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NASA, Bhutan Conclude Five Years of Teamwork on STEM, Sustainability

By |2024-11-04T15:32:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) In Punakha, Bhutan, Dr. Aparna Phalke (left) from SERVIR works with a translator to converse with a local chili farmer (center) about his experiences cultivating these fields for over 30 years– including agricultural management practices, market prices, and farming challenges Sarah Cox/SERVIR NASA and [...]

Atlantis Begins 13th Space Trip

By |2024-11-04T13:41:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off in this Nov. 3, 1994, image, with NASA astronauts Donald R. McMonagle, Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Ellen S. Ochoa, Scott E. Parazynski, and Joseph R. Tanner, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Jean-Francois-Clervoy aboard. During the 11-day mission, the crew studied Earth’s atmosphere, gathering data on the Sun’s energy [...]

¿Cómo se investiga en gravedad cero? Preguntamos a una científica de la NASA

By |2024-11-04T13:11:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 Min Read ¿Cómo se investiga en gravedad cero? Preguntamos a una científica de la NASA La astronauta de la NASA Megan McArthur atiende a las células de donantes dentro de la Caja de Guantes de Ciencias en Microgravedad para el estudio Inmunidad Celeste. Credits: NASA Realizar experimentos científicos en la Tierra puede ser complicado [...]

Professional Learning: Using Children’s Books to Build STEM Habits of Mind

By |2024-11-04T12:37:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

LearnHomeProfessional Learning: Using…For ProfessionalsOverviewLearning ResourcesScience Activation TeamsSME MapOpportunitiesMoreScience Activation StoriesCitizen Science  3 min read Professional Learning: Using Children’s Books to Build STEM Habits of Mind On October 14, 2024, the Science Activation program’s NASA eClipsTM Education team from the National Institute of Aerospace’s Center for Integrative Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Education (NIA-CISE) delivered [...]

NASA’s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await!

By |2024-11-04T12:06:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Citizen science projects enabled by data from the WISE and NEOWISE missions have given hundreds of thousands around the world the opportunity to make new discoveries. The projects can be done by anyone with a laptop and internet access and are available in fifteen languages. No U.S. citizenship required. NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared [...]

Final Venus Flyby for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Queues Closest Sun Pass

By |2024-11-04T12:00:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Final Venus Flyby for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Queues Closest Sun Pass On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 233 miles (376 km) of Venus’ surface. The flyby will adjust Parker’s trajectory into its final orbital configuration, bringing the [...]

Sadie Coffin Named Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences/NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series Fellow

By |2024-11-04T11:58:00-05:00November 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

In August, the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (AAPS) announced a fellowship opportunity in partnership with the NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series. Fifty-five people applied! The applications came from graduate students and early career professionals in diverse disciplines, including astronomy, ecology, engineering, nursing, policy, and zoology, to name a few. Sadie Coffin, AAPS-NASA Cit Sci [...]

NASA Awards Contract for Refuse and Recycling Services

By |2024-11-01T16:10:00-04:00November 1st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA has awarded the Custodial and Refuse/Recycle Services contract to Ahtna Integrated Services LLC  of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide trash, waste, and recycling services at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. This is a hybrid contract that includes a firm-fixed-price and an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity portion. The period of performance begins Friday, Nov. [...]

NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa Clipper

By |2024-11-01T15:35:00-04:00November 1st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A new edition of Issue #4 of Astrobiology: The Story of our Search for Life in the Universe has been released to include the NASA Europa Clipper mission. NASA Astrobiology/Aaron Gronstal To celebrate the successful launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, the agency’s Astrobiology program has released a new edition of Issue #4 – [...]

From Mars Rovers to Factory Assembly Lines

By |2024-11-01T14:53:00-04:00November 1st, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) European company apetito uses Neurala’s vision inspection software to ensure the quality of its prepared meals, such as green bean portions pictured here. The software evolved from code Neurala was developing more than a decade ago, with NASA funding, for a rover that could [...]

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