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Artemis II Core Stage Goes Vertical

By |2024-12-11T14:57:00-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program lift the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis II mission from horizonal to vertical inside the transfer aisle at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. The one-of-a kind lifting beam is designed to move [...]

Atmospheric Probe Shows Promise in Test Flight

By |2024-12-11T14:01:00-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA/Steve Parcel The most effective way to prove a new idea is to start small, test, learn, and test again. A team of researchers developing an atmospheric probe at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, are taking that approach. The concept could [...]

NASA-DOD Study: Saltwater to Widely Taint Coastal Groundwater by 2100

By |2024-12-11T12:43:00-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Watersheds on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard will be among the areas most affected by underground saltwater intrusion by the year 2100 due to sea level rise and changes in groundwater supplies, according to a NASA-DOD study. NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image on April [...]

NASA Study: Crops, Forests Responding to Changing Rainfall Patterns

By |2024-12-11T12:43:00-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Climate Change Science in Action Multimedia Data For Researchers About Us 4 min read NASA Study: Crops, Forests Responding to Changing Rainfall Patterns Earth’s rainy days are changing and plant life is responding. This visualization shows average precipitation for the entire globe based on more than 20 years of data [...]

Science Photo Album Showcases Space Station Research in 2024

By |2024-12-11T12:00:00-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Astronauts (from left) Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Loral O’Hara take photographs of Earth from inside the cupola aboard space station.Credit: NASA That’s a wrap! Astronauts aboard the International Space Station conducted hundreds of science experiments and technology demonstrations during 2024. Crew members participated in research across a variety of scientific disciplines and accomplished [...]

They Grow So Fast: Moon Tree Progress Since NASA’s Artemis I Mission

By |2024-12-11T11:45:00-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read They Grow So Fast: Moon Tree Progress Since NASA’s Artemis I Mission In the two years since NASA’s Orion spacecraft returned to Earth with more than 2,000 tree seedlings sourced in a partnership with USDA Forest Service, Artemis I Moon trees have taken root at 236 locations across the contiguous United [...]

Found: First Actively Forming Galaxy as Lightweight as Young Milky Way

By |2024-12-11T11:00:00-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Webb Webb News Latest News Latest Images Blog (offsite) Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who is James Webb? Fact Sheet Impacts+Benefits FAQ Science Overview and Goals Early Universe Galaxies Over Time Star Lifecycle Other Worlds Observatory Overview Launch Orbit Mirrors [...]

GSFC Data Science Group Releases Innovative Foundation Model: SatVision Top-Of-Atmosphere (TOA)

By |2024-12-11T10:25:00-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

At Goddard Space Flight Center, the GSFC Data Science Group has completed the testing for their SatVision Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Foundation Model, a geospatial foundation model for coarse-resolution all-sky remote sensing imagery. The team, comprised of Mark Carroll, Caleb Spradlin, Jordan Caraballo-Vega, Jian Li, Jie Gong, and Paul Montesano, has now released their model for wide [...]

NASA Performs First Aircraft Accident Investigation on Another World

By |2024-12-11T09:37:00-05:00December 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple in an image taken by Perseverance on Feb. 24, 2024, about five weeks after the rotorcraft’s final flight. Part of one of Ingenuity’s rotor blades lies on the surface about 49 [...]

Space Meets Sound: NASA Lands in 2024 Spotify Wrapped

By |2024-12-10T16:27:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s podcasts let you experience the thrill of space exploration without ever leaving Earth.Credit: NASA NASA’s audio storytelling reached new frontiers in 2024, with Spotify Wrapped revealing the agency’s podcasts as a favorite among listeners worldwide. In celebration of the milestone, NASA astronaut Nick Hague spoke with Spotify about what space sounded like this year. [...]

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