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To commemorate a milestone anniversary for NASAs Fermi spacecraft, the mission team has published an e-book called Our High-Energy Universe: 15 Years with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Readers can download the e-book in PDF and EPUB formats. The e-book is aimed at general audiences with an interest in space. Launched on June 11, 2008, [] Read full story.

In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASAs legendaryHubble Space Telescopeon April 24, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The photogenic nebula is a favorite target of amateur astronomers. M76 [] Read full story.

NASA has developed an advanced propulsion technology to facilitate future planetary exploration missions using small spacecraft. Not only will this technology enable new types of planetary science missions, one of NASAs commercial partners is already preparing to use it for another purposeto extend the lifetimes of spacecraft that are already in orbit. Identifying the opportunity [] Read full story.

Earth planning date: Friday, April 19, 2024 Curiosity has a three-sol weekend plan coming up as it makes progress along the edge of upper Gediz Vallis ridge. We have observations planned to investigate multiple bedrock targets with interesting rippled textures, dark-toned float, and the ridge. With two contact science targets, lots of targeted and untargeted [] Read full story.

April 22, 2024  NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, along with representatives from NASA and the International Space Station National Laboratory, will visit Boston on Wednesday, April 24, and Thursday, April 25, as part of the agencys Destination Station to highlight research opportunities aboard the station. Destination Station was created to educate the public and engage prospective […] Read full story.

NASA announced the winners of the 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) April 22, with Parish Episcopal School, from Dallas, winning first place in the high school division, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville, capturing the college/university title. The annual engineering competition one of NASAs longest standing challenges held its concluding event […] Read full story.

At NASAs Kennedy Space Center, sustainability and preservation efforts here on Earth are as much of a priority as rocket launches, spacecraft, and the exploration of worlds beyond our own. In celebration of Earth Day 2024, nearly 100 students from Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, and a virtual audience of students across the […] Read full story.

NASA will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Human Exploration Rover Challenge when the competition returns to the U.S. Space & Rocket Centers Aviation Challenge Course in Huntsville, Alabama, Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20. The event is free and open to the public with rover excursions occurring each day from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. […] Read full story.

The My NASA Data (MND) project supports grades 3rd through 12th-grade students and teachers across the globe in analyzing and interpreting NASA mission data. MND provides student and teacher materials, including teacher-facing lesson plans, student-facing lessons and interactives, and NASA data via an easy-to-access interface. Having recently celebrated over 1 million digital engagements in the [] Read full story.

Students from Syracuse City School District and Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from alumna and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps aboard the International Space Station. The space to Earth call will stream live at 10 a.m. EDT April 18, on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the […] Read full story.

Behold one of the more detailed images of Earth. This Blue Marble Earth montagecreated from photographs taken by the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satelliteshows many stunning details of our home planet. Read full story.

This image from NASAs James Webb Space Telescopes NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of star-forming region NGC 604 shows how stellar winds from bright, hot young stars carve out cavities in surrounding gas and dust. Read full story.

The ocean holds about 97 percent of Earth's water and covers 70 percent of our planet's surface. According to the United Nations, the ocean may be home to 50 to 80 percent of all life on Earth. Even if you live hundreds of miles from a coast, what happens in the ocean is fundamental to your life. Read full story.

NASA Engineer Cindy Fuentes Rosal waves goodbye to a Black Brant IX sounding rocket launching from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. The rocket was part of a series of three launches for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission to study the disturbances in the electrified region of Earths atmosphere known as the ionosphere created when the Moon eclipses the Sun. The rockets launched before, during, and after peak local eclipse time on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Read full story.

A team of engineers lifts the mast into place atop of NASAs VIPER robotic Moon rover in a clean room at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston. Read full story.

Payloads: Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings-2 (AC-2): Routine periodic touching was performed for experiment placards deployed in various locations throughout the ISS. More information on this experiment can be found here. Cerebral Autoregulation: The Cardiolab Portable Doppler (CDL PDOP) and Laptop were powered up and data measurements were taken. More information on this experiment (Cerebral …  Read full story.

Payloads: AstroPi: The 5mm camera lens was installed on the AstroPi Vis unit and the unit was relocated to the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) location for Earth observations. More information on this experiment (AstroPi) can be found here. Cerebral Autoregulation: The Cardiolab Portable Doppler (CDL PDOP) and European Physiology Modules Facility Continuous Blood Pressure …  Read full story.

Payloads: ADvanced Space Experiment Processor In-Space Production Application Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory 02(ADSEP PIL 02): The sample cassette (S/N 26275) was removed and a new cassette (S/N 26293) was installed. More information on this experiment (ADSEP-PIL-02)can be found here. Integrated System for Autonomous and Adaptive Caretaking (ISAAC): The crew setup the Astrobee flyers and …  Read full story.

Payloads: Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM): Yesterday, the ASIM external hardware was robotically moved to Columbus External Payload Facility Starboard Deck X-Direction (SDX) and today power was re-established. More information on this experiment (ASIM) can be found here. Boeing Environment Responding Antimicrobial Coatings-2 (AC-2): Routine periodic touching was performed for experiment placards deployed in various locations …  Read full story.

Payloads: BioFabrication Facility (BFF)-Cardiac: Sample Media Bag S/N 23957 and 23958 were retrieved from Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-3). More information on the current experiment (BFF-Cardiac) can be found here. Cold Atom Lab (CAL): Science Module-3 was partially removed in preparation for installing Module-4. More information on the current experiment (Cold Atom …  Read full story.