Category: News
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NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test-2
NASA and Boeing are continuing discussions on the status of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, and will host a joint media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 13, to discuss the second uncrewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station, as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Participants…
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Bold Action Must Continue to Realize Electrified Future
President Biden recently took a positive step toward new federal vehicle emissions standards that include the Administration’s bold objective to advance America’s electric vehicle future. In so doing, the Biden Administration is aligned with the similarly bold actions taken two years ago by Honda, BMW, Ford, Volkswagen and Volvo, which entered into voluntary agreements…
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Perseid Meteor Shower Peak
Don’t miss the #MeteorShowerPeak tonight! https://tnc.network/science/ TNC on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tncwrapup twitter: https://twitter.com/tnc_wrapup instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnc.network… Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/tncnetwork/f Yes, it is time for the 2021 Perseid Meteor Shower! (video)
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Watch the Skies: An Asteroid Will Pass Close to Earth! (video)
A large asteroid, designated 2016 AJ193, will pass by Earth later this month, on August 21, 2021. Experts are saying that there’s no danger of it striking our planet. It’s relatively big, at just under a mile wide, and moving fast! NASA scientists are planning to bounce radar signals off the asteroid for observation,…
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NASA Spacecraft Provides Insight into Asteroid Bennu’s Future Orbit
In a study released Wednesday, NASA researchers used precision-tracking data from the agency’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu through the year 2300, significantly reducing uncertainties related to its future orbit, and improving scientists’ ability to determine the total impact probability…
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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to BrightFarms Packaged Salad Greens
According to a “Food Safety Alert” issued by the Center for Disease Control, Bright Farms has issued a recall on some of its packaged salad greens due to a recent outbreak of Salmonella. The product was produced in Rochelle, IL. The occurrence of illness has been reported in at least five states, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,…
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NASA’s Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt
NASA’s Perseverance Data sent to Earth by NASA’s Perseverance rover after its first attempt to collect a rock sample on Mars and seal it in a sample tube indicate that no rock was collected during the initial sampling activity. The rover carries 43 titanium sample tubes, and is exploring Jezero Crater, where it…
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NASA TV Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Cargo Launch
NASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting 5:56 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 10, for the company’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage of the launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s websitebeginning at 5:30 p.m. NASA also…
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FDA Participates in New ‘Collaborative Communities’ to Address Emerging Challenges in Medical Devices
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced participation in several new collaborative communities aimed at addressing challenges in patient health care. Collaborative communities are a continuing forum where private and public sector representatives of the community work together on medical device challenges to achieve common objectives and outcomes. “We’re pleased to announce the progress we’ve made…
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NASA, Boeing Standing Down on Aug. 4 Starliner Launch Attempt
NASA and Boeing are standing down from the Wednesday, Aug. 4, launch attempt of the agency’s Orbital Flight Test-2 to the International Space Station as mission teams continue to examine the cause of the unexpected valve position indications on the CST-100 Starliner propulsion system. Early in the launch countdown for the Aug. 3 attempt, mission…