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NASA Invites You to X-59 Rollout Watch Party - NASA
It’s almost time for NASA’s supersonic X-59 airplane to make its red, white, and blue public debut, and you’re invited to join friends and family in taking aJim Banke (NASA)
NASA Telescopes Start the Year With a Double Bang - NASA
A colorful, festive image shows different types of light containing the remains of not one, but at least two, exploded stars. This supernova remnant is knownNASA
La NASA anticipa el primer vuelo del avión experimental X-59 para 2024
La misión Quesst de la NASA ha ajustado la fecha prevista para el primer vuelo de su avión supersónico silencioso X-59 a 2024.Lillian Gipson (NASA)
Crescent Moon Over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center - NASA
The crescent moon, along with Jupiter (top right of Moon) and Venus (below Moon) appeared over the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center inNASA
Payroll - NASA
The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) Payroll Office (NPO) reviews, validates, and delivers time and attendance data to the Department of the Interior (DOI)NASA
January's Night Sky Notes: Connecting the ‘Dots’ with Asterisms - NASA Science
Have you ever noticed how some stars, when arranged, can form shapes in the night sky? Trace asterisms along with us!science.nasa.gov
NASA Sets Coverage for ULA, Astrobotic Artemis Robotic Moon Launch - NASA
As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis program, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Astrobotic are targeting 2:18 a.m.NASA
Mission Manager Update: VIPER Flight Rover Half-Built! - NASA
The VIPER team is hard at work building the flight vehicle that will be going to the surface of the Moon this time next year! In fact, we’re about halfwayRachel Hoover (NASA)
Large Magellanic Fireworks - NASA
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of a stellar explosion throwing out sheets of debris in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy on July 7,NASA
Media Invited to Learn About Moon-bound Langley Technologies - NASA
Hampton, Virginia — Media is invited to learn about two technologies developed at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, that will launch to theNASA
Las mejores imágenes de las investigaciones en la estación del 2023 - NASA
Cientos de experimentos viajaron a bordo de la Estación Espacial Internacional en 2023, cubriendo una amplia gama de temas científicos, incluyendo biología,Ana Guzman (NASA)
Reflection - NASA
A Great Blue Heron skims its wings on a waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2021, making an artistic reflection on the water’sNASA
NASA Wallops Signs Space Act Agreement to Support STEM Outreach - NASA
Earlier this year, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility reaffirmed a 25-year relationship with the Virginia Space Flight Academy (VASFA) through the signing of aAmy Barra (NASA)
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures a Martian Day, From Dawn to Dusk - NASA
Videos from the rover show its shadow moving across the Martian surface during a 12-hour sequence while Curiosity remained parked.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA Sets Coverage for ULA, Astrobotic Artemis Robotic Moon Launch - NASA
As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis program, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Astrobotic are targeting 2:18 a.m.NASA
NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30 - NASA
The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest moons.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30 - NASA
The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest moons.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist presents their first annual year-in-review for 2023 - NASA
OTPS shares an annual letter from the Agency Chief Technologist (ACT), updates on various studies in the technology domain within OTPS, overviews of theBill Keeter (NASA)
OTPS Releases its 2023 Annual Report - NASA
NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, shares highlights from the office in 2023, including key accomplishments and collaborations that supportBill Keeter (NASA)
Studying Combustion and Fire Safety - NASA
Research on the International Space Station is helping scientists to understand how fire spreads and behaves in different environments and learn how toNASA
Ringing in the Holidays - NASA
The ice giant Uranus and its rings steal the show in this Dec. 18, 2023, image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope captured new images ofNASA
Wow! I've been a long time subscriber to Astronomy Picture of the Day and they are all amazing.
I must have become a little jaded though, because today's really made me stop, drop everything and take some time to appreciate it.
Follow the link to the NASA description - it tells a short but fascinating story of how and where the shot was taken.
I immediately had to get on Google Earth to find the locations so that I could see it all for myself!
Thanks to Valerio Monato for the dedication required to get the shot.
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APOD: 2023 December 25 – Cathedral, Mountain, Moon
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
NASA’s Deep Space Network Turns 60 and Prepares for the Future - NASA
The agency’s DSN provides critical communications and navigation services to dozens of space missions, and it’s being modernized to support dozens more.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
On Cupid! On, Donner and BARREL! - NASA
In this image from Dec. 8, 2017, four reindeer walk past the Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses, or BARREL, payload on the launchNASA
NASA Issues New Space Security Best Practices Guide - NASA
As space missions and technologies grow increasingly interconnected, NASA has released the first iteration of its Space Security Best Practices Guide toJennifer M. Dooren (NASA)
Hubble Sights a Galaxy with ‘Forbidden’ Light - NASA Science
This whirling image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, which is located about 275 million light-years from Earth.science.nasa.gov
Meet the Infrared Telescopes That Paved the Way for NASA’s Webb - NASA
The Webb telescope has opened a new window onto the universe, but it builds on missions going back 40 years, including Spitzer and the Infrared AstronomicalNaomi Hartono (NASA)
Celebrating the Holiday Season in Space - NASA
The Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year holidays are joyful events typically spent with family and friends. Astronauts and cosmonauts who find themselves inKelli Mars (NASA)
A Look Through Time with NASA’s Lead Photographer for the James Webb Space Telescope - NASA Science
Nearly two years ago in the early morning hours of Dec. 25, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully took flight from the jungle-encircled ELA-3 launch complex at Europe’s Spaceport near Kourou, French Guiana.science.nasa.gov
NASA Asteroid Sampling Mission Renamed OSIRIS-APEX for New Journey - NASA
The former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take advantage of the asteroid’s 2029 flyby of Earth, the likes of which hasn’t happened since the dawn of recorded history.Rob Garner (NASA)
An Apollo 8 Christmas Dinner Surprise: Turkey and Gravy Make Space History - NASA
On Christmas Day in 1968, the three-man Apollo 8 crew of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders found a surprise in their food locker: a specially packedJennifer Ross-Nazzal (NASA)
NASA Flies Drones Autonomously for Air Taxi Research - NASA
Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia recently flew multiple drones beyond visual line of sight with no visual observer.Jim Banke (NASA)
NASA Astronauts Test SpaceX Elevator Concept for Artemis Lunar Lander - NASA
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Doug “Wheels” Wheelock participated in a recent test of a sub-scale mockup elevator for SpaceX’s Starship human landing systemNASA
Artemis II Crew Visits White House - NASA
Artemis II crew members (from left) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid WisemanNASA
As the Arctic Warms, Its Waters Are Emitting Carbon - NASA
Runoff from one of North America’s largest rivers is driving intense carbon dioxide emissions in the Arctic Ocean.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
Kennedy Space Center Looks Ahead to Busy 2024
Another jam-packed year is in store for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the momentum of a busy 2023 is carried forward into the new year. On theJamie Groh (NASA)
Going the Extra 500 miles for Alaskan River Ice - NASA Science
Teachers and students in remote Alaskan villages have become vital NASA climate researchers. These special volunteers are so important that last year, climate scientists took an epic 550 mile snowmobile journey to collaborate with them! You can learn…science.nasa.gov
Scientists and Students Discuss the Future of Space Research at ASGSR Annual Conference - NASA Science
The American Society for Gravitational and Space Research’s (ASGSR) annual meeting brought together over 850 scientists, engineers, educators, and students from around the world to share their latest findings on microgravity research and discuss the …science.nasa.gov
NASA Stennis Internship Brings Aerospace Industry to Life - NASA
A first-generation student from North Carolina will return to school in January feeling more motivated and better connected to her future thanks to timeLaToya Dean (NASA)