First Images From NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Coming Soon
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data July 12. As the largest and most complex observatory ever launched into space, Webb has been going through a six-month period of preparation before it can begin science work, calibrating its instruments to its space environment and aligning its mirrors.
NASA Opens Second Phase of $3.5 Million Lunar Excavation Competition
NASA launched the second phase of its Break the Ice Lunar Challenge to advance technology that is – quite literally – groundbreaking. The challenge invites the public to advance system technology for excavating and delivering lunar resources. High on NASA’s list of innovation priorities are technologies that use the Moon’s resources to support sustainable surface operations while decreasing supply needs from Earth.
NASA Announces Student Launch Winning Teams
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte repeated as winner of the NASA Student Launch rocketry competition’s launch division, and Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, finished atop the design division. NASA announced the 2022 overall winners and category winners during a live virtual ceremony June 2.
Marshall Engineer Crystal Klemmer Supports NASA’s Crew-4 Mission
When it comes to making sure that engines and boosters for NASA’s SpaceX human spaceflight missions are safe to launch, Crystal Klemmer is at the forefront. Klemmer is an aerospace engineer with Aerodyne Industries, working on the Engineering Services and Sciences Capability Augmentation contract in the Engineering Directorate’s engine systems branch at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Hubble Captures Pair of Star-Forming Spirals
A new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope looks at two spiral galaxies, collectively known as Arp 303. The pair – individually called IC 563 and IC 564 – are 275 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sextans.
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