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When Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen return to Earth after a nearly 10-day mission around the Moon, a joint NASA and Department of Defense team led by NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program will be ready to retrieve them from the Orion spacecraft […]

Posted February 28, 2024

Kennedy Space Center

NASA Kennedy Seeks Nominations for 2024 Chroniclers Recognition

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is asking members of the news media to nominate former colleagues they deem worthy of honoring as a space program Chronicler.The NASA Kennedy’s Chroniclers program recognizes broadcasters, journalists, authors, contractor public relations representatives, and agency public affairs officers who excelled at shar

Posted February 28, 2024

ISS Research

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Completes Scientific Mission on Space Station

After months aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 is returning to Earth. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov each completed their first spaceflight.

Posted February 28, 2024

Artemis

Human Landing System Program

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA, SpaceX Test Starship Lunar Lander Docking System

As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign that will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, crew will need to move between different spacecraft to carry out lunar landings.

Posted February 28, 2024

VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)

General

Mission Manager Update: All VIPER Flight Instruments Installed!

The VIPER team continues to push forward with the build of the flight rover that’ll go to the surface of the Moon. As of this writing, all of VIPER’s flight instruments are installed, and the rover is more than 80% built! This is a major accomplishment and shows the great progress being made by the […]

Posted February 28, 2024

Ocean Worlds Planetary Scientist Dr. Lynnae Quick

“I was not interested in science until I got to high school, and I didn’t find what I wanted to focus on as far as what I liked the most about science until I was in grad school. I spent a summer doing an internship at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab focused on Jupiter’s moon […]

Posted February 28, 2024

MAF Status

MAF Status – OPEN (HURCON V)

2022-07-07 08:54 The Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) is open. For more information about the NASA Framework for Return to On-Site Work visit nasapeople.nasa.gov.MAF urges it’s employees to be safe at all times. MAF is currently in Hurricane Condition V (Tropical Storm Readiness) Hurricane Season is in effect from June 1st to November 30th.

Posted February 28, 2024

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Galaxies

General

Marshall Space Flight Center

Nebulae

Supernovae

The Universe

Listen to the Universe: New NASA Sonifications and Documentary

Three new sonifications of images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have been released in conjunction with a new documentary about the project that makes its debut on the NASA+ streaming platform. Sonification is the process of translating data into sounds.

Posted February 28, 2024

MAF Employee Assistance Program

MAF EAP – Holiday Blues and SAD: Discussion

The winter months provide some of the biggest challenges to wellness during the year. The stress of the holidays, the pressure of the new year, and the risk of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) take a toll and can become problematic if we do not care for ourselves. These stressors can impact appropriate healthy practices, related to […]

Posted February 28, 2024

Langley Research Center

Black History Month

Diversity at NASA

People of NASA

Langley Celebrates Black History Month: Matthew Hayes

Matthew Hayes is a DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) project analyst with NASA’s Langley Research Center. His Langley career has spanned 16 years, starting in the model shop working on wind tunnel models and lunar rover projects.

Posted February 27, 2024