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Auroras
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Sounding Rockets
Wallops Flight Facility
A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, carrying NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's DISSIPATION mission.
Posted November 8, 2023
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Goddard Space Flight Center
The Universe
Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just made a breakthrough discovery in revealing how planets are made. By observing water vapor in protoplanetary disks, Webb confirmed a physical process involving the drifting of ice-coated solids from the outer regions of the disk into the rocky-planet zone.
Posted November 8, 2023
SERVIR (Regional Visualization and Monitoring System)
Earth
General
Marshall Space Flight Center
People of NASA
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
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Get Involved
The third Power to Explore Student Challenge from NASA is underway. The writing challenge invites K-12th grade students in the United States to learn about radioisotope power systems, a type of nuclear battery integral to many of NASA’s far-reaching space missions, and then write an essay about a new powered mission for the agency. For […]
Posted November 8, 2023
Bulgaria will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 10 a.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 9, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will host officials from Bulgaria and the U.S. Department of State for the accords signing ceremony. This event is in-person only. Media interested in attending must RSVP by 7 […]
Posted November 8, 2023
Marshall Space Flight Center
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
General
Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing News
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate connects the public to the agency’s missions and explores creative possibilities for addressing the agency’s research and technology development needs through prizes, challenges, and crowdsourcing opportunities.
Posted November 7, 2023
General
Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing News
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate seeks knowledge and answers to profound questions that impact all people. Through competitions, challenges, crowdsourcing, and citizen science activities, NASA collaborates with the public to make scientific discoveries that help us better understand our planet and the space beyond.
Posted November 7, 2023
2024 Solar Eclipse
Eclipses
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science Activation
Solar Eclipses
The Sun
By Vivian White, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Are you an astronomy enthusiast or undergraduate student with a passion for sharing space science? We are excited to share with you a wonderful opportunity to become an official NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador and help your community experience the awe and wonder of science.  In this exciting […]
Posted November 7, 2023
General
Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing News
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
The future of flight looks very exciting, and the public is helping NASA see it more clearly. For more than a century, NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, have been the global leader in aeronautics research. NASA’s innovative contributions to aviation benefit the U.S.
Posted November 7, 2023
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