National Aeronautics and Space Administrion
Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has been adapted for many nonaerospace uses by the private sector. NASA remains a leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general. Perhaps more importantly, our exploration of space has taught us to view Earth, ourselves, and the universe in a new way. While the tremendous technical and scientific accomplishments of NASA demonstrate vividly that humans can achieve previously inconceivable feats, we also are humbled by the realization that Earth is just a tiny "blue marble" in the cosmos. Check out our "Thinking About NASA History" folder online as an introduction to how history can help you.
Friday, January 17, 2025
Proba 3
"India and European space agencies have come together for the launch of Proba-3, the world’s first precision formation flying mission, also known as the Sun mission."https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/isro-to-launch-proba-3-mission-for-esa-tomorrow-what-is-this-sun-mission/articleshow/115918984.cms
V sized Rocket
"Early on Thursday morning, a Saturn V-sized rocket ignited its seven main engines, a prelude to lifting off from Earth."https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/blue-origin-reaches-orbit-on-first-flight-of-its-titanic-new-glenn-rocket/
Wormholes
"Physicists have purportedly created the first-ever wormhole, a kind of tunnel theorized in 1935 by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen that leads from one place to another by passing into an extra dimension of space."https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-create-a-wormhole-using-a-quantum-computer-20221130/
Jeff Bezos First Rocket
"On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit."https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/science/bezos-blue-origin-launch.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk4.XzmT.0ZDnvYTq5EkF&smid=url-share
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Black Hole Hiding
"Multiple NASA telescopes recently helped scientists search the sky for supermassive black holes — those up to billions of times heavier than the Sun."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-many-black-holes-are-hiding-nasa-study-homes-in-on-answer/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
Blue Ghost Lunar
"NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully launched on Wednesday and is on its way to the moon. Blue Ghost, from Firefly Aerospace, is accompanied by the Tenacious lunar rover from the Japanese company ispace."https://www.cnet.com/science/space/the-blue-ghost-lunar-lander-is-now-headed-to-the-moon-heres-what-to-know/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Lost In Space
We are all lost in space, to various degrees. This reality has many aspects which makes it so wonderful and loving to be alive. The people we think that are extremely out of it are more likely in the know than we think.
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Weighed Galaxy
"For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and “weighed” a galaxy that not only existed around 600 million years after the big bang, but is also similar to what our Milky Way galaxy’s mass might have been at the same stage of development."https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/found-first-actively-forming-galaxy-as-lightweight-as-young-milky-way/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Sun
"A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before."https://apnews.com/article/nasa-parker-probe-sun-corona-69c7041048c12b0741ff54a66118def7?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
NISAR
"The upcoming U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission will observe Earth like no mission before, offering insights about our planet’s ever-changing surface."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-us-indian-nisar-satellite-will-offer-unique-window-on-earth/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=nisar20240106
Panoramic Survey
"Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has detected a new grand-design spiral galaxy as part of the PANORAMIC survey."https://phys.org/news/2024-12-astronomers-ultra-massive-grand-spiral.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter#google_vignette
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Houston based Lunar Service
"Houston-based lunar services firm Intuitive Machines ($LUNR) is planning its second lunar landing attempt in February, CEO Steve Altemus said in an earnings call yesterday."https://payloadspace.com/intuitive-machines-targets-february-for-second-moon-landing/
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Parker Solar Probe
"NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun."https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/23/parker-solar-probe-sun-nasa/77173111007/
ISS
"Between January and March 2022, crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) performed the first archaeological fieldwork in space, the Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE)."https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304229
Alien Life on Jupiter
"A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida."https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1482xzrge1o?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
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