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Armstrong Flight Research Center
NASA Aircraft
Science in the Air
Science Mission Directorate
In June 2024, a new tail number swept the sky above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Pilots conducted flights of a Gulfstream IV (G-IV) to evaluate its handling characteristics and to familiarize pilots with it before it begins structural modifications.
Posted August 29, 2024
Earth
Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)
The Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of a plume of Saharan dust as winds lofted it over the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 24, 2024. The Sahara Desert is Earth’s largest source of airborne dust, and the particles can travel for thousands of miles. From late spring to early fall, it is common for the dry, dusty Saharan […]
Posted August 29, 2024
People of Goddard
Goddard Space Flight Center
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
People of NASA
The stars in the big Wyoming skies inspired Aaron Vigil as a child to dream big. Today, he’s a mechanical engineer working on the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS) for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at Goddard.
Posted August 29, 2024
Climate Change
Climate Science
Cryosphere
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robotics
Called IceNode, the project envisions a fleet of autonomous robots that would help determine the melt rate of ice shelves. On a remote patch of the windy, frozen Beaufort Sea north of Alaska, engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California huddled together, peering down a narrow hole in a thick layer of sea […]
Posted August 29, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Dark Matter
Galaxies
Stars
The Universe
The universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place where galaxies are dancing, merging together, and shifting appearance. Unfortunately, because these changes take millions or billions of years, telescopes can only provide snapshots, squeezed into a human lifetime. However, galaxies leave behind clues to their history and how they came to be.
Posted August 29, 2024
Learning Resources
For Educators
Explore the universe this fall without leaving your classroom through live virtual engagements with NASA space and aviation experts. NASA is offering a new lineup of stellar virtual experiences to spark STEM excitement and connect students with the agency’s missions, science, careers, and more.
Posted August 29, 2024
Astrophysics
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Stars
Andromeda III is one of at least 13 dwarf satellite galaxies in orbit around the Andromeda galaxy, or Messier 31, the Milky Way’s closest grand spiral galactic neighbor. Andromeda III is a faint, spheroidal collection of old, reddish stars that appears devoid of new star formation and younger stars. In fact, Andromeda III seems to […]
Posted August 29, 2024
Blogs
Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 28 2024 We are back … almost, anyways. Today’s parking location is very close to where we parked on sol 4253, and in an area near one of the previous contact science targets “Discovery Pinnacle.” You can read in this blog post that most of the team, this blogger included, […]
Posted August 29, 2024
General
Home ASSURE 2016 has successfully concluded.
Posted August 29, 2024
General
Home ASSURE 2015 has successfully concluded.
Posted August 29, 2024
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