#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "How NASA Continues Inspiring Engineer’s Future" Work at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, takes one site engineer back to a childhood memory, where a dream of being a member of the NASA team began. Now, Briou Bourgeois is working to launch a career with even bigger aspirations. [May 01, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/how-nasa-continues-inspiring-engineers-future/

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "May’s Night Sky Notes: Stargazing for Beginners" Were you inspired by the solar eclipse to become an amateur astronomer? If so, here are some high-level tips on how to get started, from Night Sky Notes! [May 01, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/night-sky-network/may2024-night-sky-notes/

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "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 [

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "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 suborbital mission computing and avionics systems. [May 01, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/technology/goddard-tech/big-science-drives-wallops-suborbital-upgrades/

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Sols 4168-4170 Reaching the “Pinnacle” of Gediz Vallis Ridge (Pinnacle Ridge)" Earth planning date: Friday, April 26, 2024 Today we had a typically challenging Friday for planning. We are parked at the base of Pinnacle Ridge, with an interesting dark block named “Bilko Pinnacle” in our workspace (shown in the image).  This is the first block that is part of the Pinnacle Ridge part of the […] [May 01, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/sols-4168-4170-reaching-the-pinnacle-of-gediz-vallis-ridge-pinnacle-ridge/

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "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 hangs out with Saturn twice this month, the Scorpion’s “heart” briefly […] [May 01, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/whats-up-may-2024-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Lagniappe for May 2024" Explore the NASA Stennis newsletter, Lagniappe for May 2024. This issue features NASA’s announcement of the new center director of NASA Stennis, participation in solar eclipse events by NASA Stennis and more! [May 01, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/stennis/lagniappe-for-may-2024/

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science" Nine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to the Red Planet. NASA has identified nine U.S. companies to perform a total of 12 concept studies of how commercial services can be applied to enable science missions to Mars. Each awardee will receive between [

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Headquarters and Centers Ethic Contacts" Ames Research CenterFemy McGrath*[email protected] Armstrong Flight Research CenterAlex [email protected] Glenn Research CenterLinda [email protected] Goddard Space Flight CenterRoberta Williams*[email protected] or [email protected] HeadquartersVictor Robinson*[email protected] or [email protected] Johnson Space CenterJae [email protected] or [email protected] Kennedy Space CenterRoberto Sepulveda*[email protected] Langley Research [email protected] Marshall Space Flight CenterPam [email protected] NASA Management Office at Jet Propulsion LaboratoryHema [email protected] NASA Shared Services CenterJennifer [email protected] Stennis Space [

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "By Their Powers Combined" This April 20, 2024, image shows a first: all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, part of NASA

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories" 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 challenge for current missions and is the opportunity space for next generation telescopes: larger telescopes are the primary way to [

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR): Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars" Brianna ClementsHowe Industries The future of a space-faring civilization will depend on the ability to move both cargo and humans efficiently and rapidly. Due to the extremely large distances that are involved in space travel, the spacecraft must reach high velocities for reasonable mission transit times. Thus, a propulsion system that produces a high thrust [

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW)" Mary KnappMIT Humankind has never before seen the low frequency radio sky. It is hidden from ground-based telescopes by the Earth

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator" Stephen PollyRochester Institute of Technology In this project we will continue our Phase I efforts to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of a revolutionary power source for missions to the outer planets utilizing a new paradigm in thermal power conversion, the thermoradiative cell (TRC). Operating like a solar cell in reverse, the TRC converts heat [

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT)" Ethan SchalerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory We want to build the first lunar railway system, which will provide reliable, autonomous, and efficient payload transport on the Moon. A durable, long-life robotic transport system will be critical to the daily operations of a sustainable lunar base in the 2030

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration (SCOPE)" Mahmooda SultanaNASA Goddard Space Flight Center Missions to the outer solar system are an important part of NASA

#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "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 antennas allows the DSN to collect the very faint signals from faraway spacecraft. A five-antenna array is currently needed to downlink science data from the spacecraft's Plasma Wave System instrument. As Voyager gets further way, six antennas will be needed. [May 01, 2024] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia26147orig.jpg

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Two Small NASA Satellites Will Measure Soil Moisture, Volcanic Gases" Two NASA pathfinding missions were recently deployed into low-Earth orbit, where they are demonstrating novel technologies for observing atmospheric gases, measuring freshwater, and even detecting signs of potential volcanic eruptions. The Signals of Opportunity P-Band Investigation (SNoOPI), a low-noise radio receiver, tests a new technique for measuring root-zone soil moisture by harnessing radio signals produced […] [May 01, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/two-small-nasa-satellites-will-measure-soil-moisture-volcanic-gases/

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Selects BAE Systems to Develop Air Quality Instrument for NOAA" NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected BAE Systems (formerly known as Ball Aerospace

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "The Marshall Star for May 1, 2024" Marshall Prepares for Strategic Facilities Updates