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- NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplaneton May 8, 2024 at 11:22 pm
While the planet is too hot to be habitable, detecting its atmosphere could provide insights into the early conditions of Earth, Venus, and Mars. Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date
- Sols 4180-4182: Imaging fest!on May 8, 2024 at 10:54 pm
Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 What a wonderful sight to see all the sedimentary structures. I am a geochemist, but I hear the excitement in the voices of my sediment-specialist colleagues, discussing all those textures and things to see. Generally, it is those features that allow us to determine what has happened in terms
- Sols 4178-4179: The Pinnacle Ridge Scarpon May 8, 2024 at 10:50 pm
Earth planning date: Monday, May 6, 2024 Curiosity’s set of complex activities and drive over the weekend executed perfectly and we started our planning today directly in front of a scarp, or wall, along a section of the upper Gediz Valis ridge known as “Pinnacle Ridge.” The view along this scarp did not disappoint! Mastcam planned a
- OTPS seeks input from the lunar community to inform a framework for further work on non-interference of lunar activitiesby Bill Keeter on May 8, 2024 at 8:36 pm
Questionnaire responses due by June 7, 2024 NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) is asking members of the lunar community to respond to a new Lunar Non-Interference Questionnaire that will inform the development of a framework for further work on non-interference of lunar activities. There is no funding or solicitation expected to follow.
- The Marshall Star for May 8, 2024by Lee Mohon on May 8, 2024 at 7:20 pm
New Flag is in the Stars for Marshall’s Huntsville Operations Support Center By Wayne Smith A new flag is flying closer to the stars outside the Huntsville Operations Support Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center following a May 2 ceremony. The white flag features a blue logo of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and marks contributions
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- NASA Challenge Gives Artemis Generation Coders a Chance to Shineby Justin Locke on May 7, 2024 at 8:16 pm
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event for the 2024 App Development Challenge (ADC), one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from April 15-18, 2024. The coding challenge, celebrating its fifth year and a part of NASA’s Next Generation STEM
- NASA Selects Students for Europa Clipper Intern Programon May 2, 2024 at 2:58 pm
NASA has selected 40 undergraduate students for the first year of its Europa ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists) internship program, supporting the agency’s Europa Clipper mission. Europa ICONS matches students with mentors from the mission’s science team for a 10-week program to conduct original scientific research on topics related to the mission to Jupiter’s
- NASA Grants Support Academic Collaborations for STEM Student Successby Lauren E. Low on April 30, 2024 at 5:21 pm
NASA has awarded $3.9 million to 13 teams at under-resourced academic institutions across the country, to support collaborative projects with NASA that offer students mentorship and career development in science, technology, engineering, and math. This is the second round of seed funding awards given through the agency’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Bridge Program, which was
- NASA SCoPE PI, Meenakshi Wadhwa, inducted to National Academy of Scienceson April 26, 2024 at 4:35 pm
On April 26, 2024, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) welcomed a new cohort of outstanding members into its ranks, including Principal Investigator (PI) Meenakshi Wadhwa of NASA SCoPE – the NASA Science Mission Directorate Community of Practice for Education. At the induction ceremony, 120 new members and 23 international members were welcomed, expanding the
- NASA Grant Brings Students at Underserved Institutions to the Starsby Anthony Greicius on April 26, 2024 at 3:45 pm
At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, interns from Cal State LA are learning key skills studying the origins of life. What does wastewater management in Los Angeles have to do with the search for life on Mars? Eduardo Martinez certainly didn’t make the connection when he was pursuing a master’s in civil engineering. Not at