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Science Mission Directorate
An interview of Dr. Paul Hertz, a senior leader in the Science Mission Directorate By: Anna Ladd McElhannon, Summer 2022 Intern, Office of the Chief Scientist Dr. Paul Hertz is a leader of NASA and had served as the Astrophysics Division Director since 2012 until 2022. Throughout his career, he remained a well‐respected and admired […]
Posted November 1, 2023
Earth
International Space Station (ISS)
Jasmin Moghbeli
While aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 26, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli captured the city lights of the northeastern United States and major urban areas including Long Island, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. At the time of this photograph, the orbital lab was 262 miles above Maine.
Posted November 1, 2023
Earth
Carbon Cycle
Climate Change
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Natural Disasters
Wildfires
Methane ‘hot spots’ in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are more likely to be found where recent wildfires burned into the tundra, altering carbon emissions from the land. In Alaska’s largest river delta, tundra that has been scorched by wildfire is emitting more methane than the rest of the landscape long after the flames died, scientists have […]
Posted November 1, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Resupply
Humans in Space
Kennedy Space Center
Space Operations Mission Directorate
Editor’s note: This release was updated on Nov. 1, to reflect a change in the docking time for NASA’s SpaceX CRS-29 mission. NASA and SpaceX are targeting 9:16 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 7, to launch the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy […]
Posted November 1, 2023
Ozone Layer
Aura
Earth
General
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
NOAA-20 (JPSS-1)
Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify the ranking of the 2023 ozone hole.  It is the 12th largest single-day hole on record, and the 16th largest when averaged from Sept. 7 to Oct. 13. The 2023 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size on Sept. 21, according to annual satellite and balloon-based […]
Posted November 1, 2023
Night Sky Network
Spot this green-blue ice giant mid-November, between the gas giant Jupiter, and the seven sisters of the Pleiades!
Posted November 1, 2023
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pumpkin carving reaches new heights during the annual competition, where spacecraft-building engineers mix ingenuity and creativity for some spectacular results. When mechanical engineers accustomed to building one-of-a-kind spacecraft turn that focus to pumpkins, the results can be hauntingly good.
Posted November 1, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Science & Research
Technology Research
As of spring 2023, NASA has invested greater than $60M in more than twenty In Space Production Applications (InSPA) awards to U.S.
Posted October 31, 2023
Kennedy Space Center
NASA has awarded the Kennedy Operational and Institutional Support (KOIS) contract to Chiricahua-Logical Joint Venture of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide services at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. KOIS is an Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity, Level of Effort contract that includes a one-month phase-in period beginning Nov.
Posted October 31, 2023
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Humans in Space
ISS Research
Science & Research
The Future of Commercial Space
NASA knows it takes a village to make commercial manufacturing in space a reality. NASA is collaborating with experts from industry, academia and other U.S. Government agencies on the technologies in play with the InSPA portfolio.
Posted October 31, 2023
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