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

Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 As Cat mentioned on Monday, today’s plan is a second attempt at our Drill Sol 1 activities. We’ve shifted the target on Kings Canyon a little bit, but the activities remain the same — a preload test to ensure that we’re able to safely drill here, and contact […]

Sols 4261-4262: Drill Sol 1…Take 2 - NASA Science

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

A new era of aviation is here, and NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project is developing innovative data solutions to assure safe, rapid, and repeatable access to a transformed National Airspace System (NAS). SWS was created in 2018 and is part of NASA Aeronautics’ Airspace Operations and Safety Program. SWS evaluates how the aerospace industry and […]

System-Wide Safety Project Description - NASA

NASA’s System-Wide Safety project is developing innovative data solutions to assure safe, rapid, and repeatable access to the National Airspace System.

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

System-Wide Safety (SWS) project leaders are listed here. Project ManagerDr. Kyle Ellis Deputy Project ManagerSummer Brandt Associate Project ManagerDr. Wendy Okolo Associate Project ManagerMichael Vincent Project ScientistDr. Paul Miner Senior Technical Advisor for Aviation SafetyDr. Lance Prinzel Senior Technical Advisor for AutonomyDr. Joseph Coughlan Senior Technical Advisor for AssuranceDr. Natasha Neogi Safety LiaisonDr. Misty Davies […]

SWS Project Description

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

An attractive option for active removal of space debris threatening low Earth orbit (LEO) assets is a concept referred to as the ElectroDynamic Debris Eliminator (EDDE).

Clean Space - NASA

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

SLS Core Stage Rolls Inside Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center. Tugboats and towing vessels moved the barge and core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, where it was […]

The Marshall Star for July 31, 2024 - NASA

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space

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

On July 19, 2024, NASA officially named Johnson Space Center’s building 12 the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo.” A portrait of Dorothy Vaughan is now the central feature at the entrance of the newly named building. This portrait was hand-painted by Eliza Hoffman, an accomplished artist who is also a […]

A Picture-Perfect Portrait: Eliza Hoffman’s Take on Dorothy Vaughan - NASA

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

NASA Johnson Space Center: ORDEM represents the state of the art in orbital debris models intended for engineering analysis. It is a data-driven model, relying on large quantities of radar, optical, in situ, and laboratory measurement data. When released, it was the first software code to include a model for different orbital debris material densities, population […]

2024 Software of the Year Co-Winner - Orbital Debris Engineering Model (ORDEM) - NASA

NASA Johnson Space Center: ORDEM represents the state of the art in orbital debris models intended for engineering analysis. It is a data-driven model,

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

NASA Ames Research Center: ProgPy is an open-source Python package supporting research and development of prognostics, health management, and predictive maintenance tools. Prognostics is the science of prediction, and the field of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) aims at estimating the current physical health of a system (e.g., motor, battery, etc.) and predicting how the […]

2024 Software of the Year Award Co-Winner -Prognostics Python Packages (ProgPy) - NASA

NASA Ames Research Center: ProgPy is an open-source Python package supporting research and development of prognostics, health management, and predictive

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

The Astrobee project is developing a set of three free-flying robots that will operate inside the International Space Station (ISS) alongside astronauts.

Astrobee - NASA

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

Thrust Chamber Liner and Fabrication Method Team NASA Marshall Space Flight Center A thrust chamber assembly (TCA) is the critical and central component in a rocket engine that provides thrust to propel a launch vehicle into space. Since the 1960s, while small improvements in TCA performance have been made, little has been done to reduce […]

2024 Invention of the Year Winner - Thrust Chamber Liner and Fabrication Method Team - NASA

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: A thrust chamber assembly (TCA) is the critical and central component in a rocket engine that provides thrust to propel a

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

On July 31, 1964, the Ranger 7 spacecraft took this photo, the first image of the Moon taken by a United States spacecraft. 17 minutes later, it crashed into the Moon on the northern rim of the Sea of Clouds as intended. The 4,316 images sent back helped identify safe Moon landing sites for Apollo […]

Ranger 7 Snaps the Moon - NASA

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

Tech Today: Remote Sensing Technology Fights Forest Fires

Tech Today: Remote Sensing Technology Fights Forest Fires - NASA

Enabled by NASA Sensors and Technical Assistance

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

Two planets meet for a super close conjunction, the Perseid meteor shower peaks, and look for the Lagoon Nebula – a stellar nursery in Sagittarius.

What's Up: August 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA - NASA Science

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

Careers at NASA were not on his radar growing up. But Jonas Dino, public engagement specialist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, ended up with his perfect job that involves connecting people with NASA. One of the best parts of his job is to learn first-hand about NASA’s cutting-edge research and translate […]

NASA Public Engagement Specialist Loves to Inspire Kids with STEM - NASA

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

As ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence completes its pre-launch testing, its target bodies have come into focus as tiny worldlets of their own.

Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science

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

Bringing bright minds together has once again proven to be the key to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. Researchers developed technology that will store information within a cloud of atoms. Together with Infleqtion Inc., researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland produced NASA’s first-ever quantum memory. This technology is NASA’s first step in […]

NASA’s First-Ever Quantum Memory Made at Glenn Research Center

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is playing a major role in the development of a cutting-edge technology: NASA’s first-ever quantum memory.

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

Ariane 6: post-launch update

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"pored over" != "poured over".

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

NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 11:28 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Aug. 3, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency. NASA’s live launch coverage will begin at […]

NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s 21st Station Resupply Launch - NASA

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

NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 11:28 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Aug. 3, for the next launch to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Filled with more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, the Cygnus cargo spacecraft, carried on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This launch is the 21st Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for the agency.

Overview for NASA’s Northrop Grumman 21st Commercial Resupply Mission - NASA

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

NASA will deliver a patch kit for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, on the agency’s Northrop Grumman 21st commercial resupply mission. Astronauts will conduct a spacewalk to complete the repair. Located near the space station’s starboard solar array, NICER was damaged in May 2023. The mission […]

Repair Kit for NASA’s NICER Mission Heading to Space Station - NASA Science

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

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Ryan T. Scott, Mike Kubo, Ehsan (Sam) Gharib-Nezhad, and Kristen Okorn. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the talent, camaraderie, and vision needed to explore this world and beyond. Space Biosciences Star: Ryan T. Scott Ryan Scott, a Space Biosciences […]

Ames Science Directorate's Stars of the Month, July 2024 - NASA

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

Earth planning date: Monday, July 29, 2024 Our weekend drill preload test on the target “Kings Canyon” (shown in the accompanying MAHLI image) didn’t give us the full range of data we need to move forward with the full drilling process. This coming Wednesday, we hope to rerun our preload test on Kings Canyon or somewhere […]

Sols 4259-4260: Kings Canyon Go Again! - NASA Science

Earth planning date: Monday, July 29, 2024 Our weekend drill preload test on the target “Kings Canyon” (shown in the accompanying MAHLI image) didn’t give us the full range of data we need to move forward with the full drilling process.

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

As a 16-year old high school graduate, Maggie House decided to leave the military base in Germany where she lived with her family and go to college close to nature in Fairbanks, Alaska. She had lived in many countries and US states and knew she was ready. At the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ […]

GLOBE Alumna and Youth for Habitat Program Lead Named Scientist of the Month in Alaska - NASA Science

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

In studying data collected from NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, which in 2022 sent a spacecraft to intentionally collide with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, the mission’s science team has discovered new information on the origins of the target binary asteroid system and why the DART spacecraft was so effective in shifting Dimorphos’ orbit. In five recently […]

NASA’s DART Mission Sheds New Light on Target Binary Asteroid System - NASA Science

In studying data collected from NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, which in 2022 sent a spacecraft to intentionally collide with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, the mission’s science team has discovered new information on the ori…

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

NASA will broadcast groundbreaking discoveries, benefits for humanity, and how the agency and its commercial and international partners are maximizing research and development in orbit from the 13th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference. The conference runs Monday through Thursday, Aug. 1, in Boston. The full conference agenda is available online. NASA will […]

NASA to Highlight 13th Space Station Research, Development Conference - NASA

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

Earth planning date: Friday, July 26, 2024 Today’s 2-sol weekend plan is our first taste of a new location for a potential sampling campaign. We call today’s plan type: Drill Sol 1 – triage contact science. We arrived this morning to a lovely new workspace. The science team has been eagerly observing these lighter-toned rocks […]

Sols 4257-4258: A Little Nudge on Kings Canyon - NASA Science

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

Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Happy Wednesday, terrestrials! We wrapped up our Mammoth Lakes drill campaign only three weeks ago and are already looking for our next drill site. This will be the last drill campaign in the Gediz Vallis region, an area on Mars the Curiosity team has had their eyes on since sol […]

Sols 4255-4256: Just Passing Through - NASA Science

Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Happy Wednesday, terrestrials! We wrapped up our Mammoth Lakes drill campaign only three weeks ago and are already looking for our next drill site.

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

Long before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the Moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists believed the Moon had a solid surface that would support astronauts and their landing craft, some believed a deep layer of dust covered it that would swallow any visitors. Until 1964, no closeup photographs of the […]

60 Years Ago: Ranger 7 Photographs the Moon - NASA

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

As part of its ongoing web and television modernization efforts, NASA is shifting its digital focus to its on-demand streaming service, NASA+, which has already gained four times more viewership than the agency’s traditional cable channel. To streamline how it brings the latest aeronautics, human spaceflight, science, and technology news to the universe, the agency […]

NASA Embraces Streaming Service to Reach, Inspire Artemis Generation - NASA

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

Interested in having a NASA SCaN expert speak to your class or group? The SCaN program is accepting requests for visits (both virtual and in-person) during the coming calendar year. Request a virtual visit below. Request a visit with the SCaN team at: NASA Glenn NASA Goddard NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Social Media Stay connected […]

Visit with NASA SCaN - NASA

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

The NASA Science Activation program’s PLACES (Broadening Data Fluency Through the Integration of NASA Assets and Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship) team – which focuses on supporting educators to implement Place-Based, Data-Rich (PBDR) instruction using NASA assets in their own contexts – recently published a blog post about the PLACES PBDR framework […]

PLACES team publishes blog post on NextGenScience Blog - NASA Science

The NASA Science Activation program’s PLACES (Broadening Data Fluency Through the Integration of NASA Assets and Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship) team – which focuses on supporting educators to implement Place-…

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

In this image from May 4, 2017, a rabbit is nearly obscured by grass at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy shares a border with the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which is home to over 31 mammal species and hundreds of bird, fish, amphibian, and reptile species. Kennedy is responsible for more protected species […]

Peekaboo! - NASA

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

NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 21st commercial resupply services mission for the agency. Mission teams are targeting 11:28 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 3, for the launch of the company’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at […]

NASA Offers Virtual Activities for 21st Northrop Grumman Resupply Mission - NASA

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

July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceeded the previous daily record, set in July 2023. These record-breaking temperatures are part of a long-term warming trend driven by human activities, primarily the emission of greenhouse […]

NASA Data Shows July 22 Was Earth’s Hottest Day on Record - NASA

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

NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) has twice transmitted a laser pulse to a cookie-sized retroreflector aboard JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) SLIM lander on the Moon and received a return signal. As LRO passed 44 miles above SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) during two successive orbits on May 24, 2024, it pinged the lander […]

NASA, JAXA Bounce Laser Beam Between Moon’s Surface and Lunar Orbit - NASA Science

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has twice transmitted a laser pulse to a cookie-sized retroreflector aboard JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) SLIM lander on the Moon and received a return signal.

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

Science in Space: July 2024 This time of year, managing heat is on everyone’s mind. Especially now, as May 2024 marked a full year of record-high monthly temperatures – an unprecedented streak, according to scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. NASA experts analyze data from thousands of land-, sea-, and […]

Managing Heat - NASA

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

Juice returns for a lunar-Earth flyby

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

Learn how engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center are using electric field testing to optimize communications for the Gateway space station that will support Artemis exploration of the Moon.

Earth to Gateway: Electric Field Tests Enhance Lunar Communication

Learn how NASA engineers at Johnson Space Center are using electric field testing to refine communications for the Gateway space station.

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

Calling all space dreamers and game developers! ESA is back at Gamescom, the world's biggest video game event, kicking off in Cologne from 21 to 25 August. Our stand is in the careers area of Koelnmesse in Hall 10.

ESA blasts off at Gamescom

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