Category: Science
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Desert ‘Rover’ Helps NASA Scientists Prepare for Mars
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Did life ever form on Mars? NASA is launching its new Perseverance rover to find out. In February 2020, mission scientists practiced skills they’ll need while Perseverance explores the Red Planet. A seven-person field team served as a simulated rover, carrying cameras and science instruments to the Nevada desert. Meanwhile,…
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NASA Builds on Investments in US Small Business’ Beneficial Technologies
NASA has selected 139 proposals for follow-on funding though the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The Phase II awards will provide approximately $104 million to 124 small businesses located across 31 states. NASA annually invests in U.S. small businesses with promising new technologies – companies developing better batteries, virtual assistants, lightweight materials…
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Meet NASA’s Katie Stack Morgan, Mars 2020 Deputy Proj. Scientist—Behind the Spacecraft (Live Q&A)
Get to know some of the diverse engineers and scientists working on NASA’s next Mars rover, Perseverance.
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Educators to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Educators from across the nation will have an opportunity next week to talk with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 6, on NASA Television and the agency’s website. To honor our nation’s educators and in observance of Teacher Appreciation Week, which…
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NASA, Partners Launch Virtual Hackathon to Develop COVID-19 Solutions
“There’s a tremendous need for our collective ingenuity right now,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity
NASA’s Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, is set to arrive at the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Its mission: to demonstrate the first powered flight on another world. For more information, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/heli… Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Alabama High School Student Names NASA’s Mars Helicopter
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Alabama High School Student Names NASA’s Mars Helicopter
Destined to become the first aircraft to attempt powered flight on another planet, NASA’s Mars Helicopter officially has received a new name: Ingenuity.
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Huge Asteroid Due to Pass Earth on April 29
(52768) 1998 OR2 is the name of a huge asteroid that will pass closest to Earth on April 29, 2020.
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NASA Administrator Statement on Passing of Former Administrator James Beggs
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the passing of the agency’s sixth administrator, James Beggs, on April 23. Mr. Beggs served as NASA administrator from July 1981 to December 1985. “NASA sends its condolences to the family of James Beggs. Mr. Beggs led the agency during the earliest days of…
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NASA Contributes Expertise, Ingenuity to COVID-19 Fight
NASA has joined the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) with efforts underway across the country to augment the national response