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PSI Database is Live with New Features to Improve User Experience

By |2024-10-24T14:28:00-04:00October 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Since its ​launch​​​ in 2014, ​the ​Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) ​system ​has served as NASA’s online repository for physical science data. ​Now​​​, the PSI system​ is​ ​live with new​​​ update​s​ to further align with NASA’s open data policy​.​  ​​With its first significant update in over five years,​​ t​he data repository has been completely redesigned, featuring [...]

Educator Night at the Museum of the North: Activating Science in Fairbanks Classrooms

By |2024-10-24T13:21:00-04:00October 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Learn Home Educator Night at the Museum… Heliophysics Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   2 min read Educator Night at the Museum of the North: Activating Science in Fairbanks Classrooms The NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) set out to activate science in [...]

NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation

By |2024-10-24T11:51:00-04:00October 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA logo NASA has awarded $15.6 million in grant funding to 15 projects supporting the maintenance of open-source tools, frameworks, and libraries used by the NASA science community, for the benefit of all. The agency’s Open-Source Tools, Frameworks, and Libraries awards provide support for the sustainable development of tools freely available to everyone and critical [...]

NASA Releases Economic Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2023

By |2024-10-24T11:50:00-04:00October 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA logo In fiscal year 2023, NASA investments supported 66,208 jobs in the state of California, generated $18.5 billion in economic output and $1 billion in tax revenue to the state’s economy. Overall, NASA generated an estimated $9.5 billion in federal, state, and local [...]

Statement from NASA’s Janet Petro on FY23 Economic Impact Report

By |2024-10-24T11:06:00-04:00October 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro speaks in March 2022 during the annual State of NASA event at the Florida spaceport. NASA/Kim Shiflett America is returning to the Moon with our sights set on Mars, and NASA is leading the way. Along with our industry and international partners, we’re advancing scientific research, inspiring the next [...]

NASA Science on Health, Safety to Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission

By |2024-10-24T10:34:00-04:00October 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read NASA Science on Health, Safety to Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission New science experiments for NASA are set to launch aboard the agency’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The six investigations aim to contribute to cutting-edge discoveries by NASA scientists and research teams. The [...]

New Report Shows NASA’s $75.6 Billion Boost to US Economy

By |2024-10-24T10:10:00-04:00October 24th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s work, including its Moon to Mars exploration approach, is advancing science and technology for the Artemis Generation, while also driving significant economic growth across the United States, the agency announced Thursday. In its third agencywide economic impact report, NASA highlighted how its Moon to Mars activities, climate change research and technology development, and [...]

Human Adaptation to Spaceflight: The Role of Food and Nutrition

By |2024-10-23T17:31:00-04:00October 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Victor Glover of NASA sips on a water bag. The latest book marks our third effort to review available literature regarding the role of nutrition in astronaut health. In 2009, we reviewed the existing knowledge and history of human nutrition [...]

October Transformer of the Month: Nipa Phojanamongkolkij

By |2024-10-23T16:52:00-04:00October 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Dr. Nipa Phojanamongkolkij does not always do things the traditional way. As a systems engineer (SE) at Langley Research Center working closely with the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Nipa pushes boundaries and draws connections where few others would think to look. When she envisioned a way to use ChatGPT to help SE teams working [...]

NASA Invites Media to 2024 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium

By |2024-10-23T16:29:00-04:00October 23rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Hundreds of students, scientists, and other stakeholders listen in person and online as NASA leaders discuss the Artemis missions during the 2023 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium held Oct. 25–27 at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. NASA / Charles Beason Media are invited [...]

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