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Planetary Science
Earth planning date: Friday, June 14, 2024 At the start of this week, we did a preload test on the target “Mammoth Lakes,” the rightmost bright ellipse (DRT ellipse, so less dusty) on the workspace image above. The preload test shows the stability of the rock, making sure it doesn’t move and that it doesn’t […]
Posted June 18, 2024
Neutral Buoyancy Lab
Johnson Space Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA has awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace, LLC of Madison, Mississippi, for labor support to ensure continuing safe operations of the Sonny Carter Training Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations Contract II has a two-year base period that begins Oct.
Posted June 18, 2024
Johnson Space Center
General
LGBTQ Pride
Maya FarrHenderson’s first day at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston involved the usual new hire setup and training tasks, but also something special: A tour of the CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) and HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog) habitats. “It was such a thrill to start my career at NASA standing in […]
Posted June 17, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Learning Resources
People of Goddard
Several hundred new faces walked through the gates of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for the first time on June 3. Who is this small army of motivated space-enthusiasts? It’s Goddard’s 2024 summer intern cohort.
Posted June 17, 2024
Earth Science
Climate Science
Earth
GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)
GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on)
Science & Research
Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough to offset long-term drying conditions and increasing groundwater demands in the U.S. Southwest, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data. Declining water levels in the Great Salt Lake and Lake Mead have been testaments to a megadrought afflicting western North America since 2000. But […]
Posted June 17, 2024
Learning Resources
For Educators
For Kids and Students
Grades 5 - 8
Grades 5 - 8 for Educators
Grades 9 - 12
Grades 9-12 for Educators
Grades K - 4
Grades K - 4 for Educators
Outside the Classroom
The school year has come to an end, and those long summer days are stretching ahead like an open runway. Parents and educators often worry about the “summer slide,” the concept that students may lose academic ground while out of school. But summer doesn’t mean students’ imaginations have to stay grounded! Are you hoping to […]
Posted June 17, 2024
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Projects
Several funding proposals for General Observer (GO) IXPE observations have been accepted by NASA headquarters.
Posted June 17, 2024
Astrophysics
Crab Nebula
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Nebulae
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
Science & Research
Stars
Supernovae
New data revises our view of this unusual supernova explosion. A team of scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to parse the composition of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus.
Posted June 17, 2024
Aeronautics
Flight Innovation
Transformational Tools Technologies
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing design to create physical and digital research models to better understand how air moves around an aircraft during takeoff and landing.
Posted June 17, 2024
Night Sky Network
Solstices were some of our earliest astronomical observations, celebrated throughout history via many summer and winter celebrations.
Posted June 15, 2024
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