January 2024

General
Steven BennerFoundation For Applied Molecular Evolution As noted at NASA’s 2019 Carlsbad Conference we have good reason to think that: The purpose of this NIAC project is to change this view, and to do so before human arrival planned by NASA, the Chinese National Space Agency, and SpaceX, “by 2040”, “in 2033”, and “before 2030”, […]
Posted January 4, 2024
General
Ge-Cheng ZhaCoflow Jet, LLC We propose to develop a novel global mobility Mars exploration platform , Mars Aerial and Ground Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE).
Posted January 4, 2024
General
James BickfordCharles Stark Draper Laboratory New exciting missions, such as a rendezvous with a passing interstellar object, or a multi-target observing effort at the solar gravitational focus, require velocities that are well in excess of conventional rocketry.
Posted January 4, 2024
General
Alvaro Romero-CalvoGeorgia Tech Research Corporation Human space exploration is presented with multiple challenges, such as the near absence of buoyancy in orbit or the reliable, efficient, and sustainable operation of life support systems.
Posted January 4, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Studying Exoplanets
The Universe
By combining several years of observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope along with conducting computer modelling, astronomers have found evidence for massive cyclones and other dynamic weather activity swirling on a hot, Jupiter-sized planet 880 light-years away. The planet, called WASP-121 b, is not habitable.
Posted January 4, 2024
ISS Research
The International Space Station is a hub for scientific research and technology demonstration. Currently, in its third decade of human-tended operations, the orbiting lab is building on previous research to produce pivotal results while conducting cutting-edge science.
Posted January 4, 2024
Skywatching
Skywatching Tips
January 2024 The Next Full Moon is the Cold, Frost, or Winter Moon; the Long Night Moon; the Moon after Yule; the Datta Jayanti and Thiruvathira Festival Moon; Unduvap Poya; and the Chang’e Moon. The next full Moon will be Tuesday evening, December 26, 2023, appearing opposite the Sun (in Earth-based longitude) at 7:33 PM […]
Posted January 4, 2024
People of Goddard
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Goddard astrophysicist Dr. Joshua Schlieder supports NASA's Roman Space Telescope and Swift Observatory with creativity, community, and curiosity.
Posted January 3, 2024
Bob Hines
Jessica Watkins
Kjell N. Lindgren
STEM Engagement at NASA
On March 30, 2023, NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines took part in STEM demonstrations with local students in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. While aboard, the crew studied ways to reverse the aging of […]
Posted January 3, 2024
Astrophysics
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Space Flight Center
Pulsars
Spitzer Space Telescope
Supernovae
The Universe
A colorful, festive image shows different types of light containing the remains of not one, but at least two, exploded stars. This supernova remnant is known as 30 Doradus B (30 Dor B for short) and is part of a larger region of space where stars have been continuously forming for the past 8 to […]
Posted January 3, 2024
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