October 2024

Blogs
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.
Posted October 30, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
People of Armstrong
People of NASA
Editor’s note: This article was published May 23, 2003, in NASA Armstrong’s X-Press newsletter. NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was redesignated Armstrong Flight Research Center on March 1, 2014. Ken Iliff was inducted into the National Hall of Fame for Persons with Disabilities in 1987. He died Jan. 4, 2016. As an […]
Posted October 29, 2024
Earth
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 8’s Operational Land Imager acquired this image of an elongated lenticular cloud, locally nicknamed the “Taieri Pet,” above New Zealand’s South Island on Sept. 7, 2024. Lenticular clouds form when prevailing winds encounter a topographic barrier, such as a mountain range. Wind that is forced to flow up and over the mountains creates a […]
Posted October 29, 2024
Johnson Space Center
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Science & Research
Better Monitoring of the Air Astronauts Breathe Ten weeks of operations showed that a second version of the Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor is sensitive enough to determine variations in the composition of cabin air inside the International Space Station.
Posted October 29, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
People of Goddard
People of NASA
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.
Posted October 29, 2024
Commercial Crew
Expedition 72
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
Johnson Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
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.
Posted October 29, 2024
Learning Resources
Posted October 29, 2024
Lunar Trailblazer
Earth's Moon
Moons
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
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 […]
Posted October 29, 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.
Posted October 29, 2024
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