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NASA to Provide Starliner Crew Flight Test Review Findings Today
45+ min ago (184+ words) During a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday NASA will discuss the findings of investigations into the 2024 crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station. The news conference will stream live on NASA's YouTube channel. An instant…...
Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (570+ words) For 80 years, researchers used a technique called "focused schlieren imaging." Think of it as a special camera system that can "see" air movement by detecting tiny changes in its density. It's the same effect that lets you to see heat…...
Crystals Grown in Space
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (163+ words) This June 5, 2024, image shows lysozyme crystals aboard'the International Space Station. Lysozyme is a protein found in bodily fluids like tears, saliva, and milk, and is used as a control compound to demonstrate well-formed crystals. Lysozyme plays a vital role in…...
Fishing Boats and City Lights
1+ day, 28+ min ago (148+ words) Fishing boats illuminate the Arabian Sea along India's west coast with green lights designed to attract squid, shrimp, sardines, and mackerel in this Preparing for Artemis II: Training for a Mission Around the Moon Networks Keeping NASA's Artemis II Mission Connected…...
NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location on Mars
1+ day, 48+ min ago (443+ words) There is no GPS at the Red Planet, but a new technology called Mars Global Localization lets Perseverance determine precisely where it is " without human help." "This is kind of like giving the rover GPS. Now it can determine its…...
Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal: Countdown Begins
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (243+ words) The countdown for the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal is underway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The countdown clock began at 6:50 p.m. EST Tuesday, or L-49 hours, 40 minutes before the opening of a simulated launch window at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 19. The…...
Expedition 74 Expands to Seven as Science Speeds Up
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (359+ words) Expedition 74 Expands to Seven as Science Speeds Up'NASA (.gov) Expedition 74 Expands to Seven as Science Speeds UpA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts…...
Artemis II: The Ground Teams Powering NASA's Moon Mission
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1942+ words) Behind NASA's Artemis II mission and the astronauts who will fly around the Moon, teams on the ground are essential. Explore some of the epic equipment that makes Artemis II possible'the mobile launcher, crawler-transporter, and NASA's barge Pegasus'and meet a…...
SpaceX Crew-12 Docks to Station Beginning Long-Duration Mission
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (189+ words) SpaceX Crew-12 Docks to Station Beginning Long-Duration Mission'NASA (.gov) SpaceX Crew-12 Docks to Station Beginning Long-Duration MissionThe SpaceX Dragon carrying four Crew-12 members nears the International Space Station for a docking to the Harmony module's space-facing port.NASA+ NASA astronauts…...
SpaceX Crew-12 Mission Approaching Station Live on NASA+
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (173+ words) NASA's live arrival coverage of the agency's SpaceX Crew-12 mission is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency's YouTube channel as NASA astronauts'Jessica Meir'and'Jack Hathaway,'ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey'Fedyaev make their way…...