Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Artist’s depiction of the Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE) Edward Balaban Edward BalabanNASA ARC The future of space-based UV/optical/IR astronomy requires ever larger telescopes. The highest priority astrophysics targets, including Earth-like exoplanets, first generation stars, and early galaxies, are all extremely faint, which presents an ongoing […]
By Their Powers Combined
In a historic first, all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex – part of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) – carried out a test to receive data from the agency’s Voyager 1 spacecraft at the same time on April 20, 2024. Known as “arraying,” combining the receiving power of several […]
By Their Powers Combined
MDSCC/INTA, Francisco “Paco” Moreno This April 20, 2024, image shows a first: all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), carried out a test to receive data from the agency’s Voyager 1 spacecraft at the same time. Combining the antennas’ receiving power, or arraying, […]
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Ames Research CenterFemy McGrath*650-604-5116femy.d.mcgrath@nasa.gov Armstrong Flight Research CenterAlex Ray661-276-3162alex.m.ray@nasa.gov Glenn Research CenterJennifer Jimenez-Pepen*216-433-3422jennifer.jimenez-pepen@nasa.gov or grc-ethics@mail.nasa.gov Goddard Space Flight CenterRoberta Williams*301-286-9181roberta.m.williams@nasa.gov or gsfc-legal@mail.nasa.gov HeadquartersVictor Robinson*202-358-0550victor.t.robinson@nasa.gov or hq-ethicsteam@nasa.gov Johnson Space CenterJae Choi281-483-6727jaewon.choi-1@nasa.gov or JSCLegal@nasa.gov Kennedy Space CenterRoberto Sepulveda*321-867-0272roberto.a.sepulveda@nasa.gov Langley Research Center757-864-3221LaRC-DL-Ethics@mail.nasa.gov Marshall Space Flight CenterPam Bourque256-544-0024pam.bourque@nasa.gov NASA Management Office at Jet Propulsion LaboratoryHema Sresty818-354-2562hema.j.sresty@nasa.gov NASA Shared Services CenterJennifer […]
NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science
This mosaic is made up of more than 100 images captured by NASA’s Viking 1 orbiter, which operated around Mars from 1976 to 1980. The scar across the center of the planet is the vast Valles Marineris canyon system. NASA/USGS Nine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services to […]
Lagniappe for May 2024
5 Min Read Lagniappe for May 2024 Explore the May 2024 issue, featuring NASA’s announcement of the new center director of NASA Stennis, participation in solar eclipse events by NASA Stennis and more! Explore the May 2024 issue of Lagniappe featuring: NASA Administrator Names New Stennis Space Center Director Engine Removal Signals Completion of Successful […]
What’s Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
5 min read What’s Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA What to look for: Morning Meteors and May Planets See Mars, Saturn, and Mercury in the May morning sky. Antares slips behind the Moon for East Coast U.S. skywatchers. And the eta Aquariid meteors peak May 6th. Transcript What’s Up for May? The Moon […]
Sols 4168-4170 Reaching the “Pinnacle” of Gediz Vallis Ridge (Pinnacle Ridge)
4 min read Sols 4168-4170 Reaching the “Pinnacle” of Gediz Vallis Ridge (Pinnacle Ridge) This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4166 (2024-04-25 17:52:03 UTC). NASA/JPL-Caltech Earth planning date: Friday, April 26, 2024 Today we had a typically challenging Friday for planning. We are parked at the […]
Big Science Drives Wallops’ Upgrades for NASA Suborbital Missions
Large amounts of data collected by today’s sensitive science instruments present a data-handling challenge to small rocket and balloon mission computing systems. “Just generally, science payloads are getting larger and more complex,” said astrophysicist Alan Kogut, of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “You’re always pushing the limit of what can be done, […]
Asian-American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In honor of Asian-American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we recognize astronauts with Asian roots who have flown to the International Space Station and contributed to its assembly, operations and research activities. Other pioneers preceded them into space. The first person of Asian origin to reach space, Phạm Tuân of Vietnam spent eight […]
May’s Night Sky Notes: Stargazing for Beginners
3 min read May’s Night Sky Notes: Stargazing for Beginners by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Millions were able to experience the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, inspiring folks to become amateur astronomers – hooray! Now that you’ve been ‘bitten by the bug’, and you’ve decided to join your local […]
How NASA Continues Inspiring Engineer’s Future
Briou Bourgeois is a mechanical test operations engineer at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, where he enjoys working on a variety of projects to support NASA’s efforts of leading the way in space exploration for humanity. Work at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, takes one site engineer back […]
Sticker fun in space!
Exciting news for young space fans! PaniniPedia Space, the most complete and up-to-date sticker reference album about space, launches in France on 1 May 2024. Created by Panini in collaboration with ESA, PaniniPedia Space takes readers on a journey of discovery through our Solar System and beyond. To source