Our latest release in the NASA History Series is now out! 📘
NACA to NASA to Now by former NASA Chief Historian Roger Launius tells the story of the NACA and its successor NASA. Download the free e-book and tag someone you think might enjoy a copy! go.nasa.gov/3DUHfI2
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NACA to NASA to Now
NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century tells the story of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).Michele Ostovar (NASA)
For no particular reason, we're thinking about Jupiter's volcanic moon Io today. Our #JunoMission will fly by it on March 1, but you can make a virtual visit anytime at: solarsystem.nasa.gov/io
Oh, and happy #NationalPizzaDay
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Biomedical Science, Space Plumbing as Crew Waits for Cargo Delivery
The Expedition 68 crew is looking forward to a delivery mission that will arrive at the International Space Station this weekend.blogs.nasa.gov
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NASA Scientist Jonathan Gardner Named AAS 2023 Fellow
Jonathan Gardner of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was selected as a 2023 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) for extraordinary achievement and service.Jessica Evans (NASA)
The first Black astronaut in history to perform a spacewalk!
STS-63 Mission Specialist Bernard Harris gained this distinction #OTD in 1995. Before his 1990 selection as an astronaut, Dr. Harris worked at @NASA_Johnson as a flight surgeon & clinical scientist. #BlackHistoryMonth
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“Ring” in the start of a new spokes season!
On the planet Saturn, spokes are suspected to be caused by the interaction between the planet’s magnetic field and solar wind.
You can see two smudgy spokes on the rings on the left side of this new image: go.nasa.gov/3xcbdn2
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Hubble Captures the Start of a New Spoke Season at Saturn
New images of Saturn from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope herald the start of the planet's "spoke season" surrounding its equinox, when enigmatic features appear across its rings.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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NASA’s Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars’ Watery Past
Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be drier.Tony Greicius (NASA)
Apollo 14 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean #OTD in 1971 after a successful 9-day mission! It was the last of the Apollo missions to quarantine the astronauts upon their return. More on the completion of the mission: go.nasa.gov/3XayznR
📷 Astronaut Ed Mitchell disembarks
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A dried-out Lake Hamun means more dust storms.
The seasonal lake in the Sistan Basin of eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan has been shrinking, reducing vegetation cover and exposing silt and dust. This makes the area a major source of dust storms. go.nasa.gov/3RJ79UZ
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A Dry Lake Hamun Means More Dust Storms
When the seasonal lake and wetlands in the Sistan Basin dry out, dust often fills the sky.go.nasa.gov
This is just one dust storm, but the cumulative effect of Earth's dust storms can have significant effects on the atmosphere.
A UCLA research team found airborne dust has likely increased by 55% on a global scale since pre-industrial times. go.nasa.gov/3RJ79UZ
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A Dry Lake Hamun Means More Dust Storms
When the seasonal lake and wetlands in the Sistan Basin dry out, dust often fills the sky.go.nasa.gov
The series of maps below show dust spreading toward the south over Pakistan, India, and the Arabian Sea during six-hour intervals on January 12.
The data came from NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) modeling system.
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APOD: 2023 February 9 - Nacreous Clouds over Lapland
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
It’s spokes season!
On Saturn, mysterious “spokes” appear on its rings near the planet’s seasonal equinoxes.
Scientists suspect they are caused by Saturn’s magnetic field interacting with solar wind from the Sun, but this hypothesis is unconfirmed: go.nasa.gov/3RN8SZd
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Hubble Captures the Start of a New Spoke Season at Saturn
New images of Saturn from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope herald the start of the planet's "spoke season" surrounding its equinox, when enigmatic features appear across its rings.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Progress Cargo Craft Lifts Off to Resupply Crew
The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 83 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 1:15 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 9 (11:15 a.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.go.nasa.gov
Nacreous Clouds over Lapland
Image Credit & Copyright: Dennis Lehtonen
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APOD: 2023 February 9 - Nacreous Clouds over Lapland
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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NASA TV Broadcasts Launch of Station Resupply Mission
NASA Television, the agency’s website and the NASA app now are providing live coverage of the launch of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.blogs.nasa.gov
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‘Heroic' Space Telescopes See Skies Packed With Planets
A superhero team of space telescopes has been working tirelessly to discover exoplanets and unveil their secrets. Now, a new superhero joins the team—the James Webb Space Telescope. What will it find?Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
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NASA's Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars' Watery Past
Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be drier.NASA Mars Exploration
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Watch a Progress cargo ship, loaded with nearly three tons of food, supplies, and fuel, launch to the @Space_Station on Feb. 9: go.nasa.gov/3I6aslI
Live NASA TV coverage begins at 1am ET (0600 UTC): nasa.gov/live
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This sonification of the @NASAHubble Ultra Deep Field (2014) plays a note for each galaxy when it emitted the light seen in the image. In under a minute, we can hear back nearly 13 billion years to the farthest galaxies. go.nasa.gov/3xr2EVT
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Explore - From Space to Sound
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
“The uncrewed flight test that we conducted in late 2022 told us that we are absolutely on the right path for our Moon to Mars Program.”
Mission Manager Mike Sarafin discusses #Artemis I on the latest episode of the Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast: go.nasa.gov/3YhP1nq
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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 101: Artemis Missions
Artemis Mission Manager Mike Sarafin discusses Artemis I and NASA's increasingly complex Moon to Mars missions.Maria Berger (NASA)
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Space Oddities: NASA Sorts Fact From Fantasy | Multimedia Section – NASA Mars Exploration
This page explains the phenomenon of pareidolia, and provides images as examples of how humans on Earth have a natural tendency to interpret some objects on Mars and elsewhere in the cosmos as familiar items seen on Earth.NASA Mars Exploration
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Resupply Rocket Ready for Launch, Crew Works Science and Plumbing
A new cargo mission stands ready to launch early Thursday and dock to the International Space Station two days later.blogs.nasa.gov
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NASA's Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars' Watery Past
Among other discoveries made by the rover, rippled rock textures suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists expected to be drier.NASA Mars Exploration
After 2 years of study, NASA announced the selection of 5 possible Apollo landing sites on the Moon #OTD in 1968. The Sea of Tranquility (Site 2) was where Apollo 11 ultimately landed.
Read about the criteria that NASA used to choose the landing sites: go.nasa.gov/3Yjj3r1
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50 Years Ago: Lunar Landing Sites Selected
On February 8, 1968, after two years of study NASA’s Apollo Site Selection Board announced five potential landing sites for the first human lunar landing.Mark Garcia (NASA)
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NASA Identifies Candidate Regions for Landing Next Americans on Moon
As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon under Artemis, the agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar South Pole.Sean Potter (NASA)
For the maximum convenience for the lander crew, might I suggest somewhere near here?
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MCDONALD'S OPENS ON THE MOON - Weekly World News
SAN BERNARDINO – The McDonald’s Corporation announced its plans to expand the franchise into unchartered territory. They're building a Mickey D’s on the moon!J.B. Smitts (Weekly World News)
NASA is committed to #OpenScience – making our data, tools, and resources free and accessible.
At 10:45 ET, Chelle Gentemann, project scientist for @nasa TOPS, is speaking about open science at the @un @unlibrary Open Science Conference.
Stream here: bit.ly/3YvAMeA
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1st Day: 3rd Open Science Conference: Accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals, Democratizing the Record of Science
The record of science is not yet as open to researchers and the public as it ought to be. In the era of new digital and data infrastructures, scientific and scholarly publishing remains aligned with the Gutenbergian model of the scholarly communicati…UN Web TV
NASA, along with the @WhiteHouse and other federal agencies, has declared 2023 a #YearOfOpenScience to celebrate the benefits and successes created through the open sharing of data, information, and knowledge.
Learn more: bit.ly/3jFWAoW
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Welcome to A Year of Open Science!
The federal government has declared 2023 the Year of Open ScienceJosh Blumenfeld (Earthdata)
Can you spot six of Uranus’s moons in this picture? Look closely 🔍
This #HubbleClassic image shows Uranus’ faint rings and some of its moons.
The bright spot in the lower right is Ariel, which has the brightest surface of all of the planet's moons: go.nasa.gov/3IaxU1y
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Widespread #fires have been raging through south-central Chile since Feb. 2, 2023.
NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image of the fires on Feb. 3 showing smoke billowing from Santa Juana, south of Concepción, out to the Pacific Ocean. go.nasa.gov/3RK42Mj
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Fires Blaze Through South-Central Chile
Hot, dry winds fanned the flames of widespread fires in Chile.go.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 February 8 – Stellar Wind Shaped Nebula RCW 58
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA
Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.go.nasa.gov
Stellar Wind-Shaped Nebula RCW 58
Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby & Mark Hanson; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego)
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APOD: 2023 February 8 – Stellar Wind Shaped Nebula RCW 58
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Students from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 9 in Rochester, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
@nasa's upcoming flagship observatory, @NASARoman, clears another hurdle before 2027 launch. See what's ahead for the space telescope that will discover exoplanets and demo technology to enable their direct imaging (and so much more!): nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard…
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High-Gain Antenna for NASA’s Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests
Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.Ashley Balzer (NASA)
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