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I Am Artemis: Mat Bevill

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Mar 28, 2024

Significant events in history keep finding Mat Bevill. As the associate chief engineer for NASAs SLS (Space Launch System) Program, Bevill assists the program chief engineer by interfacing with each of the element chief engineers and helping make critical decisions for the development and flight of the SLS mega rocket that will power NASAs Artemis […] Read full story.

NASA Awards Promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Nationwide

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Mar 28, 2024

NASA is awarding approximately $3.7 million to 17 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions as part of an initiative to ignite STEM excitement. The money will go toward projects that inspire students and their learning support systems to take an active role in the wonder of science, technology, engineering, and math.   Were […] Read full story.

NASA Selects Construction Management Services Acquisition Contractor

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Mar 28, 2024

NASA has selected small business Firelake-Arrowhead NASA Services Joint Venture of Lawrence, Kansas, to acquire construction management, inspection, surveying, and testing services at NASA centers across the country. The Construction Management, Inspection, Surveying, and Testing (CMIST-II) contract was competed as a Small Business 8(a) set-aside, and the maximum contract value is approximately $38.8 million. This […] Read full story.

NASA, Salisbury U. Enact Agreement for Workforce Development

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Mar 28, 2024

NASA and Salisbury University (SU) in Maryland signed a collaborative Space Act Agreement Thursday, March 28, 2024, opening new opportunities at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The agreement forges a formal partnership to identify research and engineering projects and activities at Wallops designed […] Read full story.

MEDIA ADVISORY: NASA Invites Media to Milestone RS-25 Engine Certification Test

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Mar 28, 2024

NASA will host media to view a milestone RS-25 engine test at NASAs Stennis Space Center on Wednesday, April 3, to certify full production of new engines to help power the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. As NASA explores the universe for the benefit of all, NASA […] Read full story.

NASA Education News

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NASA Awards Promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Nationwide

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Mar 28, 2024

NASA is awarding approximately $3.7 million to 17 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions as part of an initiative to ignite STEM excitement. The money will go toward projects that inspire students and their learning support systems to take an active role in the wonder of science, technology, engineering, and math.   Were […] Read full story.

NASA, Salisbury U. Enact Agreement for Workforce Development

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Mar 28, 2024

NASA and Salisbury University (SU) in Maryland signed a collaborative Space Act Agreement Thursday, March 28, 2024, opening new opportunities at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The agreement forges a formal partnership to identify research and engineering projects and activities at Wallops designed […] Read full story.

NASA, Partners Select Universities for CubeSat Summer Program

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Mar 28, 2024

Eight university teams have been selected to work with NASA and the U.S. military to improve their small satellite proposals, ultimately increasing the possibility of flying their technology in space, and potentially launching their own careers in the space industry. NASAs CSLI (CubeSat Launch Initiative) is partnering with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space […] Read full story.

Diez maneras en que los estudiantes pueden prepararse para ser astronautas

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Mar 27, 2024

Quieres ser astronauta, pero no sabes por dnde empezar? Estas son algunas maneras en las que puedes comenzar tu viaje! Incluso si no an no renes los requisitos para ser astronauta, mediante la Oficina de Participacin STEM (ciencia, tecnologa, ingeniera y matemticas) de la NASA, u OSTEM, hay formas de participar en las misiones de […] Read full story.

Student-Built Robots Clash at Competition Supported by NASA-JPL

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Mar 18, 2024

Hand-crafted robots, constructed over the past two months by 44 high school teams, duked it out at the FIRST Robotics Los Angeles regional competition. Student-made contraptions of a metal and a little magic battled each other in front of cheering and dancing high schoolers at the annual Los Angeles regional FIRST Robotics Competition over the […] Read full story.

NASA Image of the Day

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Mariner 7 Goes to Mars

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Mar 28, 2024

An Atlas-Centaur launched at 5:22 p.m. EST on March 27, 1969, to send Mariner 7 on its way to Mars. Mariner 7 joined its sister spacecraft, Mariner 6, on a journey that carried them within 2,000 miles of the red planet that summer. Mariner 6 was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 24 and investigated the Martian equatorial area while Mariner 7 concentrated on the south polar cap. Read full story.

Sending Water to Europa

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Mar 27, 2024

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a special message when it launches in October 2024 and heads toward Jupiter's moon Europa. The moon shows strong evidence of an ocean under its icy crust, with more than twice the amount of water of all of Earth's oceans combined. A triangular metal plate, seen here, will honor that connection to Earth. The plate is made of tantalum metal and is about 7 by 11 inches (18 by 28 centimeters). It is engraved on both sides and seals an opening in the electronics vault, which houses the spacecraft's sensitive electronics. The art on this side of the plate features waveforms that are visual representations of the sound waves formed by the word "water" in 103 languages. The waveforms radiate out from a symbol representing the American Sign Language sign for "water." Read full story.

CADRE Rovers Test Drive in the Mars Yard

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Mar 26, 2024

Two full-scale development model rovers that are part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) technology demonstration drive in the Mars Yard at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in August 2023. The project is designed to show that a group of robotic spacecraft can work together as a team to accomplish tasks and record data autonomously without explicit commands from mission controllers on Earth. Read full story.

Hubble Views a Galaxy Under Pressure

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Mar 25, 2024

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows LEDA 42160, a galaxy about 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The dwarf galaxy is one of many forcing its way through the comparatively dense gas in the massive Virgo cluster of galaxies. The pressure exerted by this intergalactic gas, known as ram pressure, has dramatic effects on star formation in LEDA 42160. Read full story.

A Tranquil Sunrise

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Mar 21, 2024

A fast boat is seen at sunrise after the landing of SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft a few hours earlier in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The Crew-7 members returned after nearly six-months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Read full story.

International Space Station Reports

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ISS Daily Summary Report 3/27/2024

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Mar 27, 2024

Payloads: Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research on Varying Mission Durations (CIPHER): The crew performed the doff and closeout of the Blood Pressure 13-hour data collection sequence and stowed the hardware. The 48hour BioMonitor data collection was concluded and the hardware was doffed and stowed. Optical Tomography was also performed a subject. The …  Read full story.

ISS Daily Summary Report 3/26/2024

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Mar 26, 2024

Payloads: ADvanced Space Experiment Processor-2 (ADSEP-2): A fluid replacement was performed on Modules B and C. The ADSEP-2 is an automated multipurpose facility with three independent thermal zones that accommodate one cassette each and an internal computer that controls the functions of the cassettes. Cassettes house and process samples for a variety of biological and …  Read full story.

ISS Daily Summary Report 3/25/2024

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Mar 25, 2024

SpX-30 Docking: Following launch on Thursday, March 21st, the SpX-30 Cargo Dragon docked at 6:32 AM CDT, March 23rd. SpX-30 was docked to the Node 2 Zenith port and has successfully delivered a plethora of science investigations, crew supplies, and hardware to the ISS crew. 71S Docking: The 71S vehicle successfully docked to the NM …  Read full story.

ISS Daily Summary Report 3/22/2024

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Mar 22, 2024

Payloads: Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research on Varying Mission Durations (CIPHER): A Vestibular Exam using Falcon Goggles was performed. The CIPHER investigation aims to improve our understanding of physiological and psychological changes in humans on missions that range from weeks to one year in duration. Conducting the same research over missions of …  Read full story.

ISS Daily Summary Report 3/21/2024

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Mar 21, 2024

Soyuz 71S Launch: 71S launch was planned for today at 8:21 AM CDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome but was scrubbed on the pad. NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya are safe, along with the 71S Soyuz spacecraft. SpX-30 Cargo Dragon Launch: The SpX-30 Dragon spacecraft successfully launched aboard …  Read full story.

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