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Achieving Instrument High Accuracy In-Orbit

By |2025-01-09T09:08:00-05:00January 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The ARCSTONE observatory is shown in low Earth orbit with the spectrometer viewing the Sun and Moon. The spacecraft rotates in order to view the Moon or the Sun. One of the most challenging tasks in remote sensing from space is achieving required instrument calibration accuracy on-orbit. The Moon is considered to be an excellent [...]

Laboratory Director Tawnya Plummer Laughinghouse

By |2024-12-26T09:06:00-05:00December 26th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

“When I transitioned from Spelman to Georgia Tech, it was probably the first time in my life that I had a professor that made me question if I belonged or had what it takes. Previously, I was always used as an example of how students should study, and now, in my first chemical engineering [...]

25 Years Ago: STS-103, The Hubble Servicing Mission-3A

By |2024-12-20T09:00:00-05:00December 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

 “Trying to do stellar observations from Earth is like trying to do birdwatching from the bottom of a lake.” James B. Odom, Hubble Program Manager 1983-1990. The third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, placed in orbit in 1990, occurred during the STS-103 mission in December 1999. During the mission, originally planned for June [...]

NASA, Notre Dame Connect Students to Inspire STEM Careers

By |2024-12-20T08:09:00-05:00December 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Rebecca Anderson, a junior enrolled at the Portage School of Leaders High School in South Bend, Indiana, spent time with NASA Glenn Research Center’s Daniel Sutliff, an acoustic engineer, on the campus of the University of Notre Dame on Nov. 7, 2024. Students witnessed [...]

NASA Flight Rerouting Tool Curbs Delays, Emissions

By |2024-12-20T08:00:00-05:00December 20th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails visit the American Airlines Integrated Operations Center near Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on a recent trip to see NASA’s digital tools for aviation efficiency in operational use.American Airlines It’s the holiday season [...]

Orion Spacecraft Tested in Ohio After Artemis I Mission

By |2024-12-17T08:49:00-05:00December 17th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Orion Environmental Test Article photographed inside the Thermal Vacuum Chamber on April 11, 2024, in the Space Environments Complex at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Credit: NASA/Quentin Schwinn  Making the voyage 1.4 million miles around the Moon and back — [...]

Hubble Images a Grand Spiral

By |2024-12-13T07:00:00-05:00December 13th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science [...]

White Sands Test Facility Encourages Locals to Leave Their Footprint on the Space Industry

By |2024-12-04T09:00:00-05:00December 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

At the edge of Las Cruces, New Mexico, surrounded by miles of sunbaked earth, NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is quietly shaping the future. There is no flash, no fanfare — the self-contained facility operates as it has since 1962, humbly and in relative obscurity. Yet as New Mexico’s space industry skyrockets amid intensifying [...]

Manager and Program Analyst Tami Wisniewski

By |2024-11-27T09:23:00-05:00November 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

“I love my country. I love serving my country. I think that was ingrained in me in the military, where I grew to realize how lucky we are to live in America and have the freedoms that we have. When I returned from [my first duty station] in Germany, I separated from the Air [...]

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