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NASA Welcomes Slovakia as New Artemis Accords Signatory

Slovakia signed the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 42nd nation to join an international community in a commitment to peaceful, transparent, and responsible exploration of space for the benefit of all.

Posted May 30, 2024

Skywatching

Skywatching Tips

The Solar System

What’s Up: June 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Planets rule the a.m., and what’s that bright light? Saturn and Mars meet up with the Moon, Jupiter returns at dawn, and tips for identifying some common objects seen in the sky. Highlights “Planet Parade” note: Some online sources have shared excitement about a “parade of planets” visible in the morning sky in early June […]

Posted May 30, 2024

Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)

Earth Science

Langley Research Center

NASA Releases New High-Quality, Near Real-Time Air Quality Data

NASA has made new data available that can provide air pollution observations at unprecedented resolutions – down to the scale of individual neighborhoods.

Posted May 30, 2024

Commercial Space

Commercial Crew

International Space Station (ISS)

Missions

NASA Updates Coverage for Boeing’s Starliner Launch, Docking

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, which will carry NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to and from the International Space Station. Launch of the ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket and Boeing Starliner spacecraft is targeted for 12:25 p.m.

Posted May 30, 2024

Citizen Science

Planetary Science

The Solar System

The Moon and Amaey Shah

Sometimes a story about a NASA volunteer just grabs your heart and won’t let go. NASA Scientist Dr. Brian Day shared with us the incredible story of what first ignited his passion for involving the public in his scientific research. It’s a story about a boy named Amaey Shah. “Through the NASA Speakers Bureau, I was paired […]

Posted May 30, 2024

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Stars

Webb Spots a Starburst

The James Webb Space Telescope observed “starburst” galaxy NGC 4449, seen in this image released on May 29, 2024. Starbursts are intense periods of star formation usually concentrated at a galaxy’s core, but NGC 4449’s activity is much more widespread — likely due to past interactions with its galactic neighbors.

Posted May 30, 2024

Artemis Accords

Artemis

NASA Headquarters

Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)

NASA Welcomes Peru as 41st Artemis Accords Signatory

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson welcomed Peru as the newest nation to sign the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony with the U.S. State Department at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Peru joins 40 other countries in a commitment to advancing principles for the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Posted May 30, 2024

PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment)

Climate Change

Earth

Earth Science

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Twin NASA Satellites Ready to Help Gauge Earth’s Energy Balance

Information from the PREFIRE mission will illuminate how clouds and water vapor in the Arctic and Antarctic influence the amount of heat the poles radiate into space. A pair of new shoebox-size NASA satellites will help unravel an atmospheric mystery that’s bedeviled scientists for years: how the behavior of clouds and water vapor at Earth’s […]

Posted May 30, 2024

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Summary of the 2023 GRACE Follow-On Science Team Meeting

Felix Landerer, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, felix.w.landerer@jpl.nasa.gov Introduction In October 2023, the annual gathering of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On [G-FO] Science Team took place in Boulder, CO, hosted at University Corporation for Atmospheric

Posted May 30, 2024

General

Spaceflight affects tumor-bearing fruit fly hosts and their parasites

How does spaceflight affect tumor-bearing fruit fly hosts and their parasites? Background: Like humans, fruit flies (a model organism for spaceflight research) also exhibit immune system dysfunction in space.

Posted May 30, 2024