The Marshall Star for October 18, 2023 nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter
Station Science 101: Growing Plants in Space nasa.gov/missions/station/ways… #NASA #InternationalSpaceStationISS #Expedition64 #ISSResearch #JohnsonSpaceCenter
Station Science 101: Growing Plants in Space
As NASA plans missions to the Moon and Mars, a key factor is figuring out how to feed crew members during their weeks, months, and even years in space.Space Station Research Integration Office (NASA)
Station Science 101: Microbiology nasa.gov/missions/station/micr… #NASA #InternationalSpaceStationISS #ForResearchers #ISSResearch #ScienceResearch
Station Science 101: Microbiology
Wherever there are humans, there are microbes, too. Bacteria and fungi live all around us, in our homes, offices, industrial areas, the outdoors – even inSpace Station Research Integration Office (NASA)
News Media Invited to NASA Langley’s Open House nasa.gov/news-release/news-med… #NASA
News Media Invited to NASA Langley’s Open House
HAMPTON, Virginia – Members of the media are invited to cover the Open House at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The event takesSondra Woodward (NASA)
NASA Employees Win Top Federal Award for Asteroid Deflection Mission nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-emp… #NASA #DARTDoubleAsteroidRedirectionTest #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter
NASA Employees Win Top Federal Award for Asteroid Deflection Mission
NASA’s Brian Key and Scott Bellamy accepted the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal on behalf of a mission team for the first planetary defense testClaire A. O'Shea (NASA)
The Space Life Sciences Training Program at Ames Research Center nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #AmesResearchCenter #Internships #NASASTEMProjects #NextGenSTEM #OpportunitiesForStudentsToGetInvolved #ScienceMissionDirectorate #SpaceBiology #SpaceBiologyProgram
The Space Life Sciences Training Program at Ames Research Center
The Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) provides undergraduate students entering their junior or senior years, and entering graduate students, with professional experience in space life science disciplines.Sonja Caldwell (NASA)
NASA Employees Win Top Federal Award for Asteroid Deflection Mission nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-emp… #NASA #DARTDoubleAsteroidRedirectionTest
NASA Employees Win Top Federal Award for Asteroid Deflection Mission
NASA’s Brian Key and Scott Bellamy accepted the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal on behalf of a mission team for the first planetary defense testClaire A. O'Shea (NASA)
55 Years Ago: Nine Months Before the Moon Landing nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-… #NASA #NASAHistory
55 Years Ago: Nine Months Before the Moon Landing
In October 1968, the American human spaceflight program took significant steps toward achieving President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the MoonJohn Uri (NASA)
International Ocean Satellite Monitors How El Niño Is Shaping Up nasa.gov/missions/jason-cs-sen… #NASA #Sentinel6MichaelFreilichSatellite #Earth #EarthScience #Oceans #SeaIce #WeatherAndAtmosphericDynamics
International Ocean Satellite Monitors How El Niño Is Shaping Up
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the latest satellite contributing to a 30-year sea level record that researchers are using to compare this year’s El Niño withJet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
The Start of an Eclipse nasa.gov/image-article/the-sta… #NASA #2023SolarEclipse #Eclipses #InternationalSpaceStationISS #JasminMoghbeli #SolarEclipses
The Start of an Eclipse
While aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli took this picture of the Moon passing in front of the Sun during the annular solarMonika Luabeya (NASA)
Mercury’s Strange Hollows science.nasa.gov/solar-system/… #NASA #TheSolarSystem
Mercury’s Strange Hollows - NASA Science
Enigmatic depressions on the surface have puzzled scientists since the 1970s NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft discovered strange hollows on the surface of Mercury.science.nasa.gov
All Together Now: Drill Joins Other Moon Rover Science Instruments nasa.gov/general/all-together-… #NASA #General #AmesResearchCenter #EarthSMoon #VIPERVolatilesInvestigatingPolarExplorationRover
All Together Now: Drill Joins Other Moon Rover Science Instruments
A team of engineers from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and Honeybee Robotics in Altadena, California, inspect TRIDENT – short for The Regolith IceRachel Hoover (NASA)
NASA Conducts 1st Hot Fire of New RS-25 Certification Test Series nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #StennisSpaceCenter #General #SpaceLaunchSystemSLS
NASA Conducts 1st Hot Fire of New RS-25 Certification Test Series
NASA conducted the first hot fire of a new RS-25 test series Oct. 17, beginning the final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated setNASA Stennis Communications (NASA)
NASA Conducts 1st Hot Fire of New RS-25 Certification Test Series nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #StennisSpaceCenter #General
NASA Conducts 1st Hot Fire of New RS-25 Certification Test Series
NASA conducted the first hot fire of a new RS-25 test series Oct. 17, beginning the final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated setNASA Stennis Communications (NASA)
Dust and the Western Veil Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Jiang Wu
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APOD: 2023 October 18 – Dust and the Western Veil Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Dust and the Western Veil Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231018.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2023 October 18 – Dust and the Western Veil Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Lynn Bassford Prioritizes Learning as a Hubble Mission Manager nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #HubbleSpaceTelescope #PeopleOfGoddard
Lynn Bassford Prioritizes Learning as a Hubble Mission Manager
Lynn Bassford levels decades of experience and a desire for self-growth as she helps lead Hubble’s Mission Operations team.Goddard Digital Team (NASA)
NASA Makes It Easier to Find Assistive Technologies for Licensing nasa.gov/technology/tech-trans… #NASA #TechnologyTransferSpinoffs #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #Technology
NASA Makes It Easier to Find Assistive Technologies for Licensing
NASA develops a variety of technologies to explore space and beyond for the benefit of humanity. One measure of its success is the impact on the daily livesLoura Hall (NASA)
Seeing Baja California Sur From Space nasa.gov/image-article/seeing-… #NASA #Earth #InternationalSpaceStationISS
Seeing Baja California Sur From Space
The crew of the International Space Station saw this view of the north coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur as the space station orbited 258Monika Luabeya (NASA)
60 Years Ago: NASA Selects Its Third Group of Astronauts nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-… #NASA #NASAHistory
60 Years Ago: NASA Selects Its Third Group of Astronauts
On Oct. 17, 1963, NASA announced the selection of its third group of astronauts. Chosen from 720 military and civilian applicants, the newest group of 14John Uri (NASA)
NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara After First Microgravity Haircut nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-as… #NASA #Expedition70 #InternationalSpaceStationISS
NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli Fixes Cables on ARED nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-as… #NASA #Expedition70 #InternationalSpaceStationISS
More than Grants: Perspectives from Past NASA-funded Researchers nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/per… #NASA #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #SpaceTechnologyResearchGrants #Technology #TechnologyResearch
More than Grants: Perspectives from Past NASA-funded Researchers
Each year, researchers nationwide embark on journeys of discovery facilitated by funding from NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants (STRG) program. They uncover innovations that benefit future research and their careers after graduation.Clare Farcy (NASA)
PDS 70: Disk, Planets, and Moons
Image Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); M. Benisty et al.
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APOD: 2023 October 17 – PDS 70: Disk, Planets, and Moons
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
PDS 70: Disk, Planets, and Moons apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231017.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2023 October 17 – PDS 70: Disk, Planets, and Moons
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Near-Earth Asteroids as of August 31, 2023 nasa.gov/directorates/smd/near… #NASA #ScienceMissionDirectorate #Asteroids #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PlanetaryScience #PlanetaryScienceDivision
Near-Earth Asteroids as of August 31, 2023
Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets that orbit the Sun like the planets with orbits that come within 30 million miles of Earth’s orbit. NASATricia Talbert (NASA)
The Moon’s shadow darkens a portion of the Earth’s surface nasa.gov/image-article/the-moo… #NASA #Expedition70 #InternationalSpaceStationISS
The Moon passes in front of the sun nasa.gov/image-article/the-moo… #NASA #Expedition70 #InternationalSpaceStationISS
Baja California Sur on the Pacific Ocean nasa.gov/image-article/baja-ca… #NASA #Expedition70 #InternationalSpaceStationISS
Double Asteroid Redirection Test Post-Impact Image Gallery nasa.gov/missions/dart/double-… #NASA #DARTDoubleAsteroidRedirectionTest #Asteroids #DidymosDimorphos #PlanetaryDefense #PlanetaryDefenseCoordinationOffice #PlanetaryScience #PlanetaryScienceDivision
Double Asteroid Redirection Test Post-Impact Image Gallery
After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfullyTricia Talbert (NASA)
Dr. Guy Bluford Reflects on 40th Anniversary of Historic Shuttle Flight nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #AeroSpaceFrontiers #Artemis #SpaceShuttle
Dr. Guy Bluford Reflects on 40th Anniversary of Historic Shuttle Flight
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger’s STS-8 mission, former astronaut Dr. Guion “Guy” Bluford, the first African AmericanDoreen Zudell (NASA)
Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center nasa.gov/news-release/celebrat… #NASA #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #EarthSMoon
Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
The public is invited to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. EDT rain or shine at NASA Goddard’s VisitorNancy N. Jones (NASA)
Launching to a Metal-Rich Asteroid nasa.gov/image-article/launchi… #NASA #KennedySpaceCenter #PsycheMission
Launching to a Metal-Rich Asteroid
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This imageMonika Luabeya (NASA)
NASA Hosts Unveiling of Plans for New Silicon Valley Innovation Hub nasa.gov/general/nasa-hosts-un… #NASA #General #AmesResearchCenter
NASA Hosts Unveiling of Plans for New Silicon Valley Innovation Hub
NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley today hosted an announcement by the University of California Berkeley and San Francisco-based developer SKSRachel Hoover (NASA)
NASA Seeks Development of Universal Payload Interface nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/fli… #NASA #FlightOpportunitiesProgram #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #PrizesChallengesCrowdsourcing #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate
NASA Seeks Development of Universal Payload Interface
NASA is calling on innovators to help solve some of the challenges in rapidly testing technology payloads across a wide range of commercial flight vehiclesSarah Mann (NASA)
Webb Detects Tiny Quartz Crystals in the Clouds of a Hot Gas Giant nasa.gov/missions/webb/webb-de… #NASA #JamesWebbSpaceTelescopeJWST #ExoplanetAtmosphere #ExoplanetScience #Exoplanets #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #StudyingExoplanets
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40 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Discovery Makes its Public Debut nasa.gov/history/40-years-ago-… #NASA #NASAHistory
40 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Discovery Makes its Public Debut
Space shuttle Discovery under construction at Rockwell International’s Palmdale, California, plant in August 1982, left, September 1982, and April 1983.John Uri (NASA)
October Retirements nasa.gov/newsletters/aerospace… #NASA #AeroSpaceFrontiers #General #GlennResearchCenter
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