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Tech Today: Synthetic DNA Diagnoses COVID, Cancer - NASA
NASA-funded molecular research enables better disease detectionAndrew Wagner (NASA)
NASA Wallops to Launch Three Sounding Rockets During Solar Eclipse - NASA
Three Black Brant IX sounding rockets for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission are scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops FlightMadison Olson (NASA)
Advances in Understanding COPV Structural Life - NASA
The Structures Technical Discipline Team (TDT) was involved in numerous investigations this past year, but composites, fracture mechanics, and pressureMeagan Chappell (NASA)
Harnessing the 2024 Eclipse for Ionospheric Discovery with HamSCI
As the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, draws closer, a vibrant community of enthusiastic amateur radio operators, known as “hams,” is gearing up for an exciting project with the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) group.science.nasa.gov
How NASA's Roman Telescope Will Measure Ages of Stars - NASA
Guessing your age might be a popular carnival game, but for astronomers it’s a real challenge to determine the ages of stars. Once a star like our Sun hasAshley Balzer (NASA)
NASA Achieves Milestone for Engines to Power Future Artemis Missions - NASA
NASA achieved a major milestone April 3 for production of new RS-25 engines to help power its Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond with completion of a critical engine certification test series at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St.LaToya Dean (NASA)
NASA Receives 13 Nominations for the 28th Annual Webby Awards - NASA
Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work “to the widest extent practicable.” From typewritten pressDacia Massengill (NASA)
Eclipses Near and Far - NASA
On April 8, 2024, North America will witness its last total solar eclipse for more than twenty years. Other parts of the world will experience the rareKelli Mars (NASA)
NASA Partnerships Bring 2024 Total Solar Eclipse to Everyone - NASA
On April 8, NASA and its partners will celebrate the wonders of the total solar eclipse as it passes over North America, with the path of totality in theKaren Northon (NASA)
NASA Selects Companies to Advance Moon Mobility for Artemis Missions - NASA
NASA has selected Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab to advance capabilities for a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) that Artemis astronautsNASA
Scientists Pursue the Total Solar Eclipse with NASA Jet Planes
The April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will produce stunning views across North America. While anyone along the eclipse path with a clear sky will see the spectacular event, the best view might be 50,000 feet in the air, aboard NASA’s WB-57 jet plane…science.nasa.gov
Carving a Path - NASA
These aren’t highways in this picture taken on Aug. 15, 2023; they’re paths carved by glaciers as they move through the Karakoram mountain range north of theNASA
65 Years Ago: NASA Selects America’s First Astronauts - NASA
On Nov. 5, 1958, NASA, newly established to lead America’s civilian space program, formally established the Space Task Group (STG) at NASA’s Langley ResearchKelli Mars (NASA)
NASA Receives 13 Nominations for the 28th Annual Webby Awards - NASA
Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work “to the widest extent practicable.” From typewritten pressDacia Massengill (NASA)
Rock Sampled by NASA’s Perseverance Embodies Why Rover Came to Mars - NASA
The 24th sample taken by the six-wheeled scientist offers new clues about Jezero Crater and the lake it may have once held.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA Invites Media to Annual FIRST Robotics Competition in Rocket City - NASA
The FIRST Robotics Rocket City Regional, a robotics competition for students in grades 9-12, will take place April 5 - 6, 2024 in Huntsville, Alabama.NASA
How NASA Spotted El Niño Changing the Saltiness of Coastal Waters - NASA
New findings have revealed a coastal realm highly sensitive to changes in runoff and rainfall on land.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA Invites Media to Annual FIRST Robotics Competition in Rocket City - NASA
The FIRST Robotics Rocket City Regional, a robotics competition for students in grades 9-12, will take place April 5 - 6, 2024 in Huntsville, Alabama.NASA
NASA Partnerships Bring 2024 Total Solar Eclipse to Everyone - NASA
On Monday, April 8, NASA and its partners will celebrate the wonders of the total solar eclipse as it passes over North America, with the path of totality in the United States, from Kerrville, Texas, to Houlton, Maine.Karen Northon (NASA)
NASA’s Webb Probes an Extreme Starburst Galaxy
Amid a site teeming with new and young stars lies an intricate substructure. A team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82).science.nasa.gov
65 Years Ago: NASA Selects America’s First Astronauts - NASA
On Nov. 5, 1958, NASA, newly established to lead America’s civilian space program, formally established the Space Task Group (STG) at NASA’s Langley ResearchKelli Mars (NASA)
NASA Partnerships Bring 2024 Total Solar Eclipse to Everyone - NASA
On Monday, April 8, NASA and its partners will celebrate the wonders of the total solar eclipse as it passes over North America, with the path of totality in the United States, from Kerrville, Texas, to Houlton, Maine.Karen Northon (NASA)
Veronica T. Pinnick Put NASA's PACE Mission through Its Paces - NASA
To achieve the impossible, Veronica T. Pinnick, who put NASA’s PACE mission through its prelaunch paces, says you need to get comfortable with beingKaty Mersmann (NASA)
A Home for Astronauts around the Moon - NASA
The Gateway space station’s HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) module, one of two of Gateway’s habitation elements where astronauts will live, conductNASA
That Starry Night Sky? It's Full of Eclipses
Stars and their planets make their own eclipses – important scientific tools for detecting and characterizing exoplanets.science.nasa.gov
Scientists Use NASA Data to Predict Solar Corona Before Eclipse
Our Sun, like many stars, is adorned with a crown. It’s called a corona (Latin for “crown” or “wreath”) and consists of long, thread-like strands of plasma billowing out from the Sun’s surface.science.nasa.gov
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return - NASA
Three crew members are scheduled to begin their return to Earth on Friday, April 5, from the International Space Station. NASA will provide live coverage ofNASA
NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2024
The highly competitive NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) recently named 24 new fellows to its 2024 roster.science.nasa.gov
NASA Engineer Chris Lupo Receives 2024 Federal Engineer Award - NASA
The National Society of Professional Engineers named Chris Lupo, deputy chief engineer of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, as the agency’s 2024 FederalJason Costa (NASA)
NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2024
The highly competitive NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) recently named 24 new fellows to its 2024 roster.science.nasa.gov
Solar Eclipse Resources
A spectacular eclipse will sweep across North America on April 8, 2024! Enjoy these free resources from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific!science.nasa.gov
Interview with Alex Borlaff - NASA
OK, we generally start with your early years, your childhood, where you’re from, and a little bit about your family at the time. Where you grew up, I think itCiara C. Fitzpatrick (NASA)
New ‘Eclipse Watch’ Tool Shows Eclipses from Space Any Time
Do you wish you could see a total solar eclipse every day? With a new online tool called Eclipse Watch, you can observe the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, in real time with eclipse-like images from space as we count down to the next total solar e…science.nasa.gov
What's Up: April 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Catch Mars and Saturn rising, and Jupiter hangs out with Comet 12P. Plus NASA has you covered for the total eclipse whether you're headed to totality or watching from afar.science.nasa.gov
NASA Langley Participates in Drone Responders Conference - NASA
The National Public Safety Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Conference was held at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, March 12-13. NASA Langley engineersSondra Woodward (NASA)
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Earns Neil Armstrong Space Flight Achievement Award - NASA
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) team received the American AstronomicalJamie Adkins (NASA)
NASA VIPER Robotic Moon Rover Team Raises Its Mighty Mast - NASA
NASA’s VIPER – short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover – now stands taller and more capable than ever. And that’s thanks toRachel Hoover (NASA)