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NASA History
On May 6, 2004, NASA announced the selection of its 19th group of astronauts. The group comprised 11 candidates – two pilots, six mission specialists, and three educator mission specialists – and included two women, two Hispanic Americans, and one African American.
Posted May 8, 2024
University Leadership Initiative
NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate solicited for a seventh round of University Leadership Initiative proposals in November 2022. The ULI Round 7 selections were announced in February 2024.
Posted May 7, 2024
Learning Resources
For Colleges & Universities
General
STEM Engagement at NASA
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event for the 2024 App Development Challenge (ADC), one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from April 15-18, 2024.
Posted May 7, 2024
Earth Observatory
Earth
Earth's Atmosphere
Greenhouse Gases
Oceans
Ozone Layer
Science Mission Directorate
NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the benefit of all including greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean surface currents, and changes in ice and glaciers around the world. These four investigations are part of the agency’s new Earth System Explorers […]
Posted May 7, 2024
Juno
Jupiter
The Great Red Spot
This April 1, 2018, enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The image is a combination of three separate images taken as Juno performed its 12th close flyby of the planet. The Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds twice as wide as Earth, has been observed on […]
Posted May 7, 2024
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Earth Science
Water on Earth
A partnership between NASA and the French space agency, the satellite is poised to help improve forecasts of where and when flooding will occur in Earth’s rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are like our planet’s arteries, carrying life-sustaining water in interconnected networks.
Posted May 7, 2024
White Sands Test Facility
General
Johnson Space Center
When the Orion spacecraft carries the first Artemis crews to the Moon and back, it will rely on the European Service Module contributed by ESA (European Space Agency) to make the journey.
Posted May 7, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
People of Goddard
People of NASA
Today, Ken Carpenter is a scientist for NASA’s Hubble and Roman space telescopes, but in 1967 he was just a teenager at his local library out to fact-check a “Star Trek” episode. Name: Kenneth G.
Posted May 7, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Science-enabling Technology
Studying Exoplanets
Technology Highlights
The Universe
When imaging faint objects such as distant stars or exoplanets, capturing every last bit of light is crucial to get the most out of a scientific mission.
Posted May 7, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Astrophysics
Black Holes
Dark Matter
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
General
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
Origin & Evolution of the Universe
Science & Research
The Big Bang
The Universe
Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the Sun’s mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find a class of “featherweight” black holes that has so far eluded detection. Today, black holes form either when a massive star collapses […]
Posted May 7, 2024
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