NASA CO2 Conversion Challenge Competitor Pitches in to Help COVID-19 Efforts
A technology that could help humans live on Mars is being used to address an immediate need here on Earth and produce hand sanitizer for a community impacted by the coronavirus. Air Co., a company based in Brooklyn, New York, and competing in NASA’s CO2 Conversion Challenge, is making hand sanitizer with a technology that coverts carbon dioxide into ethanol.
NASA Ground, Marine Teams Integral to Moving SLS Rocket to Pad
As NASA prepares for the first launch of Artemis I, the first mission of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Moon, one team will be there every step of the way: the aptly nicknamed “SLS Move Team.” Based out of Marshall, the move team ensures all the flight hardware for the SLS rocket’s core stage is safely and efficiently transported from the site where it was manufactured to various test facilities and — ultimately — to its launch site.
Universe’s Expansion May Not Be the Same In All Directions
One of the fundamental ideas of cosmology is that everything looks the same in all directions if you look over large enough distances. A new study using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton is challenging that basic notion.
Marshall’s STEM Office Works to Award Teams, Complete Student Launch, Rover Challenge Competitions
For 20-plus years, two of NASA’s flagship education competitions have been held each April under the management of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The global COVID-19 pandemic jeopardized this year’s Student Launch and Human Exploration Rover Challenge, so NASA and partners moved quickly to assess and update them, keeping health and safety at the forefront.
Apollo 13: The Successful Failure
On April 11, 1970, a Saturn V rocket propelled Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert on what was intended to be humanity’s third lunar landing. What many viewed as a now “routine” mission soon had millions around the globe glued to television sets, watching and hoping for a positive outcome for one of the most intense episodes in the history of space exploration.
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