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Stennis Space Center
A tree-planting ceremony at NASA’s Stennis Space Center on Oct. 29 celebrated NASA’s successful Artemis I mission as the agency prepares for a return around the Moon with astronauts on Artemis II. “We already have a thriving Moon Tree from the Apollo years onsite,” NASA Stennis Director John Bailey said. “It is exciting to add […]
Posted November 4, 2024
Johnson Space Center
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Bioprinted patches could help wounds heal Researchers successfully demonstrated the function of a handheld bioprinter that could provide a simple and effective way to treat wounds in space using human skin cells. Crews could use this technology to treat their own injuries and protect crew health and mission success in the future.
Posted November 4, 2024
Missions
Voyager 1
Voyager 2
Voyager Program
NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two spacecraft from the ’70s not just surviving, but thriving farther out in space than any other spacecraft has been before? A Little Mission Background Voyager is a NASA mission made up of two different spacecraft, […]
Posted November 4, 2024
SERVIR (Regional Visualization and Monitoring System)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA and the Kingdom of Bhutan have been actively learning from each other and growing together since 2019. The seeds planted over those years have ripened into improved environmental conservation, community-based natural resource management, and new remote sensing tools.
Posted November 4, 2024
Space Shuttle
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off in this Nov. 3, 1994, image, with NASA astronauts Donald R. McMonagle, Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Ellen S. Ochoa, Scott E. Parazynski, and Joseph R. Tanner, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Jean-Francois-Clervoy aboard.
Posted November 4, 2024
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Realizar experimentos científicos en la Tierra puede ser complicado pero en el espacio es aún más difícil debido a las condiciones de gravedad cero y microgravedad.
Posted November 4, 2024
For Professionals
Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved
Science Activation
On October 14, 2024, the Science Activation program’s NASA eClipsTM Education team from the National Institute of Aerospace’s Center for Integrative Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Education (NIA-CISE) delivered a professional development session entitled “Using Children’s Books to Build STEM Habits of Mind” to 62 Media S
Posted November 4, 2024
Astrophysics
Citizen Science
NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft re-entered and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on Friday night, as expected. Launched in 2009 as the WISE mission, the spacecraft has been mapping the entire sky at infrared wavelengths over and over for nearly fifteen years.
Posted November 4, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Parker Solar Probe (PSP)
Solar Wind
The Sun
Venus
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 233 miles (376 km) of Venus’ surface. The flyby will adjust Parker’s trajectory into its final orbital configuration, bringing the spacecraft to within an unprecedented 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec.
Posted November 4, 2024
Astrophysics
Biological & Physical Sciences
Citizen Science
Earth Science
Heliophysics
Planetary Science
In August, the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (AAPS) announced a fellowship opportunity in partnership with the NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series. Fifty-five people applied!
Posted November 4, 2024
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