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Station Science Top News: Jan. 10, 2025

Measurements from space support wildfire risk predictions Researchers demonstrated that data from the International Space Station’s ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) instrument played a significant role in the ability of machine learning algorithms to predict wildfire susceptibility.

Posted January 13, 2025

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NASA History

55 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Prepares for Third Moon Landing

Following the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening federal budgets forced NASA to rescope its future lunar landing plans. The need for a Saturn V to launch an experimental space station in 1972 forced the cancellation of the final Moon landing mission and […]

Posted January 13, 2025

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High School Aerospace Scholars Propel STEM Leaders Forward

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center in Houston offers students a unique gateway to opportunity through the High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program.

Posted January 13, 2025

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35 Years Ago: STS-32 Returns the Long Duration Exposure Facility

On Jan. 9, 1990, space shuttle Columbia took off on its ninth flight, STS-32, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.

Posted January 9, 2025

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Houston, We Have the Holiday Cookies

Supporting the International Space Station is an around-the-clock responsibility for NASA and its international partners. This means there is always a team of flight operations and payload personnel working with the orbiting laboratory’s crew – including overnight, on weekends, and during the holidays.

Posted January 8, 2025

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415 Years Ago: Astronomer Galileo Discovers Jupiter’s Moons

On Jan. 7, 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered through his newly improved 20-power homemade telescope at the planet Jupiter. He noticed three other points of light near the planet, at first believing them to be distant stars. Observing them over several nights, he noted that they appeared to move in the wrong direction with […]

Posted January 8, 2025

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Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, along with astronaut Suni Williams, will also complete other tasks during the outing.

Posted January 8, 2025

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NASA to Cover Two Spacewalks, Hold Preview News Conference

Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 91 on Thursday, Jan. 16, and U.S. spacewalk 92 on Thursday, Jan. 23, to complete station upgrades. NASA also will discuss the pair of upcoming spacewalks during a news conference at 2 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 10, on NASA+ from the agency’s […]

Posted January 7, 2025

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NASA Names Adam Schlesinger as Commercial Lunar Payload Services Project Manager

NASA has selected Adam Schlesinger as manager for CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services). Schlesinger previously served as the Gateway Program habitation and logistics outpost project lead engineer at Johnson Space Center.

Posted January 6, 2025

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STEM Engagement at NASA

STEM Impacts

High School Aerospace Scholars Launches Dreams, Inspires the Artemis Generation

To put boots on the Moon—and keep them there—will require bold thinkers ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. That’s why NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center in Houston is on a mission to empower the next generation of explorers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Through the High School Aerospac

Posted January 6, 2025