembling a Martian-like surface, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of the Hardap region in south-central Namibia on the western edge of the Kalahari Desert.

Earth from Space: Hardap Dam, Namibia

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

OVERVIEW NASA’s 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. NASA’s agency chief technologist is organizing the event in coordination with the Space Technology Mission Directorate. With the Artemis […]

Lunar Autonomy Mobility Pathfinder: An OTPS-Sponsored Workshop - NASA

NASA's Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS), is hosting a Lunar Autonomy Mobility Pathfinder (LAMP) workshop on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, to

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

NASA invites the public to virtually sail along with the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System‘s space journey using NASA’s “Eyes on the Solar System” visualization tool, a digital model of the solar system. This simulation shows the real-time positions of the planets, moons, and spacecraft – including NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System. Solar sails use the pressure […]

Sail Along with NASA’s Solar Sail Tech Demo in Real-Time Simulation - NASA Science

NASA invites the public to virtually sail along with the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System‘s space journey using NASA’s “Eyes on the Solar System” visualization tool, a digital model of the solar system.

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Jennifer Becerra has nearly three decades of experience in education, both in the classroom and within the NASA community. Leading a team dedicated to fostering a passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), she develops programs that inspire students and educators alike. Whether coordinating internships or organizing engagement events, Becerra creates educational opportunities to […]

Igniting Inspiration: Jennifer Becerra’s STEM Legacy at Johnson - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

NASA has selected Metis Technology Solutions Inc. of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide engineering services as well as develop and maintain software and hardware used to conduct simulations for aerospace research and development across the agency. The Aerospace Research, Technology, and Simulations (ARTS) contract is a hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity component […]

NASA Awards Aerospace Research, Technology, and Simulations Contract - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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 […]

NASA Highlights Low Earth Orbit, Sustainability at Space Conference - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

The imaging spectrometer aboard the Carbon Mapper Coalition’s Tanager-1 satellite identified methane and carbon dioxide plumes in the United States and internationally. Using data from an instrument designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the nonprofit Carbon Mapper has released the first methane and carbon dioxide detections from the Tanager-1 satellite. The detections […]

First Greenhouse Gas Plumes Detected With NASA-Designed Instrument - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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, […]

Ring Around the Mountain - NASA

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ESA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

The day began with an 85% chance that bad weather would cause a launch delay: it ended with ESA’s Hera mission successfully in space and enroute to the Didymos binary asteroid system.

Hera takes flight: Didymos, here we come

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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 […]

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

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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 […]

Kathryn Sullivan: The First American Woman to Walk in Space - NASA

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

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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 […]

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

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ESA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

ESA engineers have focused microscopes, hardness testers and an X-ray computer aided tomography machine onto a special aluminium weld just a single centimetre across – the historic result of the very first autonomous welding to be performed in space,…

Space-made weld scrutinised in ESA lab

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ESA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Sound of Earth’s magnetic flip 41 000 years ago

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ESA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

With all instruments integrated, the first MetOp Second Generation-A, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite is now fully assembled and on schedule for liftoff next year.

First all-new MetOp complete and sibling in testing

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Marshall Lends Insight, Expertise to Auburn Aerospace Industry Day Event By Rick Smith Nearly 500 students and faculty of Auburn University gathered on campus Sept. 30-Oct. 2 to hear lectures from leading NASA propulsion and engineering experts and to talk careers goals and opportunities with representatives of the U.S. space program and various aerospace industry […]

The Marshall Star for October 9, 2024 - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 After successfully completing investigations within Gediz Vallis, Curiosity is back on the road through the Mg-sulfate (magnesium sulfate) bearing unit. The terrain under our wheels is a familiar collection of broken up blocks, and we’re keeping our rover eyes on the more distant stratigraphy and the deposits within […]

Sols 4327-4328: On the Road Again - NASA Science

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

NASA astronauts, scientists, and researchers, and leadership from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) met with cancer patients and gathered in a discussion about potential research opportunities and collaborations as part of President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative on Oct. 4. Roundtable discussions centered conversation around the five hazards of […]

NASA Astronauts, Leadership Visit Children’s Hospital, Cancer Moonshot Event - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

In her six years working with NASA, Miranda Peters has filled a variety of roles. She trained in flight control for the International Space Station, worked as a safety engineer in the station’s program office, and served as a project engineer working on next-generation spacesuit assembly and testing. She has also embraced an unofficial duty: […]

Project Engineer Miranda Peters Flips the Script on Neurological Differences - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

In October 1604, a new star appeared in the sky, puzzling astronomers of the day. First observed on Oct. 9, German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) began his observations on Oct. 17 and tracked the new star for over a year. During that time, it brightened to magnitude -2.5, outshining Jupiter, and for several weeks remained […]

420 Years Ago: Astronomer Johannes Kepler Observes a Supernova - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different viewpoints. The results inform future plans to study like types of planets around other stars. Astronomers used Uranus as a proxy for similar planets beyond our […]

NASA's Hubble, New Horizons Team Up for a Simultaneous Look at Uranus - NASA Science

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

Astronomers have observed Jupiter’s legendary Great Red Spot (GRS), an anticyclone large enough to swallow Earth, for at least 150 years. But there are always new surprises – especially when NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope takes a close-up look at it. Hubble’s new observations of the famous red storm, collected 90 days between December 2023 to […]

NASA's Hubble Watches Jupiter's Great Red Spot Behave Like a Stress Ball - NASA Science

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

NASA’s Orion spacecraft is designed to keep astronauts safe in deep space, protecting them from the unforgiving environment far from Earth. During the uncrewed Artemis I mission, researchers from NASA, along with several collaborators, flew payloads onboard Orion to measure potential radiation exposure to astronauts. Radiation measurements were taken inside Orion by 5,600 passive sensors […]

Artemis I Radiation Measurements Validate Orion Safety for Astronauts - NASA

NASA's Orion spacecraft is designed to keep astronauts safe in deep space, protecting them from the unforgiving environment far from Earth. During the

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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, […]

NASA Terminal Transmits First Laser Communications Uplink to Space - NASA

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NASA (unofficial) 1 maand ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

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 […]

How Do Astronauts Get in Shape? – New "Ask SME" from NASA eClips - NASA Science

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 …

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