#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming" Earth’s far northern reaches have locked carbon underground for millennia. New research paints a picture of a landscape in change. A new study, co-authored by NASA scientists, details where and how greenhouse gases are escaping from the Earth’s vast northern permafrost region as the Arctic warms. The frozen soils encircling the Arctic from Alaska to […] [October 29, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-helps-find-thawing-permafrost-adds-to-near-term-global-warming/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Relaunches Mentor-Protégé Program to Fill Supply Chain Gaps" In an effort to grow new commercial markets that support the future of space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research, NASA is preparing to relaunch its Mentor-Protégé Program for contractors on Friday, Nov. 1. The program originally was launched to encourage NASA prime contractors, or mentors, to enter into agreements with eligible small businesses, or […] [October 29, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/organizations/osbp/nasa-relaunches-mentor-protege-program-to-fill-supply-chain-gaps/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Gateway: Centering Science" Gateway is set to advance science in deep space, bringing groundbreaking research opportunities to lunar orbit. [October 29, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/gateway/gateway-centering-science/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Sols 4345-4347: Contact Science is Back on the Table" Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 The changes to the plan Wednesday, moving the drive a sol earlier, meant that we started off planning this morning about 18 meters (about 59 feet) farther along the western edge of Gediz Vallis and with all the data we needed for planning. This included the knowledge that […] [October 29, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4345-4347-contact-science-is-back-on-the-table/
Читать полностью…#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "An Opportunity to Study Water" Space science is fun! NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit fills this sphere of water with food coloring creating a Jupiter-like effect in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. [October 28, 2024] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iss072e069543orig-1.jpg
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "An Opportunity to Study Water" NASA astronaut Don Pettit fills a sphere of water with food coloring in this image from Oct. 20, 2024. Pettit calls experiments like these “science of opportunity” – moments of scientific exploration that spontaneously come to mind because of the unique experience of being on the International Space Station. During his previous missions, Pettit has contributed […] [October 28, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/an-opportunity-to-study-water/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Announces STEM Engagement Lead, Chief Economist Retirements" NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday Mike Kincaid, associate administrator, Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM), and Alexander MacDonald, chief economist, will retire from the agency. Following Kincaid’s departure on Nov. 30, Kris Brown, deputy associate administrator for strategy and integration in OSTEM, will serve as acting associate administrator for that office beginning Dec. 1, and […] [October 28, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-announces-stem-engagement-lead-chief-economist-retirements/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Provides Update on Artemis III Moon Landing Regions" As NASA prepares for the first crewed Moon landing in more than five decades, the agency has identified an updated set of nine potential landing regions near the lunar South Pole for its Artemis III mission. These areas will be further investigated through scientific and engineering study. NASA will continue to survey potential areas for […] [October 28, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-provides-update-on-artemis-iii-moon-landing-regions/
Читать полностью…#NewImage from #Nasa: "" What is the most spook-tacular nebula in the galaxy? One contender is LDN 43, which bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast cosmic batflying amongst the stars on a dark Halloween night. Located about 1400 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, this molecular cloud is dense enough to block light not only from background stars, but from wisps of gas lit up by the nearby reflection nebulaLBN 7. Far from being a harbinger of death, this 12-light year-long filament of gas and dust is actually a stellar nursery. Glowing with eerie light, the bat is lit up from inside by dense gaseous knots that have just formed young stars. [October 27, 2024] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2410/LDN43_SelbyHanson_960.jpg
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Sols 4343-4344: Late Slide, Late Changes" Earth planning date: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 Curiosity is driving along the western edge of the Gediz Vallis channel, heading for a good vantage point before turning westward and leaving the channel behind to explore the canyons beyond. The contact science for “Chuck Pass” on sol 4341 and backwards 30-meter drive (about 98 feet) on […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4343-4344-late-slide-late-changes/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Red Rocks with Green Spots at ‘Serpentine Rapids’" After discovering and sampling the “leopard spots” of “Bright Angel,” it became apparent that Perseverance’s journey of discovery in this region was not yet finished. Approximately 20 sols (Martian days) after driving south across Neretva Vallis from Bright Angel, the rover discovered the enigmatic and unique red rocks of “Serpentine Rapids.” At Serpentine Rapids, Perseverance […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/red-rocks-with-green-spots-at-serpentine-rapids/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Destacado de la NASA: Felipe Valdez, un ingeniero inspirador" Read this story in English here. Felipe Valdez es una persona que aprovechó todas las oportunidades posibles en la NASA, trabajando desde que inicio como pasante universitario hasta su trabajo actual como ingeniero de controles de vuelo. Nacido en los Estados Unidos pero criado en México, Valdez enfrentó grandes desafíos mientras crecía.     “Mi madre trabajaba por largas horas, […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/es/destacado-de-la-nasa-felipe-valdez-un-ingeniero-inspirador/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Autumn Leaves – Call for Volunteers" The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is calling on volunteers of all ages to help students and citizen scientists document seasonal change through leaf color and land cover. The data collection event will support students across North America, Latin America, Central America, and Europe, who are working together to document […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/autumn-leaves-call-for-volunteers/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Event Details" The next CSUG event will take place November 6 – 7 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Throughout the CSUG, representatives from NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program and CSP’s industry partners will share updates on commercial SATCOM capability developments and the commercial service demonstrations taking place under CSP. NASA attendees must […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/general/event-details/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Stennis Achieves Milestone in Preparation for Future Artemis Testing" NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, achieved a key milestone this week for testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket stage to fly on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Over a two-week period beginning Oct. 10, crews completed a safe lift and installation of the interstage simulator component […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/stennis-achieves-milestone-preparing-for-future-artemis-testing/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Group Amplifies Voices of Employees with Disabilities" Kathy Clark started her career at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland straight out of high school, and when offered either a job as an accountant or a job in training, the choice was crystal clear. “I started in training, I’ve stayed in training, and I’ll probably retire in training,” said Clark, now a human […] [October 29, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-group-amplifies-voices-of-employees-with-disabilities/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing" Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from snowy peaks into the rivers, reservoirs, and streams that supply millions of Americans with freshwater—as much as 75% of the annual freshwater supply for some states. But as climate change brings winter temperatures to new highs, these […] [October 29, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/new-nasa-instrument-for-studying-snowpack-completes-airborne-testing/
Читать полностью…#NewImage from #Nasa: "" The stars are destroying the pillars. More specifically, some of the newly formed stars in the image center are emitting light so energetic that is evaporating the gas and dust in the surrounding pillars. Simultaneously, the pillars themselves are still trying to form new stars. The whole setting is the star cluster NGC 602, and this new vista was taken by the Webb Space Telescope in multiple infrared colors. In comparison, a roll-over image shows the same star cluster in visible light, taken previously by the Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 602 is located near the perimeter of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small satellite galaxy of our Milky Way galaxy. At the estimated distance of the SMC, the featured picture spans about 200 light-years. A tantalizing assortment of background galaxies are also visible -- mostly around the edges -- that are at least hundreds of millions of light-years beyond. [October 29, 2024] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2410/NGC602_Webb_960.jpg
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Planets Beware: NASA Unburies Danger Zones of Star Cluster" Most stars form in collections, called clusters or associations, that include very massive stars. These giant stars send out large amounts of high-energy radiation, which can disrupt relatively fragile disks of dust and gas that are in the process of coalescing to form new planets. A team of astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, in […] [October 28, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/planets-beware-nasa-unburies-danger-zones-of-star-cluster/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Watch How Students Help NASA Grow Plants in Space: Growing Beyond Earth" Since 2015, students from across the USA have been partnering with scientists at NASA to advance research on growing plants in space, ultimately to feed astronauts on long-distance space missions, as part of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden’s Growing Beyond Earth project, which is now in its 9th year. This classroom-based citizen science project for 6th-12th […] [October 28, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/watch-how-students-help-nasa-grow-plants-in-space-growing-beyond-earth/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s Perseverance Rover Looks Back While Climbing Slippery Slope" On its way up the side of Jezero Crater, the agency’s latest Red Planet off-roader peers all the way back to its landing site and scopes the path ahead.   NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is negotiating a steeply sloping route up Jezero Crater’s western wall with the aim of cresting the rim in early December. […] [October 28, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/nasas-perseverance-rover-looks-back-while-climbing-slippery-slope/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope" NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, a piece of infrastructure that will hold the mission’s instruments, which will be integrated onto the larger spacecraft at a later date. The Roman Coronagraph is a technology demonstration that scientists will use to take […] [October 28, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/nasa-successfully-integrates-coronagraph-for-roman-space-telescope/
Читать полностью…#NewImage from #Nasa: "" Sometimes a river of hot gas flows over your head. In this case the river created a Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement (STEVE) that glowed bright red, white, and pink. Details of how STEVEs work remain a topic of research, but recent evidence holds that their glow results from a fast-moving river of hot ions flowing over a hundred kilometers up in the Earth's atmosphere: the ionosphere. The more expansive dull red glow might be related to the flowing STEVE, but alternatively might be a Stable Auroral Red (SAR) arc, a more general heat-related glow. The featured picture, taken earlier this month in Côte d'Opale, France, is a wide-angle digital composite made as the STEVE arc formed nearly overhead. Although the apparition lasted only a few minutes, this was long enough for the quick-thinking astrophotographer to get in the picture -- can you find him? [October 28, 2024] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2410/SteveFrance_leroux_1080.jpg
Читать полностью…#NewImage from #Nasa: "Phantoms in Cassiopeia" These brightly outlined flowing shapes look ghostly on a cosmic scale. A telescopic view toward the constellation Cassiopeia, the colorful skyscape features the swept-back, comet-shaped clouds IC 59 (left) and IC 63. About 600 light-years distant, the clouds aren't actually ghosts. They are slowly disappearing though, under the influence of energetic radiation from hot, luminous star gamma Cas. Gamma Cas is physically located only 3 to 4 light-years from the nebulae and lies just above the right edge of the frame. Slightly closer to gamma Cas, IC 63 is dominated by red H-alpha light emitted as hydrogen atoms ionized by the hot star's ultraviolet radiation recombine with electrons. Farther from the star, IC 59 shows less H-alpha emission but more of the characteristic blue tint of dust reflected star light. The field of view spans over 1 degree or 10 light-years at the estimated distance of the interstellar apparitions. [October 26, 2024] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2410/IC63_1024.jpg
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Welcomes Chile as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory" Chile signed the Artemis Accords Friday during a ceremony hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 47th nation and the seventh South American country to commit to the responsible exploration of space for all humanity. “Today we welcome Chile’s signing of the Artemis Accords and its commitment to […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-welcomes-chile-as-newest-artemis-accords-signatory/
Читать полностью…#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball" The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind it. [October 25, 2024] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hubble-ic3225-potw2443a.jpg
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball" The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind it. The scenes that galaxies appear in from Earth’s point of view are fascinating; many seem to hang […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hubble-sees-a-celestial-cannonball/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Kites in the Classroom: Training Teachers to Conduct Remote Sensing Missions" The NASA Science Activation program’s AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network (AREN), led by Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) in Wayne County, MI, provides learners with hands-on opportunities to engage with science instruments & NASA technologies and practices in authentic, experiential learning environments. On July 25, 2024, the AREN team held a four-day virtual workshop: […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/kites-in-the-classroom-training-teachers-to-conduct-remote-sensing-missions/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "High-Altitude ER-2 Flights Get Down-to-Earth Data" Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is the agency’s highest-flying airborne science platform. With its unique ability to observe from as high as 65,000 feet, the ER-2 aircraft is often a platform for Earth science that facilitates new and crucial information about our planet, especially when the plane is […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/high-altitude-er-2-flights-get-down-to-earth-data/
Читать полностью…#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball" The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind it. The scenes that galaxies appear in from Earth’s point of view are fascinating; many […] [October 25, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-sees-a-celestial-cannonball/
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