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Join the Eclipsing Binary Patrol and Spot Rare Stellar Pairs!

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

Ames Wind Tunnel

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

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

NASA to Support DARPA Robotic Satellite Servicing Program

NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have signed an interagency agreement to collaborate on a satellite servicing demonstration in geosynchronous Earth orbit, where hundreds of satellites provide communications, meteorological, national security, and other vital functions. Under this agreement, NASA will provide subject m

Posted September 5, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Mars

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Planetary Science

Planets

Science Mission Directorate

The Solar System

NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN Help Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Escaping Water

Mars was once a very wet planet as is evident in its surface geological features. Scientists know that over the last 3 billion years, at least some water went deep underground, but what happened to the rest? Now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) missions are helping unlock that mystery. […]

Posted September 5, 2024

Learning Resources

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Eclipses Create Atmospheric Gravity Waves, NASA Student Teams Confirm

Student teams from three U.S. universities became the first to measure what scientists have long predicted: eclipses can generate ripples in Earth’s atmosphere called atmospheric gravity waves. The waves’ telltale signature emerged in data captured during the North American annular solar eclipse on Oct.

Posted September 5, 2024

Glenn Research Center

Aeronautics

Aeronautics Research

NASA History

NASA Tunnel Generates Decades of Icy Aircraft Safety Data

On Sept. 13, 1944, researchers subjected a Bell P-39L Airacobra to frigid temperatures and a freezing water spray in the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)’s new Icing Research Tunnel (IRT) to study inflight ice buildup.

Posted September 5, 2024

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Gateway Program

Gateway Space Station

Johnson Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Artemis IV: Gateway Gadget Fuels Deep Space Dining

Learn about the handy device NASA is developing to help astronauts rehydrate their meals aboard the Gateway Lunar Space Station during the ambitious Artemis IV mission.

Posted September 5, 2024

Blogs

Sol 4294: Return to McDonald Pass

Earth planning date: Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 Curiosity has returned to “McDonald Pass,” a block within Gediz Vallis that we first spotted about a month ago (as seen in the above Front Hazcam image). The block shows some interesting zonation — the distribution of textures and colors into different areas, or zones. We’re hoping that […]

Posted September 5, 2024

Blogs

Sols 4291-4293: Fairview Dome, the Sequel

Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 Our backwards drive to “McDonald Pass” got hung up on the steep slopes of “Fairview Dome,” but unlike a lot of movie sequels, our inadvertent return visit to Fairview Dome was at least as good as the original. We took full advantage of the chance to investigate this […]

Posted September 5, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for September 4, 2024

Rocket Hardware for Future Artemis Flights Moved to Barge for Delivery to Kennedy NASA is making strides with the Artemis campaign as key components for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket continue to make their way to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Teams with NASA and Boeing loaded the core stage boat-tail for Artemis III and the core stage […]

Posted September 4, 2024