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NASA Earth Scientists Take Flight, Set Sail to Verify PACE Satellite Data

By |2024-09-04T15:00:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) More than 100 scientists will participate in a field campaign involving a research vessel and two aircraft this month to verify the accuracy of data collected by NASA’s new PACE satellite: the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission. The process of data validation includes [...]

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit’s Science of Opportunity on Space Station

By |2024-09-04T14:08:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A fisheye lens attached to an electronic still camera was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Don Pettit.NASA Science ideas are everywhere. Some of the greatest discoveries have come from tinkering and toying with new concepts and ideas. NASA astronaut Don Pettit [...]

Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up

By |2024-09-04T12:50:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The powerhouse of Gateway, NASA’s orbiting outpost around the Moon and a critical piece of infrastructure for Artemis, is in the midst of several electric propulsion system tests. The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), being manufactured by Maxar Technologies, provides Gateway with power, high-rate communications, and propulsion for maneuvers around the Moon and to [...]

NASA TechRise Student Challenge

By |2024-09-04T12:27:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Are you ready for this year’s NASA TechRise Student challenge? From researching Earth’s environment to designing experiments for space exploration, schools are invited to join NASA in its mission to inspire the world through discovery. If you are in sixth to 12th grade at a U.S. public, private, or charter school – including those [...]

6 Ways Students Can Engage With NASA Glenn

By |2024-09-04T12:00:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Students take a tour of NASA Glenn’s Telescience Support Center, where researchers operate International Space Station experiments. Credit: NASA/Jef Janis School is back in session, and the joy of learning is back on students’ minds. Teachers and parents seeking ways to extend students’ academic [...]

Leveraging Teacher Leaders to Share the Joy of NASA Heliophysics

By |2024-09-04T11:56:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Learn Home Leveraging Teacher Leaders to… Heliophysics Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Stories Science Activation Highlights Citizen Science   2 min read Leveraging Teacher Leaders to Share the Joy of NASA Heliophysics Many teachers are exceptionally skilled at bridging students’ interests with real-world science. Now for the third [...]

NASA’s Webb Reveals Distorted Galaxy Forming Cosmic Question Mark

By |2024-09-04T10:00:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 Min Read NASA’s Webb Reveals Distorted Galaxy Forming Cosmic Question Mark The galaxy cluster MACS-J0417.5-1154. Full image below. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, V. Estrada-Carpenter (Saint Mary’s University). It’s 7 billion years ago, and the universe’s heyday of star formation is beginning to slow. What might our Milky Way galaxy have looked like [...]

Space Station AMS-02 Instrument Works on the Mystery of Dark Matter

By |2024-09-04T09:29:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

AMS-02 mounted on the outside of the space station.NASA Visible matter in the form of stars and planets adds up to about five percent of the total known mass of the Universe. The rest is either dark matter, antimatter, or dark energy. The exact nature of these substances is unknown, but the International Space Station’s [...]

Lagniappe for September 2024

By |2024-09-04T09:28:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

7 Min Read Lagniappe for September 2024 Explore the September 2024 issue, highlighting NASA Stennis Silver Snoopy awards, center visits, and more! Explore Lagniappe for September 2024 featuring: NASA Honors NASA Stennis Employees for Flight Safety Summer Interns Display NASA Stennis Work NASA’s Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office Visits NASA Stennis Gator Speaks NASA’s [...]

Key Moments Lead to Fulfilling NASA Stennis Career

By |2024-09-04T09:07:00-04:00September 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Joseph Ladner stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where he leads a team managing the budgets to fund the nation’s premier propulsion test site. NASA/Danny Nowlin Joseph Ladner’s experiences working at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, motivate him to “pay it forward” so more people can [...]

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