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NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ?Moon Trees? Across US
After careful review of hundreds of applications, NASA has selected organizations from across the country to receive ?Moon Tree? seedlings that flew around the Moon on the agency?s Artemis I mission in 2022, to plant in their communities. Notifications to selected institutions will be made in phases, with the first beginning this spring, followed by […]
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NASA?s Optical Comms Demo Transmits Data Over 140 Million Miles
NASA?s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment also interfaced with the Psyche spacecraft?s communication system for the first time, transmitting engineering data to Earth. Riding aboard NASA?s Psyche spacecraft, the agency?s Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration continues to break records. While the asteroid-bound spacecraft doesn?t rely on optical communications to send data, the new technology […]
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Navigating the Moon with Art
An artist uses an airbrush to recreate the lunar surface on one of the four models comprising the LOLA, or Lunar Orbit and Landing Approach, simulator in this November 12, 1964, photo. Project LOLA was a simulator built at Langley to study problems related to landing on the lunar surface. In ?Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley […]
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Johnson Unveils Modern Four Nine Team Conference Center
On April 10, 2024, Johnson Space Center celebrated the opening of the Four Nine Team conference center housed in building 419. The event marked the unveiling of a dynamic hub for Johnson employees, whether for team brainstorms, meetings with offsite companies, or remote work for those not typically onsite. During the open house, selected vendors […]
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Washington State High Schooler Wins 2024 NASA Student Art Contest
A 12th grade artist with a passion for NASA and space took home the top prize for the 2024 NASA Student Art Contest, a nationwide competition hosted by NASA?s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Esther Lee, of Washington State, was selected as the grand prize winner for her submission ?Beyond Imagination,? which depicts a […]
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Sols 4166-4167: A Garden Full of Rocks
Earth planning date: Wednesday April 24, 2024 Here on Earth (in Toronto, specifically), it?s a very typical April which can?t quite make up its mind about whether or not it wants to be spring. On Mars (in Gale Crater), we?re well into spring, and Curiosity is enjoying the (relatively) warmer weather. As the days get [?]
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The Marshall Star for April 24, 2024
NASA Announces 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners 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 NASA?s longest standing challenges […]
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Tracking Spring Flooding
Ural River levels peak in this April 13, 2024, enhanced color image from Landsat 9; here, vegetation appears red, while water is blue-green. After heavy rain and rapid snowmelt, rivers in southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan swelled, flooding homes and displacing thousands of people. Landsat 9, the latest satellite in the Landsat series, contributes a […]
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NASA?s Chandra Releases Doubleheader of Blockbuster Hits
New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky ? the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A ? are being released from NASA?s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Each includes X-ray data collected by Chandra over about two decades. They show dramatic changes in the debris and radiation remaining after the explosion of two massive […]
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Kiyun Kim: From Intern to Accessibility Advocate
Kiyun Kim began at Goddard as a summer intern. Impressed by the center?s community bonds, Kim is now co-chair of a center resource group that champions accessibility and inclusivity. Name: Kiyun KimTitle: Software EngineerOrganization: Ground Software Systems Branch (Code 583) What do you do at Goddard Space Flight Center? I’m a software engineer on the […]
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