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Sols 4357–4358: Turning West
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Earth planning date: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 Sols 4357–4358: Turning West If you’ve ever driven down a road that’s in need of repaving, you’ll know that it can be an uncomfortable experience. The same is true on Mars: even at…

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NASA Ames Astrogram – September/October 2024
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TIME Recognizes the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System In October, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System a project managed at NASA Ames, was recognized by TIME Magazine as a “Top Invention of 2024”! TIME Magazine also recognized two other NASA…

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NASA Named one of America’s Best Employers for Veterans 
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NASA is one of America’s Best Employers for Veterans, according to Forbes and Statista. Statista surveyed more than 24,000 military veterans – having served in the United States Armed Forces – working for companies with a minimum of 1,000 employees.…

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Hubble Captures a Galaxy with Many Lights
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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. This galaxy is a multi-talented light show, showing off an impressive array of different celestial lights. Like any spiral…

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Math, Mentorship, Motherhood: Behind the Scenes with NASA Engineers
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on February 22, 2024. Engineering is a huge field with endless applications. From aerospace to ergonomics, engineers play an important role in designing, building, and testing technologies all around us. We asked three…

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I Am Artemis: Joe Vermette
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While some stand on the sidelines and witness history, others are destined to play a part in it. And then there are those who document it, bringing the people, the action, the images, the words, and the personalities to the…

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Powerful New US-Indian Satellite Will Track Earth’s Changing Surface
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Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to infrastructure. We don’t always notice it, but much of Earth’s surface is in constant motion. Scientists have used satellites and…

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NASA Kennedy’s Applied Chemistry Lab Achieves Agency First
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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has a long record of achievements in sustainability and recently added another to the list when the spaceport’s Applied Chemistry Lab became the first in the agency to be certified for its environmentally conscious…

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40 Years Ago: STS-51A – “The Ace Repo Company”
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Successfully deployed from the space shuttle Challenger during the February 1984 STS-41B mission, the Westar 6 and Palapa B2 communications satellites ended up in incorrect orbits due to failures of their upper stage rockets. During STS-51A in November 1984, Discovery’s…

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Hubble Captures a Galaxy with Many Lights
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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. This galaxy is a multi-talented light show, showing off an impressive array of different celestial lights. Like…

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Oral History with Stephen G. Jurczyk, 1962 – 2023
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Steve Jurczyk’s NASA career began in 1988 at Langley Research Center as an engineer in the Electronic Systems Branch. During his time at Langley, he served in other roles, including director of engineering and director of research and technology.  Jurczyk…

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Oral History with Mary L. Cleave, 1947 – 2023
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A veteran of two space flights, Dr. Cleave served as a mission specialist on STS-61B and STS-30.  She went on to join NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and worked in the Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes as the Project Manager for…

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The Cast and Crew of “Ain’t Too Proud” Visit NASA Langley
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Get Ready! Members of the cast and crew of the Broadway national touring production of “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations,” visited NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on Nov. 6, where they learned…

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NASA Shares Space Food Insight with Commercial Food Industry
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NASA recently welcomed more than 50 commercial food and commercial space companies to learn about the evolving space food system supporting NASA missions, including unique requirements for spaceflight, menu development, and food provisioning – essential elements for human spaceflight and…

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Oral History with Jon A. McBride, 1943 – 2024
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Selected as an astronaut in 1978, Jon A. McBride served as the pilot for STS 41-G, launched October 5, 1984, the first shuttle mission to carry a full crew of seven. His other NASA assignments included lead chase pilot for…

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Earth Below
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Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on Oct. 24, 2024. The green glow of Earth’s atmosphere is also visible on the horizon. Since the station became operational in November 2000, crew…

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Hurricane Helene’s Gravity Waves Revealed by NASA’s AWE
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On Sept. 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Gulf Coast of Florida, inducing storm surges and widespread impacts on communities in its path. At the same time, NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, recorded enormous swells in the atmosphere…

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NASA to Transform In-Space Manufacturing with Laser Beam Welding Collaboration
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By Wayne Smith As NASA plans for humans to return to the Moon and eventually explore Mars, a laser beam welding collaboration between NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and The Ohio State University in Columbus aims to…

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Student-Built Capsules Endure Heat of Re-entry for NASA Science
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In July 2024, five student-built capsules endured the scorching heat of re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere as part of the second Kentucky Re-Entry Probe Experiment (KREPE-2). Scientists are now analyzing the data from the KREPE-2 experiments, which could advance the development…

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NASA-Funded Study Examines Tidal Effects on Planet and Moon Interiors
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NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will help interpret data from missions like NASA’s Europa Clipper.

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Attention Students: NASA Launches Power Systems Student Essay Contest
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NASA’s fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge kicked off November 7, 2024. The science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) writing challenge invites kindergarten through 12th grade students in the United States to learn about radioisotope power systems, a type…

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Integrating Relevant Science Investigations into Migrant Children Education
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For three weeks in August, over 100 migrant children (ages 3-15) got to engage in hands-on activities involving blueberries, pollinators, and eDNA as part of their time with The Blueberry Harvest School (BHS). BHS is a summer school program for…

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Mars 2020 Perseverance Joins NASA’s Here to Observe Program
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The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission has recently joined the NASA Here to Observe (H2O) program, where NASA planetary missions are partnered with universities to encourage undergraduate students from historically marginalized groups to pursue a career in STEM.

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X-59’s Engine Started for Testing
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, in this image from Oct. 30, 2024. The engine-run tests, which began Oct. 30, allow the X-59 team to verify…

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El X-59 enciende su motor por primera vez rumbo al despegue
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Read this story in English here. La misión Quesst de la NASA ha alcanzado un hito importante con el inicio de las pruebas de motor que propulsará el silencioso avión supersónico experimental X-59. Estas pruebas de arranque del motor, que…

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