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NextSTEP-3 B: Moon to Mars Architecture Studies – NASA

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NextSTEP-3 B: Moon to Mars Architecture Studies – NASA

Notice ID: M2M-MSFC-0001 NAICS Codes: 541715 – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) NASA seeks industry-led architecture concept development, concept refinement studies, and risk-reduction activities that address Moon to Mars Architecture gaps through the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-3 (NextSTEP-3). NASA plans to release this solicitation … Read more

NASA Demonstrates Safer Skies for Future Urban Air Travel  – NASA

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NASA Demonstrates Safer Skies for Future Urban Air Travel  – NASA

NASA is helping shape the future of urban air travel with a new simulation that will manage how electric air taxis and drones can successfully operate within busy areas.   The demonstration, held at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley earlier this year, focused on a system called the Strategic Deconfliction Simulation, which helps … Read more

NASA Begins Moon Mission Plume-Surface Interaction Tests – NASA

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NASA Begins Moon Mission Plume-Surface Interaction Tests – NASA

In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission-1 lander’s engine plumes and the lunar surface. Through NASA’s Artemis campaign, this data will help researchers understand the hazards that may occur when a lander’s engine plumes blast away at the lunar dust, … Read more

Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics) – NASA

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Painting Galaxy Clusters by Numbers (and Physics) – NASA

Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the universe held together by gravity, containing up to several thousand individual galaxies and huge reservoirs of superheated, X-ray-emitting gas. The mass of this hot gas is typically about five times higher than the total mass of all the galaxies in galaxy clusters. In addition to these … Read more

NASA Wins Second Emmy Award for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast – NASA

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NASA Wins Second Emmy Award for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast – NASA

NASA’s broadcast of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has won an Emmy Award for Excellence in Production Technology. At the 76th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards on Dec. 4, in New York City, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the win. Walt Lindblom and Sami Aziz accepted the award on behalf … Read more

NASA Software Raises Bar for Aircraft Icing Research  – NASA

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NASA Software Raises Bar for Aircraft Icing Research  – NASA

When flying in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets floating in the air can pose a risk to aircraft. If not taken into consideration, these water droplets can accumulate on an aircraft as ice and pose a safety risk.  But NASA software tools such as Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) are working to keep … Read more

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Advances Research Aboard Space Station – NASA

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NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Advances Research Aboard Space Station – NASA

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is wrapping up his first mission aboard the International Space Station in early December. During his stay, Kim conducted scientific experiments and technology demonstrations to benefit humanity on Earth and advance NASA’s Artemis campaign in preparation for future human missions to Mars. Here is a look at some of the science … Read more

Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples – NASA

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Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples – NASA

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft, three new papers published Tuesday by … Read more

Saudi Arabia’s top general holds talks with Pak to boost defence, security ties

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Saudi Arabia’s top general holds talks with Pak to boost defence, security ties

Saudi Arabia’s top general held talks with Pakistan’s civil and military leadership on Monday and discussed strengthening strategic cooperation between the two countries, focusing on defence, security, and counter-terrorism efforts. Gen Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia, called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who reaffirmed … Read more

NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidates: Shaping Artemis Exploration  – NASA

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NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidates: Shaping Artemis Exploration  – NASA

When NASA’s 2025 astronaut candidates arrived at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston this fall, they stepped into history, sharing a common mission to master the skills and teamwork that define NASA’s next era of exploration.  Selected from a pool of more than 8,000 applicants, the new class represents a range of backgrounds — … Read more