Science News
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NASA Marshall to Lead Artemis Program’s Human Lunar Lander Development
NASA Breaking News Aug 16, 2019 | 14:15 pmNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was joined Friday by U.S. Representatives Mo Brooks and Robert Aderholt of Alabama and Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to announce the center’s new role leading the[…]
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NASA Television Coverage Set for Uncrewed Soyuz Mission to Space Station
NASA Breaking News Aug 16, 2019 | 09:28 amAn uncrewed Russian Soyuz spacecraft is set to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 11:38 p.m. EDT (8:38 a.m. Aug. 22 Baikonur time) on a test flight to validate the spacecraft’s compatibility with a[…]
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NASA Selects Proposals to Demonstrate SmallSat Technologies to Study Interplanetary Space
NASA Breaking News Aug 15, 2019 | 15:34 pmNASA has selected two proposals to demonstrate small satellite technologies to improve science observations in deep space, which could help NASA develop better models to predict space weather events that can affect astronauts and spacecraft.
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Education News
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Students from Texas Make History and Celebrate a Historic Moment
Education News Aug 8, 2019 | 08:57 amWhile a team of students from Lone Star College-CyFair in Texas reflected on this moment in history, they were getting ready to visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to make their own mark.
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Virginia Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Education News Aug 6, 2019 | 12:43 pmThe next generation of explorers in Virginia will have an opportunity to talk live with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
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Teachers Immersed in Modeling and Simulation Training
Education News Jul 31, 2019 | 13:00 pmTeachers Immersed in Modeling and Simulation Training
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Space Station Reports
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/14/2019
ISS On-Orbit Status Report Aug 14, 2019 | 12:00 pmBio-Monitor: The crew replaced the Data Unit on the Bio-monitor garment. Although the ISS is equipped with health and life sciences research tools, the existing instrumentation for continuous and simultaneous recording of several physiological parameters is lacking. To address this[…]
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/13/2019
ISS On-Orbit Status Report Aug 13, 2019 | 12:00 pmAdvanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME): The crew configured the ACME Chamber for s-Flame by partially reinstalling the chamber insert to replace the igniter tip, then reinstalled the chamber insert, replaced the fuel controller, and closed the Front End Cap[…]
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/12/2019
ISS On-Orbit Status Report Aug 12, 2019 | 12:00 pmAcoustic Diagnostics: The crew completed a questionnaire and used an Acoustic Monitor to measure the ambient background noise to detect otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) which are caused by the motion of the inner ear sensory hair cells as they energetically respond[…]
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