Halloween Hot Rods: Marshall Innovates for Rides to Space, Jaunts Around Town
Andrew Denio and Judson Hudson, team members at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, drive of out-of-this-world vehicles to and from their jobs. Though their rides may lack the striking size and power of NASA’s Space Launch System — set to loft Artemis rockets carrying the first woman and next man to the Moon’s surface in 2024 — they embody NASA’s spirit of innovation and endeavor all the same.
Chandra Spots a Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory – managed by Marshall — and other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a rare collision between four galaxy clusters. Eventually all four clusters — each with a mass of at least several hundred trillion times that of the Sun — will merge to form one of the most massive objects in the universe.
NASA Team Aids Hurricane Forecasting Using Satellite Data
The Short-term Prediction Research and Transition team based at Marshall bridges the weather research and operational forecasting communities. SPoRT team members work closely with forecasters to understand how NASA technologies and data can help them make more accurate predictions.
NASA Challenge Winners to Hitch a Ride on Artemis I
Winners of NASA’s Cube Quest Challenge are preparing their small satellites to launch on the first Artemis mission, aboard NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. Once in space, these three CubeSats will travel to or beyond the Moon to show us what they’re made of, as they take small satellite technology to a new level. The Cube Quest Challenge is part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program, managed by Marshall.
Crop Harvest on Station After Robotics, Human Research
The Expedition 61 crew harvested a space-grown crop Wednesday aboard the International Space Station. The orbital lab residents also tested robotics systems before exploring blood pressure and time perception in microgravity. Marshall manages science operations for the station.
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