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US House of Representatives Columbia Accident Documents

By |2024-03-27T18:10:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The following are some of the statements made by Representatives regarding the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia. PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Saturday, February 01, 2003 House Science Committee Boehlert Statement on Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy WASHINGTON, D.C. —House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) today released the following statement on the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy: [...]

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Conduct Science During Fourth Mission

By |2024-03-27T15:36:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

During his fourth mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will serve as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 71/72 crew. After blasting off to space, Pettit will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare crew for future space missions. Pettit will launch on the Roscosmos Soyuz [...]

The Marshall Star for March 27, 2024

By |2024-03-27T15:07:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

By Celine Smith NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center hosted its 37th Small Business Alliance meeting March 21 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Davidson Center for Space Exploration. The event brought together hundreds of attendees from 39 states and 21 countries to network and learn about opportunities to do business with NASA. “Today [...]

Eclipse Citizen Science for Educators

By |2024-03-27T14:53:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

"Citizen” here refers to citizens of Planet Earth. These projects are open to everyone, regardless of country of birth or legal citizenship status. Citizen science projects – research projects that need lots of people and are designed for participation by anyone – are a great way for formal and informal students and enthusiasts to learn [...]

Contribute to NASA Research on Eclipse Day – and Every Day

By |2024-03-27T14:53:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA is celebrating the Sun during the Heliophysics Big Year, which extends through the end of 2024. You can get involved to help us learn more about our star and its influence on our planet. With exciting experiments happening during the total solar eclipse that will cross North America on April 8, to widespread investigations [...]

Diez maneras en que los estudiantes pueden prepararse para ser astronautas

By |2024-03-27T14:07:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

¿Quieres ser astronauta, pero no sabes por dónde empezar? ¡Estas son algunas maneras en las que puedes comenzar tu viaje! Incluso si no aún no reúnes los requisitos para ser astronauta, mediante la Oficina de Participación STEM (ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas) de la NASA, u OSTEM, hay formas de participar en las misiones de [...]

NASA’s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in ‘Outer Space’ on Earth

By |2024-03-27T11:59:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A gantlet of tests prepared the spacecraft for its challenging trip to the Jupiter system, where it will explore the icy moon Europa and its subsurface ocean. In less than six months, NASA is set to launch Europa Clipper on a 1.6-billion-mile (2.6-billion-kilometer) voyage to Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa. From the wild vibrations of [...]

Sending “Water” to Europa

By |2024-03-27T11:57:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/JPL-Caltech This image from March 8, 2024, shows waveforms of the word “water” in 103 languages etched onto a triangular metal plate. The plate will be attached to the Europa Clipper spacecraft, set to fly to one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, after it launches in October 2024. The waveforms radiate out from a symbol [...]

NASA Data Shows How Drought Changes Wildfire Recovery in the West

By |2024-03-27T11:49:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts. The West has been witnessing a trend of increasing number and intensity of wildland fires. Historically a natural part of the region's ecology, fires have been exacerbated [...]

ESA, NASA Solar Observatory Discovers Its 5,000th Comet

By |2024-03-27T10:00:00-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

On March 25, 2024, a citizen scientist in the Czech Republic spotted a comet in an image from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, which has now been confirmed to be the 5,000th comet discovered using SOHO data. SOHO has achieved this milestone over 28 years in space, even though it was never designed [...]

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