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Apollo 14: A View from Antares

By |2026-01-17T15:44:25-05:00January 17th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Apollo 14's Lunar Module Antares landed on the Moon on February 5, 1971. Toward the end of the stay astronaut Ed Mitchell snapped a series of photos of the lunar surface while looking out a window, assembled into this detailed mosaic by Apollo Lunar Surface Journal editor Eric Jones. The [...]

How Taila Moore McKelvy Turned Inspiration and Tenacity Into an Industrial Engineering Career

By |2026-01-16T16:58:00-05:00January 16th, 2026|Categories: Uncategorized|

From a middle school SWENext Invent It. Build It. event to a career in reliability engineering, Taila Moore McKelvy followed her passion for problem-solving, leadership, and representation in STEM. Source

Plato and the Lunar Alps

By |2026-01-15T15:44:27-05:00January 15th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day The dark-floored, 95 kilometer wide crater Plato and sunlit peaks of the lunar Alps (Montes Alpes) are highlighted in this this sharp telescopic snapshot of the Moon's surface. While the Alps of planet Earth were uplifted over millions of years as continental plates slowly collided, the lunar Alps were likely [...]

Artemis II Science – AVATAR Horizontal Video

By |2026-01-14T17:44:24-05:00January 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The AVATAR (A Virtual Astronaut Tissue Analog Response) investigation will use organ-on-a-chip devices, or organ chips, to study the effects of deep space radiation and microgravity on human health. The chips will contain cells from Artemis II astronauts and fly side-by-side with crew on their approximately 10-day journey around the Moon. This research, combined with [...]

Artemis II Science – AVATAR Vertical Video

By |2026-01-14T17:44:23-05:00January 14th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The AVATAR (A Virtual Astronaut Tissue Analog Response) investigation will use organ-on-a-chip devices, or organ chips, to study the effects of deep space radiation and microgravity on human health. The chips will contain cells from Artemis II astronauts and fly side-by-side with crew on their approximately 10-day journey around the Moon. This research, combined with [...]

STEM Literacy Project Expands Across North Carolina Collegiate SWE Sections

By |2026-01-14T11:36:00-05:00January 14th, 2026|Categories: Uncategorized|

Claire F., high school senior and president of the JoCo STEM Girls SWENext Club, details a global initiative that is connecting collegiate SWE sections with elementary students. Source

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