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By Savannah Bullard Artemis I launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022, penning a new era of space exploration and inching the agency closer to sending the first woman and first person of color to the lunar surface. Aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket were 10 small satellites, no […]

Posted November 16, 2023

General

Astrophysics

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Galaxies

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The Milky Way

The Universe

NASA Telescope Data Becomes Music You Can Play

For millennia, musicians have looked to the heavens for inspiration. Now a new collaboration is enabling actual data from NASA telescopes to be used as the basis for original music that can be played by humans.

Posted November 15, 2023

General

Ames Research Center

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Rocket Exhaust on the Moon: NASA Supercomputers Reveal Surface Effects

Through Artemis, NASA plans to explore more of the Moon than ever before with human and robotic missions on the lunar surface. Because future landers will be larger and equipped with more powerful engines than the Apollo landers, mission risks associated with their operation during landing and liftoff is significantly greater.

Posted November 14, 2023

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2024 Solar Eclipse

Eclipses

Arkansas City Welcomes NASA to Discuss 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

The contiguous United States will see only one total solar eclipse between now and the year 2044, and the citizens of Russellville, Arkansas, are ready. On Monday, April 8, 2024, the Moon will pass between the Sun and Earth, providing a rare opportunity for those in the path of the Moon’s shadow to see a […]

Posted November 10, 2023

Artemis

I Am Artemis

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Michoud Assembly Facility

Space Launch System (SLS)

I am Artemis: Eric Bordelon

As a child, Eric Bordelon had posters of the space shuttle in his room. Now, he takes photos and video for NASA as a multimedia specialist at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Known as NASA’s Rocket Factory, the site is where structures for NASA’s Apollo, shuttle, and now, NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) […]

Posted November 9, 2023

SERVIR (Regional Visualization and Monitoring System)

Earth

General

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People of NASA

NASA Project Manager Helps Makes Impact in Southeast Asia with SERVIR

By Celine Smith “As the seedlings were placed in the water, I felt a moment of déjà vu,” said NASA scientist Tony Kim. “I was taken back to when I was a child playing in similar fields in South Korea. It felt like I was meant to be there bringing space to village with satellite […]

Posted November 8, 2023

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Super Guppy Arrives in Alabama to Drop Off Artemis I Heat Shield

NASA’s Super Guppy arrives in Alabama on Nov. 6, 2023, carrying the heat shield that protected Orion’s crew module during its flight on Artemis I.

Posted November 8, 2023

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Black Holes

Galaxies

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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The Universe

NASA Telescopes Discover Record-Breaking Black Hole

Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet seen in X-rays, using NASA telescopes. The black hole is at an early stage of growth that had never been witnessed before, where its mass is similar to that of its host galaxy. This result may explain how some of the first supermassive black holes in […]

Posted November 6, 2023

Artemis

Humans in Space

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Michoud Assembly Facility

Space Launch System (SLS)

Early Production Continues on Advanced Upper Stage for NASA Moon Rocket

Link to full image Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed a major portion of a weld confidence article for the advanced upper stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The hardware was rotated to a horizontal position and moved to another part of the facility Oct. 24. The weld […]

Posted November 3, 2023

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The Marshall Star for November 1, 2023

NASA, AAS Talk Present, Future of Space Exploration During 3-Day Symposium By Jessica Barnett Hundreds of students, scientists, and other stakeholders recently gathered for a three-day symposium featuring some of the leading minds in space exploration and packed with updates and discussions about an array of space topics.

Posted November 1, 2023