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Sols 4195-4198: Feels Like Summer

Earth planning date: Friday, May 24, 2024 The first sol of this weekend includes an extremely long, 6-hour DAN activity to measure the amount of hydrogen near the surface, in parallel with a standard midday remote science block including: ChemCam LIBS on a smooth, dark rock named “Shadow Lake,” an RMI 7-frame mosaic of the […]

Posted May 28, 2024

NASA History

15 Years Ago: First Time all Partners Represented aboard the International Space Station

From May 29 to July 17, 2009, for the first time in its history, each of the five partner agencies participating in the International Space Station Program had a crew member living and working aboard the orbiting facility at the same time. The period also marked the beginning of six-person crew habitation, greatly increasing the […]

Posted May 28, 2024

General

MAF Employee Assistance Program

A Mental Health Awareness Month Message from Your MAF EAP office: “Suicide and Crises Lifeline”

While NASA promotes the availability of EAP counselors at each Center, there may be reasons when, during a mental health crisis, employees do not think about EAP or cannot remember how to access.

Posted May 28, 2024

Johnson Space Center

Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage

General

Johnson Celebrates AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Britney Tang

When you think about personal property, your home, clothes, and electronic devices probably come to mind. For NASA, personal property comprises government-owned government-held assets ranging from laptops to spacecraft and space station components.

Posted May 28, 2024

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Magellan

Planetary Geosciences & Geophysics

Planetary Science

Planetary Science Division

Venus

VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography & Spectroscopy)

Volcanoes

Ongoing Venus Volcanic Activity Discovered With NASA’s Magellan Data

An analysis of data from Magellan’s radar finds two volcanoes erupted in the early 1990s. This adds to the 2023 discovery of a different active volcano in Magellan data. Direct geological evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus has been observed for a second time. Scientists in Italy analyzed archival data from NASA’s Magellan mission […]

Posted May 27, 2024

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

NASA Launches Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles

The first of a pair of climate satellites designed to study heat emissions at Earth’s poles for NASA is in orbit after lifting off atop Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand at 7:41 p.m. NZST (3:41 a.m. EDT) on Saturday. The agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the […]

Posted May 25, 2024

Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program

University Innovation

University Leadership Initiative

NASA TACP Team Visits with UCF Students, Faculty

Representatives of NASA’s Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program (TACP) recently shared information about their work to develop innovation and advance aviation and space exploration with students at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

Posted May 25, 2024

Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing

HiCAM 2024 Spring Review

NASA and its partners in the Advanced Composites Consortium gathered at the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, May 7-9. Team members from 20 organizations across the country recently discussed progress on all technology development tasks underway in NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project.

Posted May 25, 2024

Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)

NASA Engages in Artemis Accords Workshop to Advance Exploration

NASA participated in the second international face-to-face workshop this week among Artemis Accords signatories, which featured space officials from two dozen nations focused on advancing the principles for the safe, peaceful, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Posted May 24, 2024

Johnson Space Center

People of Johnson

Jennifer Scott Williams: Leading the Next Giant Leap in Space Exploration and Championing STEM Advocacy

Jennifer Scott Williams embodies leadership, innovation, and excitement for life. Her career has been a testament to her unwavering passion and versatility, navigating through various roles and significantly contributing to the agency’s milestones and evolution.

Posted May 24, 2024