October 2024

Organizations
Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
2024 Blue Origin and KBR Dinner.10.30.24 JASWDC Gala.10.30.24 SPI GWU Dinner.10.30.24 36th Annual Dr.
Posted October 31, 2024
Science & Research
Ames Research Center
Biological & Physical Sciences
Humans in Space
People of NASA
Malcolm O’Malley and his mom sat nervously in the doctor’s office awaiting the results of his bloodwork. This was no ordinary check-up. In fact, this appointment was more urgent and important than the SATs the seventeen-year-old, college hopeful had spent months preparing for and was now missing in order to understand his symptoms.  But when […]
Posted October 31, 2024
Star-forming Nebulae
WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer)
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 […]
Posted October 31, 2024
NASA History
Although no ghouls or goblins or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting facility still like to get in the Halloween spirit.
Posted October 31, 2024
Learning Resources
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.
Posted October 31, 2024
SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Search for Life
The Universe
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 […]
Posted October 31, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
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 […]
Posted October 31, 2024
Blogs
Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 28, 2024 Before the science team starts planning, we first look at the latest Navcam image downlinked from Curiosity to see where the rover is located. It can be all too easy to get lost in the scenery of the Navcam and find new places in the distance we want […]
Posted October 31, 2024
For Educators
For Kids and Students
Humans in Space
ISS Research
STEM Engagement at NASA
How it started versus how it’s going for astronaut Nick Hague with ISS Ham Radio on the space station. Since November 2000, crew members like Hague have used ham radio to communicate with people on Earth through this educational program, also known as Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS. So far, there […]
Posted October 30, 2024
General
Marshall Space Flight Center
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.
Posted October 30, 2024
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