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SWE Diverse Podcast Ep 275: A Fireside Chat With Forbes “50 Over 50” Awardees Dr. Carlotta Berry and Karen Horting

Dr. Carlotta Berry and Karen Horting, both recognized on the 2024 Forbes "50 Over 50" list, share how they are shattering age and gender norms in this episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast! Source

By |2024-08-28T07:30:00-04:00August 28th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Sols 4287-4288: Back on the Road

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions The Solar System The Sun [...]

By |2024-08-28T03:57:00-04:00August 28th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Perseverance Kicks off the Crater Rim Campaign!

Mars: Perseverance (Mars 2020) Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance [...]

By |2024-08-27T16:53:00-04:00August 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Space Botany, Eye Research, Plasma Physics Fill Science Schedule on Station

Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson smiles for a portrait in the vestibule between the Kibo laboratory module and the Harmony module. Tuesday was a science-packed day aboard the International Space Station as the astronauts and cosmonauts explored space botany, eye health, and plasma physics to promote longer spaceflights farther away from Earth. NASA Flight Engineers Mike [...]

By |2024-08-27T16:23:00-04:00August 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

NASA, Boeing Optimizing Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay for Future SLS Stage Production

NASA is preparing space at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for upcoming assembly activities of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for future Artemis missions, beginning with Artemis III. Teams are currently outfitting the assembly building’s High Bay 2 for future vertical assembly of the rocket stage that will help power [...]

By |2024-08-27T13:32:00-04:00August 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Europa Clipper Gets Set of Super-Size Solar Arrays

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Europa Clipper is seen here on Aug. 21 at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers and technicians deployed and tested the giant solar arrays to be sure they will operate in flight.NASA/Frank Michaux The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for [...]

By |2024-08-27T13:00:00-04:00August 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

40 Years Ago: President Reagan Announces Teacher in Space Project

On Aug. 27, 1984, President Ronald W. Reagan announced the Teacher in Space project as part of NASA’s Space Flight Participant Program to expand the space shuttle experience to a wider set of private citizens who would communicate the experience to the public. From 11,000 teacher applicants, each of the 50 states and territories selected [...]

By |2024-08-27T10:44:00-04:00August 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Wizards Behind the Curtain: Johnson’s Administrative Team Makes Missions Possible

For every NASA astronaut who serves as a public face of human spaceflight, there are thousands of people working behind the scenes to make the agency’s missions a success. Even the smallest tasks impact NASA’s ability to explore and innovate for the benefit of humanity. The team of administrative assistants and secretaries who work at [...]

By |2024-08-27T09:49:00-04:00August 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Hubble Pinpoints a Dim, Starry Mini-galaxy

2 min read Hubble Pinpoints a Dim, Starry Mini-galaxy NASA, ESA, and D. Weisz (University of California – Berkeley); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) A glittering collection of stars shines against a background of much more distant galaxies in this view from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the Pegasus Dwarf spheroidal galaxy, [...]

By |2024-08-27T09:34:00-04:00August 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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