NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Next-Generation Space Weather Sensors – NASA

NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Next-Generation Space Weather Sensors – NASA

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory of Laurel, Maryland, to build the Suprathermal Ion Sensors for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next Program. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is valued at approximately $20.5 million and includes the development of … Read more

5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun – NASA Science

5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun – NASA Science

5 min read 5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar system. However, the fleet’s constant watch and often-unique perspectives sometimes create opportunities to make discoveries that no one expected, helping us to solve mysteries about … Read more

Final Venus Flyby for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Queues Closest Sun Pass – NASA Science

Final Venus Flyby for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Queues Closest Sun Pass – NASA Science

The closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, will occur on Dec. 24, 2024, during which mission control will be out of contact with the spacecraft. Parker will send a beacon tone on Dec. 27, 2024, to confirm its success and the spacecraft’s health. Parker will remain in this orbit for the remainder of its … Read more

30 Years On, NASA’s Wind Is a Windfall for Studying our Neighborhood in Space – NASA Science

30 Years On, NASA’s Wind Is a Windfall for Studying our Neighborhood in Space – NASA Science

According to Lynn Wilson, who is the Wind project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, fuel is only one indicator of Wind’s life expectancy, however. “Based on fuel alone, Wind can continue flying until 2074,” he said. “On the other hand, its ability to return data hinges on the last surviving … Read more

NASA to Launch Innovative Solar Coronagraph to Space Station – NASA Science

NASA to Launch Innovative Solar Coronagraph to Space Station – NASA Science

4 min read NASA Technologies Named Among TIME Inventions of 2024 As NASA continues to innovate for the benefit of humanity, agency inventions that use new structures to harness sunlight for space travel, enable communications with spacecraft at record-breaking distances, and determine the habitability of a moon of Jupiter, were named Wednesday among TIME’s Inventions … Read more

NASA Awards NOAA’s Solar Wind Plasma Sensors Contract – NASA

NASA Awards NOAA’s Solar Wind Plasma Sensors Contract – NASA

NASA has selected the University of New Hampshire in Durham to build Solar Wind Plasma Sensors for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Next Program. This cost-plus-no-fee contract is valued at approximately $24.3 million and includes the development of two sensors that will study the … Read more

Women in Astronomy Citizen Science Webinar This Thursday – NASA Science

Women in Astronomy Citizen Science Webinar This Thursday – NASA Science

Join Thursday’s NASA Cit Sci Leader’s Series event for a conversation about women and NASA-sponsored astronomy citizen science Gulf of Maine Research Institute Women hold up half the sky… but participation numbers for NASA-sponsored citizen science projects don’t always reflect that. Why? And what can we do to welcome people of all genders to participate? … Read more

NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind Gets Energy – NASA Science

NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind Gets Energy – NASA Science

“Our study addresses a huge open question about how the solar wind is energized and helps us understand how the Sun affects its environment and, ultimately, the Earth,” said Yeimy Rivera, co-leader of the study and a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, part of Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. “If this … Read more

Registration Opens for the 2024 NASA International Space Apps Challenge – NASA Science

Registration Opens for the 2024 NASA International Space Apps Challenge – NASA Science

This year, the NASA Space Apps Challenge welcomes 15 international space agency partners, including two new agencies: the Communications, Space & Technology Commission of Saudi Arabia and the Spanish Space Agency. NASA Space Apps also welcomes back the Australian Space Agency, Brazilian Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Indian Space Research Organization, Italian … Read more

Celebrate the Heliophysics Big Year with Free Heliophysics and Math Webinars from NASA HEAT – NASA Science

Celebrate the Heliophysics Big Year with Free Heliophysics and Math Webinars from NASA HEAT – NASA Science

Challenged by the NASA Heliophysics Division to participate in as many Sun-related activities as possible, the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) has been hosting a monthly webinar for formal and informal educators, science communicators, and other heliophysics enthusiasts to promote the understanding of heliophysics in alignment with monthly HBY themes. Each webinar’s content … Read more