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Earth Science
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Science Activation
Sea Level Rise
From July 15-19, 2024, the Coastal Equity and Resilience Hub at the Georgia Institute of Technology collaborated with the University of Georgia (UGA) Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant to host a week-long NASA Sea Level Changemakers Summer Camp. The camp introduced 14 rising 7th-8th graders to how coastal areas are changing due to sea […]
Posted September 6, 2024
CubeSats
Tiny satellites, also known as CubeSats, are pictured after being deployed into Earth orbit from a small satellite orbital deployer on the outside of the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module.
Posted September 6, 2024
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
NASA is exploring potential partnerships for alternate use cases for the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) flight hardware, test facilities, and experienced personnel. Through a Request for Information for OSAM-1 Partnerships released Sept. 5, 2024, NASA seeks interest from U.S.
Posted September 6, 2024
Blogs
It’s dust-storm season on Mars! Over the past couple of weeks, as we ascended the Jezero Crater rim, our science team has monitored increasing dust in the atmosphere — typically highest around this time of the Martian year.
Posted September 6, 2024
Blogs
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 Today’s two-sol plan contains the usual science blocks filled with contact science and remote science to observe and assess the geology surrounding us. However, the Mastcam team is hoping to capture a special celestial event above the Martian skyline as one of Mars’ moons, Phobos, will be in […]
Posted September 5, 2024
Langley Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA has awarded the Center, Operations Maintenance, and Engineering II contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to support operations at the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Posted September 5, 2024
Missions
Artemis
Artemis 3
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA Directorates
Space Launch System (SLS)
From across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Gulf of Mexico, two ships converged, delivering key spacecraft and rocket components of NASA’s Artemis campaign to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Sept.
Posted September 5, 2024
Commercial Crew
International Space Station (ISS)
As NASA and Boeing prepare to return the company’s Starliner spacecraft uncrewed from the International Space Station to Earth, safety and mission success remain as top priorities for the teams.
Posted September 5, 2024
Astrophysics
Citizen Science
Eclipsing binaries are special pairs of stars that cross in front of one another as they orbit—stars that take turns blocking one another from our view.
Posted September 5, 2024
Construction of the Ames wind tunnel and its original 40- by 80-foot test section. A later expansion created an additional 80- by 120-foot test section. A Navy blimp, which would have been based at Hangars 2 and 3 at Moffett Field, patrols in the background. Image Credit: NACA
Posted September 5, 2024
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