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Emily Faber Emily is an Atmospheric Physics Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is finishing her 3rd year and works in the Laboratory for Atmospheric Studies and Particle Light Interaction under the guidance of Dr. Adriana Rocha Lima.
Posted November 18, 2023
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Annalyse Belton What is your current major and university? My name is Annalyse Belton and I am a 2nd-year Biology major at Coppin State University. What made you decide to apply to SaSa? I applied to SaSa to gain more experience in the scientific field and build on my foundational knowledge. What would you like to accomplish […]
Posted November 18, 2023
Alan B. Shepard Jr.
Former Astronauts
Humans in Space
People of NASA
Project Mercury
Born barely 20 years after the Wright Brothers’ first flight, Alan Shepard grew up to fly combat missions in World War II, test multiple new aircraft, become the first American in space, and ultimately hit the first golf shot on the Moon. Born on Nov. 18, 1923, Shepard lifted off in the Freedom 7 spacecraft […]
Posted November 17, 2023
Artemis
Artemis 2
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
Space Launch System (SLS)
Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch of NASA, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen view the core stage for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 16. The three astronauts, along with NASA’s Victor Glover, will launch atop the rocket […]
Posted November 17, 2023
EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation)
Dust Storms
Earth
Earth Science Division
Greenhouse Gases
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Since launching 16 months ago, the EMIT imaging spectrometer aboard the International Space Station has shown an ability to detect more than just surface minerals.
Posted November 17, 2023
Wallops Flight Facility
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the launch of two suborbital sounding rockets on Nov.
Posted November 17, 2023
LOFTID (Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator)
Ames Research Center
Langley Research Center
Technology Demonstration
A little more than a year ago, a NASA flight test article came screaming back from space at more than 18,000 mph, reaching temperatures of nearly 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit before gently splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. At that moment, it became the largest blunt body — a type of reentry vehicle that creates a […]
Posted November 17, 2023
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Missions
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 941, which lies about 55 million light-years from Earth. Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) collected the data that created this image.
Posted November 17, 2023
Psyche Mission
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Operations Mission Directorate
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Tech Demo Missions
DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for the first time.
Posted November 17, 2023
NASA History
Skylab
The third and final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, Skylab 4, got underway on Nov. 16, 1973, with a thunderous launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Docking eight hours later, astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue began a planned 56-day mission that program managers extended […]
Posted November 17, 2023
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