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41. <p>Cells are the fundamental units of life, forming the variety of all living things on Earth as individual cells and multi-cellular organisms. To better understand how cells perform the essential functions of life, scientists have begun developing synthetic cells – non-living bits of cellular biochemistry wrapped in a membrane that mimic specific biological processes.</p>
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45. <p>The development of synthetic cells could one day hold the answers to developing new ways to fight disease, supporting long-duration human spaceflight, and better understanding the origins of life on Earth.</p>
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49. <p>In a paper published recently in <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssynbio.3c00724" rel="noopener">ACS Synthetic Biology</a>, researchers outline the potential opportunities that synthetic cell development could unlock and what challenges lie ahead in this groundbreaking research. They also present a roadmap to inspire and guide innovation in this intriguing field.</p>
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53. <p>“The potential for this field is incredible,” said Lynn Rothschild, the lead author of the paper and an astrobiologist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. “It’s a privilege to have led this group in forming what we envision will be a founding document, a resource that will spur this field on.”</p>
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57. <p>Synthetic cell development could have wide ranging benefits to humanity. Analyzing the intricacies that go in to building a cell could guide researchers to better understand how cells first evolved or open the door to creating new forms of life more capable of withstanding harsh environments like radiation or freezing temperatures.</p>
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61. <p>These innovations could also lead to advancements in food and medical sciences – creating efficiencies in food production, detecting contaminants in manufacturing, or developing novel cellular functions that act as new therapies for chronic diseases and even synthetic organ transplantation.</p>
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65. <p>Building synthetic cells could also answer some of NASA’s biggest questions about the possibility of life beyond Earth.</p>
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69. <p>“The challenge of creating synthetic cells informs whether we’re alone in the universe,” said Rothschild. “We’re starting to develop the skills to not just create synthetic analogs of life as it may have happened on Earth but to consider pathways to life that could form on other planets.”</p>
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73. <p>As research continues on synthetic cell development, Rothschild sees opportunities where it could expand our understanding of the complexities of natural life.</p>
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77. <p>“Life is an amazing thing. We use the capabilities of cells all the time – we build houses with wood, we use leather in our shoes, we breathe oxygen. Life has amazing precision, and if you can harness it, it’s unbelievable what we could accomplish.”</p>
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279. <title>Hi-C Rocket Experiment Achieves Never-Before-Seen Look at Solar Flares</title>
280. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/hi-c-rocket-experiment-achieves-never-before-seen-look-at-solar-flares/</link>
282. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Ridgeway]]></dc:creator>
283. <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
284. <category><![CDATA[Marshall Space Flight Center]]></category>
285. <category><![CDATA[Sounding Rockets]]></category>
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289. <description><![CDATA[By Jessica Barnett&#160; After months of preparation and years since its last flight, the upgraded High Resolution Coronal Imager Flare mission – Hi-C Flare, for short – took to the skies for a never-before-seen view of a solar flare. The low-noise cameras – built at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama – are [&#8230;]]]></description>
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292. <div id="" class="hds-media hds-module wp-block-image"><div class="margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline"><div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"><figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit "><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1365" height="2048" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?w=1365" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="A HI-C launches with trees in the background." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg 1600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=1365,2048 1365w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=400,600 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=600,900 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=800,1200 800w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=1333,2000 1333w" sizes="(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">The High-Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, launches aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket April 17 at Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska. </div><div class="hds-credits">NASA</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
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295. <p><em>By Jessica Barnett</em>&nbsp;</p>
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299. <p>After months of preparation and years since its last flight, the upgraded High Resolution Coronal Imager Flare mission – Hi-C Flare, for short – took to the skies for a never-before-seen view of a solar flare.</p>
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303. <p>The low-noise cameras – built at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama – are part of a suite of state-of-the-art instruments on board the Black Brant IX sounding rocket that launched April 17 from Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Using the new technology, investigators hoped to study the extreme energies involved with solar flares. The Hi-C Flare experiment mission was led by Marshall.</p>
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307. <p>“This is a pioneering campaign,” said Sabrina Savage, principal investigator at Marshall for Hi-C Flare. “Launching sounding rockets to observe the Sun to test new technologies optimized for flare observations has not even been an option until now.”</p>
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311. <p>It was the third iteration of the Hi-C instrument to take flight, but its first flight with ride along instruments, including the COOL-AID (Coronal OverLapagram – Ancillary Imaging Diagnostics), CAPRI-SUN (high-CAdence low-energy Passband x-Ray detector with Integrated full-SUN field of view), and SSAXI (Swift Solar Activity X-ray Imager). Following a month of payload integration and testing in White Sands, New Mexico, investigators completed final launch site integration at the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska.</p>
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315. <p>Each morning of the two-week launch campaign window, the team spent about five hours preparing the experiment for launch, followed by up to four hours of monitoring solar data for a flare that registers as C5-class or higher with duration longer than the rocket flight. The launch finally occurred on the penultimate day of the campaign window.</p>
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319. <p>“The Sun was unusually quiet throughout the campaign despite numerous active regions,” said Savage. “Both teams were getting nervous that we would not launch, but we finally got a nice long-duration M-class flare right before the window closed.”</p>
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323. <p>The Hi-C Flare mission <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/two-nasa-sounding-rockets-launch-from-alaska-during-solar-flare/">launched at 2:14 p.m. AKDT</a>, just one minute after the FOXSI-4 (Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager) mission led by the University of Minnesota. Once in air, sensors on the Hi-C Flare rocket pointed cameras toward the Sun and stabilized instrumentation. Then, a shutter door opened to allow the cameras to gather about five minutes of data before the door closed and the rocket fell back to Earth.</p>
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326. <div id="" class="hds-media hds-module wp-block-image"><div class="margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline"><div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"><figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit "><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2000" height="1501" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg?w=2000" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="A group of people stand behind a sounding rocket." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg 2000w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg?resize=300,225 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg?resize=768,576 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg?resize=1024,769 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg?resize=1536,1153 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg?resize=400,300 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg?resize=600,450 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg?resize=900,675 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/processed-84cf2cdc-b203-4cef-b263-60a412bcc537.jpeg?resize=1200,901 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">From left, Austin Bumbalough, Ken Kobayashi, Harlan Haight, Sabrina Savage, William Hogue, Jim Cecil, and Adam Kobelski, members of the Hi-C Flare team, gather after the payload was recovered and brought to Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Hi-C Flare, equipped with Hi-C 3, COOL-AID, CAPRI-SUN, and SSAXI, launched into a solar flare as part of the first-ever solar flare sounding rocket campaign. </div><div class="hds-credits">NASA</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
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329. <p>The rocket landed in the Alaskan tundra, where it remained until conditions were safe enough for the team to retrieve it and begin processing the collected data.</p>
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333. <p>“For launches into the tundra, we have to wait a few days for the instrument to get back to us and then to be dried out enough to turn on,” said Savage. “It was an anxious few days, but the data are beautiful and were worth the wait.”</p>
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337. <p>Investigators weren’t just testing new technology, either. They also used a new algorithm to predict the behavior of a solar flare, allowing them to launch the rocket at the ideal time.</p>
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341. <p>“To catch a flare in action is really hard, because you can’t predict them,” said Genevieve Vigil, technical and camera lead for Hi-C 3 and COOL-AID at Marshall. “We had to wait around for a solar flare to start going, then launch as it’s happening. No one has tried to do that before.”</p>
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345. <p>Fortunately, their method was a success.</p>
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349. <p>“We are still processing the data from all four instruments, but the data from Hi-C 3 and COOL-AID already look fantastic,” said Savage.</p>
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353. <p>“The COOL-AID data is the first spectrally pure image in a hot spectral line that we know of,” said Amy Winebarger, project scientist at Marshall for Hi-C Flare.</p>
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357. <p>The Hi-C experiment is led by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/index.html">Marshall Space Flight Center</a>&nbsp;in partnership with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.&nbsp;Launch support is provided at Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska by NASA’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/soundingrockets">Sounding Rocket Program</a>&nbsp;at the agency’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home">Wallops Flight Facility</a>&nbsp;on Wallops Island, Virginia, which is managed by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/goddard">NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center</a> in&nbsp;Greenbelt, Maryland.&nbsp;NASA’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sunearth">Heliophysics Division</a>&nbsp;manages the sounding-rocket program for the agency.</p>
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361. <p><strong><em>Jonathan Deal</em></strong>&nbsp;<br>Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.&nbsp;<br>256.544.0034 &nbsp;<br>Jonathan.e.deal@nasa.gov&nbsp;</p>
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549. <title>Galaxy Evolution Explorer Searches for Light</title>
550. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/galaxy-evolution-explorer-searches-for-light/</link>
552. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Monika Luabeya]]></dc:creator>
553. <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 17:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
554. <category><![CDATA[GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer)]]></category>
555. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nasa.gov/?post_type=image-article&#038;p=657053</guid>
556.  
557. <description><![CDATA[This Dec. 21, 2002, artist’s concept of NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer imagines what the space telescope would look like during its mission. Launched April 28, 2003, it studied the shape, brightness, size and distance of galaxies across 10 billion years of cosmic history. By observing ultraviolet wavelengths, the telescope measured the history of star formation [&#8230;]]]></description>
558. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="" class="hds-media hds-module wp-block-image"><div class="margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline"><div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"><figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none "><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1647" height="2048" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?w=1647" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="An illustration of the space telescope Galaxy Evolution Explorer. The telescope is in the foreground. Its main body is wrapped in gold foil and solar panels are attached on either side." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg 2907w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=241,300 241w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=768,955 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=824,1024 824w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=1236,1536 1236w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=1647,2048 1647w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=322,400 322w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=483,600 483w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=724,900 724w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=965,1200 965w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pia04234orig.jpg?resize=1609,2000 1609w" sizes="(max-width: 1647px) 100vw, 1647px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-credits">NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
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561. <p>This Dec. 21, 2002, artist’s concept of <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/galaxy-evolution-explorer-galex" rel="noopener">NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer</a> imagines what the space telescope would look like during its mission. Launched April 28, 2003, it studied the shape, brightness, size and distance of galaxies across 10 billion years of cosmic history. By observing ultraviolet wavelengths, the telescope measured the history of star formation in the universe.</p>
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565. <p>This space telescope allowed astronomers to uncover mysteries about the early universe and how it evolved, as well as better characterize phenomena like black holes and dark matter. The mission was extended three times over a period of 10 years before it was decommissioned in June 2013.</p>
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576. <title>Sols 4173-4174: Reflections</title>
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584. <description><![CDATA[Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Today’s planning was a little out of the ordinary. Not in terms of the plan itself, Curiosity’s team built an exciting plan utilizing much of its science toolkit. Today’s plan was unusual rather due to my role as APXS PUDL Reverse Shadow (PUDL = Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead). While I normally staff […]]]></description>
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589. <h1 class="display-48 margin-bottom-2">Sols 4173-4174: Reflections</h1>
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597. <div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4171 (2024-04-30 19:41:16 UTC).</div>
598. <div class="hds-credits">NASA/JPL-Caltech</div>
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602. <p>Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024</p>
603. <p>Today’s planning was a little out of the ordinary. Not in terms of the plan itself, Curiosity’s team built an exciting plan utilizing much of its science toolkit. Today’s plan was unusual rather due to my role as APXS PUDL <em>Reverse Shadow</em> (PUDL = Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead). While I normally staff the APXS PUDL role, the person on-shift responsible for APXS downlink assessment and uplink planning, operating as a “Reverse Shadow” meant I took a backseat to another APXS team member who was completing the final phases of their training for the role. They handled their duties with great aplomb, leaving me to <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/sols-3553-3554-10-earth-years-later/" rel="noopener">reflect</a> on my first few shifts in the same role.</p>
604. <p>As I’m typing this, given how long it has been since that time, I can’t shake the comedy of narrating this section of the blog in the distinct and rapid-paced tone of 1940s or 1950s radio and TV. It was around a month after landing, September 10th 2012, to be specific. I was on shift for the first time as APXS PUDL and was not expecting much in the way of workload given the notional plan. Curiosity, on the other hand, had a different idea. As event logs of the sol prior were received, the intended plan was scrapped and there was an opportunity to propose an activity. My mentor at the time encouraged my input. We were conducting operations at JPL then and walked down the hall to present our request to other members of the team before the sol’s uplink planning meetings officially kicked off (I am correcting myself here as I originally typed “days” instead of “sols” but <em>Mars time </em>meant shifts at this time occurred throughout the night in California). The proposal was accepted, and the proposed activity ultimately went according to plan. I can remember driving back to my hotel as the sun was coming up. It was then that it hit me: I had just influenced something that happened on another planet. It was a very surreal experience. What I didn’t realize then, however, was how important these data acquired on my first shift as lead APXS PUDL would be, given they now serve as a baseline from which we assess APXS performance vs. temperature over time.</p>
605. <p>Today’s APXS PUDL had a more typical experience. There are two APXS targets in the plan: “Emerald Peak” and “Franklin Lakes.” These targets are both on the same block (the rectangular one just slightly left and above the middle of this blog’s image), with Emerald Peak targeting the visibly altered rim near the lower portion of the block and Franklin Lakes more centrally located. MAHLI will acquire images of both of these targets, including a three-position rotational stereo set on Emerald Peak. A number of other targets were captured by ChemCam and/or Mastcam, including “Grizzly Falls,” “Liberty Cap,” “Pavilion Dome,” “Triple Divide Peak,” and “Haystack Peak.” As Curiosity is not driving in this plan, ChemCam and Mastcam are also used for targeted observations on the second sol, focusing primarily on “The Minarets” and “Pinnacle Ridge,” alongside long-distance observations of “Kukenan.” DAN observations as well as a number of environmental monitoring activities by REMS, Navcam, and Mastcam round out the two-sol plan.</p>
606. <p>Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University</p>
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725. <div class="subheading margin-bottom-1">3 min read</div>
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751. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/mars/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
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754. <div>
755. <h3 class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
756. <span>Mars</span><br />
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758. </h3>
759. <p class="margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important">Mars is no place for the faint-hearted. It’s dry, rocky, and bitter cold. The fourth planet from the Sun, Mars…</p>
760. </p></div>
761. </p></div>
762. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1536" height="864" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp?w=1536" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp 1920w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp?resize=300,169 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp?resize=768,432 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp?resize=1024,576 1024w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp?resize=1536,864 1536w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp?resize=400,225 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp?resize=600,338 600w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp?resize=900,506 900w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/272_MarsInSight_poster-jpg.webp?resize=1200,675 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></figure>
763. </p></div>
764. <p> </a><br />
765. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/mars/resources/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
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768. <div>
769. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
770. <span>All Mars Resources</span><br />
771. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg>
772. </p>
773. </p></div>
774. </p></div>
775. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1200" height="1122" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27262-pia25681-web.webp?w=1200" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27262-pia25681-web.webp 1200w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27262-pia25681-web.webp?resize=300,281 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27262-pia25681-web.webp?resize=768,718 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27262-pia25681-web.webp?resize=1024,957 1024w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27262-pia25681-web.webp?resize=400,374 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27262-pia25681-web.webp?resize=600,561 600w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27262-pia25681-web.webp?resize=900,842 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></figure>
776. </p></div>
777. <p> </a><br />
778. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/programs/mars-exploration/rover-basics/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
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780. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
781. <div>
782. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
783. <span>Rover Basics</span><br />
784. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg>
785. </p>
786. </p></div>
787. </p></div>
788. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1118" height="1536" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png?w=1118" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png 1200w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png?resize=218,300 218w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png?resize=768,1055 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png?resize=746,1024 746w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png?resize=1118,1536 1118w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png?resize=291,400 291w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png?resize=437,600 437w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png?resize=655,900 655w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mars-perseverance-si1-0045-0670932474-015ecm-n0031416srlc07021-000085j-e1708128527756.png?resize=874,1200 874w" sizes="(max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px" /></figure>
789. </p></div>
790. <p> </a><br />
791. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/programs/mars-exploration/science-goals/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
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794. <div>
795. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
796. <span>Mars Exploration Science Goals</span><br />
797. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg>
798. </p>
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813. <title>NASA Is Helping Protect Tigers, Jaguars, and Elephants. Here’s How.</title>
814. <link>https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-is-helping-protect-tigers-jaguars-and-elephants-heres-how/</link>
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817. <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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822. <description><![CDATA[As human populations grow, habitat loss threatens many creatures. Mapping wildlife habitat using satellites is a rapidly expanding area of ecology, and NASA satellites play a crucial role in these efforts. Tigers, jaguars, and elephants are a few of the vulnerable animals whose habitats NASA is helping track from space. “Satellites observe vast areas of […]]]></description>
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855. NASA Is Helping Protect Tigers, Jaguars, and Elephants. Here’s How. </h1>
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860. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1536" height="915" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?w=1536" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="Two orange and black-striped tigers rest on their bellies in snow and look directly at the camera." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg 4593w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=300,179 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=768,458 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=1024,610 1024w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=1536,915 1536w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=2048,1220 2048w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=400,238 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=600,358 600w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=900,536 900w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=1200,715 1200w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-4-amur-tigers-credit-dale-miquelle.jpg?resize=2000,1192 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></figure>
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867. <div><figcaption>NASA satellites are helping track tiger habitat, offering new insights for conservation as these predators face the consequences of habitat loss.</figcaption></div>
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876. <p>As human populations grow, habitat loss threatens many creatures. Mapping wildlife habitat using satellites is a rapidly expanding area of ecology, and NASA satellites play a crucial role in these efforts. Tigers, jaguars, and elephants are a few of the vulnerable animals whose habitats NASA is helping track from space.</p>
877. <p>“Satellites observe vast areas of Earth’s surface on daily to weekly schedules,” said Keith Gaddis, ecological conservation program manager at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “That helps scientists monitor habitats that would be logistically challenging and time-consuming to survey from the ground — crucial for animals like tigers that roam large territories.”</p>
878. <p>Here’s how NASA and its partners help protect three of Earth’s most iconic species:</p>
879. <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-trouble-and-hope-for-tigers">Trouble (and Hope) for Tigers</h2>
880. <p>Tigers have lost at least 93% of their historical range, which once spanned Eurasia. Roughly 3,700 to 5,500 wild tigers remain, up from an estimated low of 3,200 in 2010.</p>
881. <p>In a recent study, researchers reviewed over 500 studies that contained data on tigers and their habitat across Asia. The team found that the area where the big cats are known to live declined 11%, from about 396,000 square miles in 2001 to about 352,000 square miles in 2020.</p>
882. <p>Led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and funded by NASA’s Ecological Conservation program, the team developed a tool that uses Google Earth Engine and NASA Earth observations to monitor changes in tiger habitat. The goal: aid conservation efforts in near-real time, using data from the <a href="https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)</a> and <a href="https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagers</a>, and <a href="https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener">Landsat satellites</a>.</p>
883. <p>The researchers mapped large stretches of “empty forests” without recent tiger presence. Because these areas were suitable habitat and are still big enough to support tigers, they are potential landscapes for restoration, assuming there is enough food. If tigers could reach those areas, either through natural dispersal or active reintroduction, it could “increase the land base for tigers by 50%,” the scientists <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1191280/full" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reported.</a></p>
884. <p>“There’s still a lot more room for tigers in the world than even tiger experts thought,” said lead author Eric Sanderson, formerly a senior conservation ecologist at WCS and now vice president of urban conservation at the New York Botanical Garden. “We were only able to figure that out because we brought together all of this data from NASA and integrated it with information from the field.”</p>
885. <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-where-the-jaguars-are">Where the Jaguars Are</h2>
886. <p>Jaguars once roamed from the U.S. Southwest to Argentina. But in the past century, they have lost about 50% of their range, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Like tigers, jaguars must contend with poaching and the loss of food sources. Wild jaguars number between 64,000 and 173,000 individuals, and IUCN classifies them as near-threatened.</p>
887. <p>In Gran Chaco, South America’s second largest woodland, jaguars and other animals live in an especially threatened ecosystem. The dry lowland forest stretches from northern Argentina into Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil, and has experienced <a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146731/deforestation-in-argentinas-gran-chaco" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">severe deforestation.</a></p>
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893. <p>Jaguars in Argentina’s Chaco may number in the hundreds. Using data on land use and infrastructure, plus Earth observations from MODIS and Landsat, NASA-funded researchers <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320723003580?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">mapped priority conservation areas for jaguars</a> and other important animals. About 36% of the priority areas in Argentina’s Chaco are currently “low-protection” zones, where deforestation is allowed.</p>
894. <p>“Managers and conservationists could use the new spatial information to see where current forest zoning is protecting key animals, and where it may need re-evaluation,” said lead author Sebastian Martinuzzi of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.</p>
895. <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-elephants-seek-out-forest-havens">Elephants Seek Out Forest Havens</h2>
896. <p>African savanna elephants now occupy an estimated 15% of their historical range, and their numbers have declined. One study surveyed about 90% of the elephants’ range and estimated that their <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27635327/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">numbers dropped by 144,000 elephants</a> from 2007 to 2014, leaving approximately 352,000 individuals. In 2021, the IUCN updated the elephants’ status to endangered.</p>
897. <p>A recent study used NASA satellite-derived vegetation indices and other data to study elephants in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve, and in nearby semi-protected and unprotected zones. Researchers found that, especially in the unprotected areas, the <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-023-00436-8#Sec2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">elephants preferred dense canopy forest</a>, particularly along streams, and avoided open areas like grasslands, especially when more people are present. Human development, such as tourism lodges, is often built in such forests.</p>
898. <p>Prioritizing elephants’ access to forests in unprotected areas should be of utmost importance for land managers, the researchers said. Because the elephants avoided grasslands, some of those areas could be used for development or livestock — balancing need for economic development and elephant habitat.</p>
899. <p>The IUCN likewise classifies Asian elephants as <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7140/45818198" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">endangered.</a> In southern Bhutan, crop depredation and wildlife approaching human settlements is escalating conflicts between people and elephants. In 2020–2021, Bhutanese scholars studying in the United States were selected to participate in the NASA Capacity Building Program’s DEVELOP program. <a href="https://develop.larc.nasa.gov/2021/spring/SouthernBhutanEcoForecastingII.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Partnering with the Bhutan Foundation, Bhutan Tiger Center, and Bhutan Ecological Society,</a> the teams used NASA Earth observations, elephant occurrence data, and other information to model current habitat suitability and map wildlife pathways between habitats, aiding strategies that reduce the risk of conflict.</p>
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1034. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="247" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg?w=300" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg 1689w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg?resize=300,247 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg?resize=768,632 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg?resize=1024,843 1024w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg?resize=1536,1265 1536w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg?resize=400,329 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg?resize=600,494 600w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg?resize=900,741 900w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/snoopi-cubsat-image3.jpg?resize=1200,988 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></figure>
1035. </p></div>
1036. </p></div>
1037. <div class="padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10">
1038. <div class="subheading margin-bottom-1">4 min read</div>
1039. <div class="margin-bottom-1">
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1045. <span>Article</span><br />
1046. </span><br />
1047. <span class=""><br />
1048. 24 hours ago </span>
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1050. </p></div>
1051. <p> </a>
1052. </div>
1053. <div class="grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3">
1054. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-selects-new-aircraft-driven-studies-of-earth-and-climate-change/" class="color-carbon-black" rel="noopener"></p>
1055. <div class="margin-bottom-2">
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1057. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="268" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MackenzieRiver768.jpg?w=300" class="attachment-medium size-medium" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MackenzieRiver768.jpg 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MackenzieRiver768.jpg?resize=300,268 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MackenzieRiver768.jpg?resize=400,358 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MackenzieRiver768.jpg?resize=600,537 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></figure>
1058. </p></div>
1059. </p></div>
1060. <div class="padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10">
1061. <div class="subheading margin-bottom-1">5 min read</div>
1062. <div class="margin-bottom-1">
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1064. </div>
1065. <div class="display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60">
1066. <span class="display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2"><br />
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1068. <span>Article</span><br />
1069. </span><br />
1070. <span class=""><br />
1071. 2 weeks ago </span>
1072. </div>
1073. </p></div>
1074. <p> </a>
1075. </div>
1076. </p></div>
1077. </section></div>
1078. <div id="" class="hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards">
1079. <div class="grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0">
1080. <div class="grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3">
1081. <div class="desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0">
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1084. </p></div>
1085. </p></div>
1086. <div class="grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper">
1087. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
1088. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
1089. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
1090. <div>
1091. <h3 class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
1092. <span>Earth</span><br />
1093. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg><br />
1094. </h3>
1095. <p class="margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important">Your home. Our Mission. And the one planet that NASA studies more than any other.</p>
1096. </p></div>
1097. </p></div>
1098. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1920" height="1080" src="https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=300&#038;h=169&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=768&#038;h=432&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=1536&#038;h=864&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=400&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=600&#038;h=338&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=900&#038;h=506&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001016~large.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></figure>
1099. </p></div>
1100. <p> </a><br />
1101. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
1102. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
1103. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
1104. <div>
1105. <h3 class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
1106. <span>Climate Change</span><br />
1107. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg><br />
1108. </h3>
1109. <p class="margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important">NASA is a global leader in studying Earth’s changing climate.</p>
1110. </p></div>
1111. </p></div>
1112. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1536" height="1024" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?w=1536" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp 4272w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=300,200 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=768,512 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=400,267 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=600,400 600w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=900,600 900w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=1200,800 1200w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/icescapepondsample-lrg-jpg.webp?resize=2000,1333 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></figure>
1113. </p></div>
1114. <p> </a><br />
1115. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/earth-science-at-ames/missions/weather/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0"></p>
1116. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
1117. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
1118. <div>
1119. <h3 class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
1120. <span>Weather</span><br />
1121. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg><br />
1122. </h3>
1123. <p class="margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important">Weather The Earth’s weather system includes the dynamics of the atmosphere and its interaction with the oceans and land. Weather…</p>
1124. </p></div>
1125. </p></div>
1126. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WeatherFocusGPM.png" ></figure>
1127. </p></div>
1128. <p> </a><br />
1129. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/missions/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
1130. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
1131. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
1132. <div>
1133. <h3 class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
1134. <span>Earth Science Missions</span><br />
1135. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg><br />
1136. </h3>
1137. <p class="margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important">In order to study the Earth as a whole system and understand how it is changing, NASA develops and supports…</p>
1138. </p></div>
1139. </p></div>
1140. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="900" height="900" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png?w=900" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png 900w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png?resize=150,150 150w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png?resize=300,300 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png?resize=768,768 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png?resize=50,50 50w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png?resize=100,100 100w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png?resize=200,200 200w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png?resize=400,400 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NASA_logo.png?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></figure>
1141. </p></div>
1142. <p> </a>
1143. </div>
1144. </p></div>
1145. </p></div>
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1151. <item>
1152. <title>NASA Partner Zooniverse Receives White House Open Science Award</title>
1153. <link>https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/nasa-partner-zooniverse-receives-white-house-open-science-award/</link>
1155. <dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator>
1156. <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 16:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
1157. <category><![CDATA[Astrophysics]]></category>
1158. <category><![CDATA[Citizen Science]]></category>
1159. <category><![CDATA[Earth Science]]></category>
1160. <category><![CDATA[Heliophysics]]></category>
1161. <category><![CDATA[NASA Open Source Software]]></category>
1162. <category><![CDATA[Planetary Science]]></category>
1163. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/nasa-partner-zooniverse-receives-white-house-open-science-award/</guid>
1164.  
1165. <description><![CDATA[Congrats to NASA partner Zooniverse for being named winners in the White House’s Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge! The White House Office of Science &#038; Technology Policy (OSTP) designated 2023 as the year of Open Science, and invited innovators to submit stories of how they’ve advanced equitable open science. OSTP and its federal partners selected five challenge project submissions as […]]]></description>
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1172. <div class="label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-2">2 Min Read</div>
1173. <h1 class="heading-41 line-height-md color-spacesuit-white-important">
1174. NASA Partner Zooniverse Receives White House Open Science Award </h1>
1175. </p></div>
1176. </p></div>
1177. <div class="grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5"></div>
1178. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200"></div>
1179. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1536" height="854" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?w=1536" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="collage of project avatars that look like targets" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png 2028w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?resize=300,167 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?resize=768,427 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?resize=1024,570 1024w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?resize=1536,854 1536w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?resize=400,222 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?resize=600,334 600w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?resize=900,501 900w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?resize=1200,667 1200w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zooniverse-avatars-laura-trouille.png?resize=2000,1112 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" loading="eager" /></figure>
1180. </p></div>
1181. </p></div>
1182. </p></div>
1183. <div class="padding-y-3 padding-x-3">
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1186. <div><figcaption>Selection of Zooniverse project avatars.</figcaption></div>
1187. </p></div>
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1189. <span>Credits: </span><br />
1190. <span>Zooniverse</span>
1191. </div>
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1195. <p>Congrats to <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/nasa-and-zooniverse-announce-partnership/" rel="noopener">NASA partner Zooniverse</a> for being named winners in the White House’s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2024/03/21/white-house-office-of-science-technology-policy-announces-year-of-open-science-recognition-challenge-winners/" rel="noopener">Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge!</a></p>
1196. <p>The White House Office of Science &#038; Technology Policy (OSTP) designated 2023 as the year of Open Science, and invited innovators to submit stories of how they’ve advanced equitable open science. OSTP and its federal partners selected five challenge project submissions as “Champions of Open Science” including Zooniverse.</p>
1197. <p>Since 2007, Zooniverse has become the largest online open data platform for people-powered research, engaging more than 2.7 million people. NASA Citizen Science projects hosted on the Zooniverse platform include <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/marek-slipski/cloudspotting-on-mars" rel="noopener">Cloudspotting on Mars</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/erinmc/dark-energy-explorers" rel="noopener">Dark Energy Explorers</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/floating-forests" rel="noopener">Floating Forests</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ucla-seti-group/are-we-alone-in-the-universe" rel="noopener">Are We Alone In the Universe?</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ssilverberg/disk-detective" rel="noopener">Disk Detective</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/eimason/solar-active-region-spotter" rel="noopener">Solar Active Region Spotter</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/coolneighbors/backyard-worlds-cool-neighbors" rel="noopener">Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/marckuchner/backyard-worlds-planet-9" rel="noopener">Backyard Worlds: Planet 9</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/orionnau/active-asteroids" rel="noopener">Active Asteroids</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet" rel="noopener">Daily Minor Planet</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/sophiemu/solar-jet-hunter" rel="noopener">Solar Jet Hunter</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ramanakumars/jovian-vortex-hunter/" rel="noopener">Jovian Vortex Hunter</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/jeyhansk/redshift-wrangler" rel="noopener">Redshift Wrangler</a>, <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/amylien/burst-chaser" rel="noopener">Burst Chaser</a> and <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/nora-dot-eisner/planet-hunters-tess" rel="noopener">Planet Hunters TESS</a>.</p>
1198. <p>“With Zooniverse we have classified more galaxies than we ever thought possible!” said Lindsay House, scientist on the <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/erinmc/dark-energy-explorers" rel="noopener">Dark Energy Explorers</a> project.  “Zooniverse participants have been vital in helping us map the universe.” </p>
1199. <p>Find out more, and join the fun at <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/" rel="noopener">Zooniverse.org</a>!</p>
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1360. <title>NASA Technology Grants to Advance Moon to Mars Space Exploration</title>
1361. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-technology-grants-to-advance-moon-to-mars-space-exploration/</link>
1363. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren E. Low]]></dc:creator>
1364. <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 16:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
1365. <category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category>
1366. <category><![CDATA[Marshall Space Flight Center]]></category>
1367. <category><![CDATA[Opportunities For Students to Get Involved]]></category>
1368. <category><![CDATA[Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved]]></category>
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1370.  
1371. <description><![CDATA[NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the Moon under Artemis, as well as future missions to Mars. Twenty-four projects from 21 organizations have been awarded under NASA’s Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement Notices, or [&#8230;]]]></description>
1372. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="" class="hds-media hds-module wp-block-image"><div class="margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline"><div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"><figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover "><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fl-grad-student.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="955" height="617" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fl-grad-student.png?w=955" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 42% 18%; object-position: 42% 18%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fl-grad-student.png 955w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fl-grad-student.png?resize=300,194 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fl-grad-student.png?resize=768,496 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fl-grad-student.png?resize=400,258 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fl-grad-student.png?resize=600,388 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fl-grad-student.png?resize=900,581 900w" sizes="(max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">Brandon Aguiar, a graduate student at Florida International University, works to prepare a slurry containing a lunar regolith simulant, graphene nanoplatelets, and base resin for use in FIU’s ongoing study of the enhanced electrical conductivity of additively manufactured lunar regolith components involving graphene nanoplatelets. </div><div class="hds-credits">Credit: Florida International University</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
1373.  
1374.  
1375. <p>NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the Moon under Artemis, as well as future missions to Mars.</p>
1376.  
1377.  
1378.  
1379. <p>Twenty-four projects from 21 organizations have been awarded under NASA’s Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement Notices, or CANs.&nbsp;The awardees also will receive assistance from propulsion, space transportation, and science experts at <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/marshall/">NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center</a> in Huntsville, Alabama.</p>
1380.  
1381.  
1382.  
1383. <p>“The Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement Notice enables NASA to collaboratively work with U.S. industry and academia to develop needed technologies,” said Daniel O’Neil, manager, NASA Marshall’s Technology Development Dual-Use CAN Program. “Products from these cooperative agreements support the closure of <a href="https://www.spacetechpriorities.org/" rel="noopener">identified technology gaps</a> and enable the development of components and systems for NASA’s Moon to Mars architecture.”</p>
1384.  
1385.  
1386.  
1387. <p>These innovative projects include ways to use lunar regolith for construction on the Moon’s surface, using smartphone video guidance sensors to fly robots on the International Space Station, identifying new battery materials, and improving a neutrino particle detector.</p>
1388.  
1389.  
1390.  
1391. <p>The following is a complete list of awardees:</p>
1392.  
1393.  
1394.  
1395. <ul>
1396. <li>Auburn University in Alabama</li>
1397.  
1398.  
1399.  
1400. <li>Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida</li>
1401.  
1402.  
1403.  
1404. <li>Florida International University in Miami</li>
1405.  
1406.  
1407.  
1408. <li>Fronius USA in Portage, Indiana</li>
1409.  
1410.  
1411.  
1412. <li>Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories in Tullahoma, Tennessee</li>
1413.  
1414.  
1415.  
1416. <li>Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge</li>
1417.  
1418.  
1419.  
1420. <li>Morgan State University in Baltimore</li>
1421.  
1422.  
1423.  
1424. <li>Nanoracks (Voyager Space) in Houston</li>
1425.  
1426.  
1427.  
1428. <li>Northwestern University in Chicago</li>
1429.  
1430.  
1431.  
1432. <li>Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana</li>
1433.  
1434.  
1435.  
1436. <li>Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio</li>
1437.  
1438.  
1439.  
1440. <li>Tethon 3D in Omaha, Nebraska</li>
1441.  
1442.  
1443.  
1444. <li>University of Alabama in Huntsville</li>
1445.  
1446.  
1447.  
1448. <li>University of California in Irvine</li>
1449.  
1450.  
1451.  
1452. <li>University of Florida in Gainesville</li>
1453.  
1454.  
1455.  
1456. <li>University of Illinois in Chicago</li>
1457.  
1458.  
1459.  
1460. <li>University of North Texas in Denton</li>
1461.  
1462.  
1463.  
1464. <li>University of Tennessee in Knoxville</li>
1465.  
1466.  
1467.  
1468. <li>University of Tennessee Space Institute</li>
1469.  
1470.  
1471.  
1472. <li>Victory Solutions in Huntsville, Alabama</li>
1473.  
1474.  
1475.  
1476. <li>Wichita State University in Kansas</li>
1477. </ul>
1478.  
1479.  
1480.  
1481. <p>The Florida Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, and the University of Alabama were awarded funding for two projects each.</p>
1482.  
1483.  
1484.  
1485. <p>Funding was available for organizations focused on supporting entrepreneurial research and innovation ideas that could advance the commercial space sector and benefit future NASA missions.</p>
1486.  
1487.  
1488.  
1489. <p>Applications are <a href="https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary!init.do?solId=%7b3AD01F16-1646-F88E-0CE3-49553FE83C9C%7d&amp;path=open" rel="noopener">now open</a> for the 2024 solicitation cycle.</p>
1490.  
1491.  
1492.  
1493. <p>To learn more about NASA’s missions, visit:</p>
1494.  
1495.  
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1497. <p class="has-text-align-center"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/ ">https://www.nasa.gov/ </a></p>
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1505. <p>Jimi Russell<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1600<br><a href="mailto:James.j.russell@nasa.gov">James.j.russell@nasa.gov</a></p>
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1507.  
1508.  
1509. <p>Ramon Osorio&nbsp;<br>Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.&nbsp;<br>256-544-0034 &nbsp;<br><a href="mailto:ramon.j.osorio@nasa.gov">ramon.j.osorio@nasa.gov</a></p>
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1568. <title>NASA Doubles Down, Advances Six Innovative Tech Concepts to New Phase</title>
1569. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/nasa-doubles-down-advances-six-innovative-tech-concepts-to-new-phase/</link>
1571. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Loura Hall]]></dc:creator>
1572. <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
1573. <category><![CDATA[Space Technology Mission Directorate]]></category>
1574. <category><![CDATA[Ames Research Center]]></category>
1575. <category><![CDATA[Goddard Space Flight Center]]></category>
1576. <category><![CDATA[NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program]]></category>
1577. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nasa.gov/?p=654566</guid>
1578.  
1579. <description><![CDATA[NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC) has selected six visionary concept studies for additional funding and development. Each study has already completed the initial NIAC phase, showing their futuristic ideas – like a lunar railway system and fluid-based telescopes – may provide fresh perspectives and approaches as NASA explores the unknown in space. The NIAC [&#8230;]]]></description>
1580. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="" class="padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro"><div class="width-full maxw-full article-header"><div class="margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full"><p class="label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0">3 min read</p><h1 class="display-48 margin-bottom-2">Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)</h1></div></div></div>
1581.  
1582. <div id="" class="hds-media hds-module wp-block-image"><div class="margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-wide"><div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"><figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit "><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="630" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Collage of artist concepts of 2024 NIAC Phase II" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png 4053w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=300,92 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=768,236 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=1024,315 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=1536,473 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=2048,630 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=400,123 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=600,185 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=900,277 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=1200,369 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-niac-ph-ii.png?resize=2000,615 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0"><em>A collage of artist concepts highlighting the novel approaches proposed by the 2024 NIAC Phase II awardees for possible future missions.</em></div><div class="hds-credits">Credits: NASA, From left: Edward Balaban, Mary Knapp, Mahmooda Sultana, Brianna Clements, Ethan Schaler</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
1583.  
1584.  
1585. <p>NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC) has selected six visionary concept studies for additional funding and development. Each study has already completed the initial NIAC phase, showing their futuristic ideas – like a lunar railway system and fluid-based telescopes – may provide fresh perspectives and approaches as NASA explores the unknown in space.</p>
1586.  
1587.  
1588.  
1589. <p>The NIAC Phase II conceptual studies will receive up to $600,000 to continue working over the next two years to address key remaining technical and budget hurdles and pave their development path forward. When Phase II is complete, these studies could advance to the final NIAC phase, earning additional funding and&nbsp;development consideration toward becoming a future aerospace mission.</p>
1590.  
1591.  
1592.  
1593. <p>“These diverse, science fiction-like concepts represent a fantastic class of Phase II studies,” said John Nelson, NIAC program executive at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Our NIAC fellows never cease to amaze and inspire, and this class definitely gives NASA a lot to think about in terms of what’s possible in the future.”&nbsp; The six concepts chosen for 2024 NIAC Phase II awards are:</p>
1594.  
1595.  
1596.  
1597. <p><strong><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/fluidic-telescope-flute-enabling-the-next-generation-of-large-space-observatories-2/">Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories</a><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-admin/post.php?post=652155&amp;action=edit"> </a></strong>would create a large optical observatory in space using fluidic shaping of ionic liquids. These in-space observatories could potentially help investigate NASA’s highest priority astrophysics targets, including Earth-like exoplanets, first-generation stars, and young galaxies. The FLUTE study is led by Edward Balaban from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. </p>
1598.  
1599.  
1600.  
1601. <p><strong><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/pulsed-plasma-rocket-ppr-shielded-fast-transits-for-humans-to-mars/">Pulsed Plasma Rocket: Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars is an innovative propulsion system</a> </strong>that relies on using fission-generated packets of plasma for thrust. This innovative system could significantly reduce travel times between Earth and any destination in the solar system.&nbsp; This study is led by Brianna Clements with Howe Industries in Scottsdale, Arizona.</p>
1602.  
1603.  
1604.  
1605. <p><strong><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/the-great-observatory-for-long-wavelengths-go-low/">The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW)</a> </strong>could change the way NASA conducts astronomy. This mega constellation low-frequency radio telescope uses thousands of autonomous SmallSats capable of measuring the magnetic fields emitted from exoplanets and the cosmic dark ages. GO-LoW is led by Mary Knapp with MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</p>
1606.  
1607.  
1608.  
1609. <p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/radioisotope-thermoradiative-cell-power-generator-2/"><strong>Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator</strong> </a>is investigating new in-space power sources, potentially operating at higher efficiencies than NASA legacy power generators. This technology could enable small exploration and science spacecraft in the future that are unable to carry bulky solar or nuclear power systems. This power generation concept study is from Stephen Polly at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.</p>
1610.  
1611.  
1612.  
1613. <p><strong><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/flexible-levitation-on-a-track-float/">FLOAT: Flexible Levitation on a Track</a> </strong>would be a lunar railway system, providing reliable, autonomous, and efficient payload transport on the Moon. This rail system could support daily operations of a sustainable lunar base as soon as the 2030s. Ethan Schaler leads FLOAT at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. </p>
1614.  
1615.  
1616.  
1617. <p><strong><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/sciencecraft-for-outer-planet-exploration-scope/">ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration</a> </strong>distributes Quantum Dot-based sensors throughout the surface of a solar sail, enabling it to become an innovative imager. Quantum physics would allow NASA to take scientific measurements through studying how the dots absorb light. By leveraging the solar sail’s area, it allows lighter, more cost-effective spacecraft to carry imagers across the solar system. ScienceCraft is led by NASA’s Mahmooda Sultana at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.</p>
1618.  
1619.  
1620.  
1621. <p>NASA&#8217;s Space Technology Mission Directorate funds the NIAC program, as it is responsible for developing the agency&#8217;s new cross-cutting technologies and capabilities to achieve its current and future missions.</p>
1622.  
1623.  
1624.  
1625. <p>To learn more about NIAC and the 2024 Phase II studies, visit:</p>
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1763. <title>NASA Selects Students for Europa Clipper Intern Program</title>
1764. <link>https://science.nasa.gov/directorates/smd/planetary-science-division/nasa-selects-students-for-europa-clipper-intern-program/</link>
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1767. <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 14:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
1768. <category><![CDATA[Europa Clipper]]></category>
1769. <category><![CDATA[Jupiter]]></category>
1770. <category><![CDATA[Jupiter Moons]]></category>
1771. <category><![CDATA[NASA STEM Projects]]></category>
1772. <category><![CDATA[Opportunities For Students to Get Involved]]></category>
1773. <category><![CDATA[Planetary Science Division]]></category>
1774. <category><![CDATA[Science Mission Directorate]]></category>
1775. <category><![CDATA[STEM Engagement at NASA]]></category>
1776. <category><![CDATA[The Solar System]]></category>
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1780. <description><![CDATA[NASA has selected 40 undergraduate students for the first year of its Europa ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists) internship program, supporting the agency’s Europa Clipper mission. Europa ICONS matches students with mentors from the mission’s science team for a 10-week program to conduct original scientific research on topics related to the mission to Jupiter’s […]]]></description>
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1785. <h1 class="display-48 margin-bottom-2">NASA Selects Students for Europa Clipper Intern Program</h1>
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1789. <p>NASA has selected 40 undergraduate students for the first year of its Europa ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists) internship program, supporting the agency’s <a href="https://europa.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener">Europa Clipper</a> mission. Europa ICONS matches students with mentors from the mission’s science team for a 10-week program to conduct original scientific research on topics related to the mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa. </p>
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1793. <figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover "><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1365" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Artist’s rendering of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg 3000w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-19c754.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2">
1794. <div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">Artist’s rendering of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft.</div>
1795. <div class="hds-credits">NASA/JPL-Caltech</div>
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1799. <p>The program is planned to run every year until Europa Clipper completes its prime mission in 2034 and is open to applications from all U.S. undergraduate STEM majors, with preference given to students from non-high research activity universities and underserved institutions.</p>
1800. <p>ICONS internships may be in-person at the mentor’s institution, virtual, or hybrid, depending on the research project and needs of the mentor and intern. As part of the program, students and mentors will convene for a two-day meeting at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. The first Europa ICONS internship will run Monday, June 3 through Friday, Aug. 9.</p>
1801. <p>The students selected for the Europa ICONS program in 2024 are:</p>
1802. <p>Sarah Ruetschle, John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio</p>
1803. <p>Cole Anderson, University of California, Santa Cruz</p>
1804. <p>Hamza Ouriour, Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston</p>
1805. <p>Ethan Piacenti, Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois</p>
1806. <p>Jared Bouck, Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona</p>
1807. <p>Kayla Blair, Northern Arizona University</p>
1808. <p>Carly Davis, McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana</p>
1809. <p>Matthew Perkins, Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colorado</p>
1810. <p>Angela Zhang, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York</p>
1811. <p>Arianna Rodriguez Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez</p>
1812. <p>Beverly Malugin Ayala, University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez</p>
1813. <p>Jeansel Johnson-Ayala, University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras </p>
1814. <p>Akemi Takeuchi, University of Maryland, College Park</p>
1815. <p>Sofia Merchant-Dest, University of Maryland–University College in Adelphi</p>
1816. <p>Gradon Robbins, University of Florida in Gainesville</p>
1817. <p>Jason Sioeng, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona</p>
1818. <p>Tyler Yuen, San Jose State University in San Jose, California</p>
1819. <p>Dallin Nelson, Southern Utah University in Cedar City</p>
1820. <p>Eric Stinemetz, University of Houston–Downtown</p>
1821. <p>Lucas Nerbonne, Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont</p>
1822. <p>Hope Jerris, Middlebury College</p>
1823. <p>Jacob Dietrich, Indiana University, Southeast in New Albany</p>
1824. <p>Jocelyn Mateo, Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio</p>
1825. <p>Samuel Brown, San Diego Mesa College in San Diego</p>
1826. <p>Madison Stanford, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles</p>
1827. <p>Bryce McGimsey, Solano Community College in Fairfield, California</p>
1828. <p>Noah Alayon, CUNY LaGuardia Community College in Queens, New York</p>
1829. <p>Trevor Erwin, University of Texas at Austin</p>
1830. <p>Ava Frost, Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts</p>
1831. <p>Brianna Casey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York</p>
1832. <p>Fatima Mendoza, Texas Tech University in Lubbock</p>
1833. <p>Daniel Voyles, Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California</p>
1834. <p>Swaroop Sathyanarayanan, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta</p>
1835. <p>Jay Patel, Louisiana State University College of Engineering in Baton Rouge</p>
1836. <p>Juliane Keiper, Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts</p>
1837. <p>Emori Long, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee</p>
1838. <p>Scott Chang, University of Wisconsin–Madison</p>
1839. <p>Hayden Ferrell, Arizona State University in Tempe</p>
1840. <p>Isabella Musto, Denison University in Granville, Ohio</p>
1841. <p>Elizabeth Kirby, College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina</p>
1842. <p>The Europa Clipper mission’s three main science objectives are to determine the thickness of the moon’s icy shell and its surface interactions with the ocean below, to investigate its composition, and to characterize its geology. The mission’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.</p>
1843. <p>The Europa ICONS program is managed by the Planetary Science Division within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington and is part of a larger effort known as Clipper Next Gen, a decade-long strategy using the Europa Clipper mission to train and diversify the next generation of planetary scientists.</p>
1844. <p>Managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California, JPL leads the development of the Europa Clipper mission in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. APL designed the main spacecraft body in collaboration with JPL and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, executes program management of the Europa Clipper mission.</p>
1845. <p>For more information on the Europa ICONS program, visit:<br /><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/europa-clipper-icons-internships/" rel="noopener">https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/europa-clipper-icons-internships/</a></p>
1846. <p>Karen Fox / Charles Blue<br />Headquarters, Washington<br />202-358-1257 / 202-802-5345<br /><a href="mailto:karen.c.fox@nasa.gov">karen.c.fox@nasa.gov</a> / <a href="mailto:charles.e.blue@nasa.gov">charles.e.blue@nasa.gov</a></p>
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1874. <div class="grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0">
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1876. <div class="desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0">
1877. <div class="label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2">Keep Exploring</div>
1878. <h2 class="heading-36 line-height-sm">Discover More Topics From NASA</h2>
1879. </p></div>
1880. </p></div>
1881. <div class="grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper">
1882. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
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1884. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
1885. <div>
1886. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
1887. <span>Asteroids</span><br />
1888. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg>
1889. </p>
1890. </p></div>
1891. </p></div>
1892. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Asteroid_Bennu-1.jpeg?w=800" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Asteroid_Bennu-1.jpeg 800w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Asteroid_Bennu-1.jpeg?resize=300,225 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Asteroid_Bennu-1.jpeg?resize=768,576 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Asteroid_Bennu-1.jpeg?resize=400,300 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Asteroid_Bennu-1.jpeg?resize=600,450 600w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></figure>
1893. </p></div>
1894. <p> </a><br />
1895. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
1896. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
1897. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
1898. <div>
1899. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
1900. <span>Planetary Science</span><br />
1901. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg>
1902. </p>
1903. </p></div>
1904. </p></div>
1905. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="679" height="424" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/saturn2-jpg.webp?w=679" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/saturn2-jpg.webp 679w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/saturn2-jpg.webp?resize=300,187 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/saturn2-jpg.webp?resize=400,250 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/saturn2-jpg.webp?resize=600,375 600w" sizes="(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px" /></figure>
1906. </p></div>
1907. <p> </a><br />
1908. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/overview/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
1909. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
1910. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
1911. <div>
1912. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
1913. <span>Our Solar System</span><br />
1914. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg>
1915. </p>
1916. </p></div>
1917. </p></div>
1918. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1536" height="864" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?w=1536" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg 6600w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-illustration-16x9-1.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></figure>
1919. </p></div>
1920. <p> </a><br />
1921. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-meteors/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener"></p>
1922. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
1923. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
1924. <div>
1925. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
1926. <span>Asteroids, Comets &#038; Meteors</span><br />
1927. <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle class="color-nasa-red" cx="16" cy="16" r="16"></circle><path d="M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z" class="color-spacesuit-white"></path></svg>
1928. </p>
1929. </p></div>
1930. </p></div>
1931. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="562" height="329" src="https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA02494/PIA02494~orig.jpg?w=562&#038;h=329&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA02494/PIA02494~orig.jpg?w=562&#038;h=329&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 562w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA02494/PIA02494~orig.jpg?w=300&#038;h=176&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA02494/PIA02494~orig.jpg?w=400&#038;h=234&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w" sizes="(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px" /></figure>
1932. </p></div>
1933. <p> </a>
1934. </div>
1935. </p></div>
1936. </p></div>
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1943. <title>NASA Mission Strengthens 40-Year Friendship </title>
1944. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/nasa-mission-strengthens-40-year-friendship/</link>
1946. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elyna N. Niles-Carnes]]></dc:creator>
1947. <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 14:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
1948. <category><![CDATA[Kennedy Space Center]]></category>
1949. <category><![CDATA[Astronauts]]></category>
1950. <category><![CDATA[Commercial Crew]]></category>
1951. <category><![CDATA[Humans in Space]]></category>
1952. <category><![CDATA[International Space Station (ISS)]]></category>
1953. <category><![CDATA[NASA Centers & Facilities]]></category>
1954. <category><![CDATA[NASA Headquarters]]></category>
1955. <category><![CDATA[People of NASA]]></category>
1956. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nasa.gov/?p=656934</guid>
1957.  
1958. <description><![CDATA[As NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore launches aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station Monday, May 6 on its first crewed flight, one of his best friends will have played a key role in getting him there.&#160; Billy Stover, chief safety officer for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and Wilmore have been friends for more [&#8230;]]]></description>
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1960. <p>As NASA astronaut <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/people/barry-butch-e-wilmore/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Butch Wilmore</a> launches aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station Monday, May 6 on its first crewed flight, one of his best friends will have played a key role in getting him there.&nbsp;</p>
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1963.  
1964. <p>Billy Stover, chief safety officer for <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/commercial-space/commercial-crew-program/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA’s Commercial Crew Program</a>, and Wilmore have been friends for more than 40 years. The pair’s friendship began in the 1980s at Tennessee Tech University on the football field.&nbsp;</p>
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1967.  
1968. <p>“We would do weight training and we would get paired up,” said Stover. “If he did 50 sit-ups, I had to do 55. Or we would see how many sit-ups we could get done in 30 seconds or vice versa – we were not kind to each other.”&nbsp;</p>
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1972. <p>As a representative in the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance’s technical authority, Stover oversees coordination and integration within NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, enacting quality processes and conducting risk analysis to ensure the safety of crews to and from low Earth orbit.&nbsp;</p>
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1974.  
1975.  
1976. <p>Wilmore and NASA astronaut <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/people/sunita-l-williams/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Suni Williams</a> will fly Starliner, lifting off aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, for about a one week stay aboard the space station, in support of <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-flight-test/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test</a>.&nbsp;</p>
1977.  
1978.  
1979.  
1980. <p>Stover says he gets goosebumps thinking about the years of work and excitement that have gone into the upcoming crew flight test launch.&nbsp;</p>
1981.  
1982.  
1983.  
1984. <p>“I will tell you that I’m a little bit calmer than I have been for probably the past two years,” Stover said. “The team has been amazing in working through each challenge and test anomalies to get us to the right place to execute the launch. What we do every single day makes history.”&nbsp;</p>
1985.  
1986.  
1987.  
1988. <p>Both men briefly lost touch after college when their careers took them in different directions, as Wilmore became a Navy pilot and Stover pursued engineering. In 2002, Stover ran into Wilmore walking out of the Launch Control Center during a space shuttle launch campaign at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and reconnected.&nbsp;</p>
1989.  
1990.  
1991.  
1992. <p>Since then, Stover and Wilmore find the opportunity to speak weekly or as often as they can – even if one of them happens to be off planet. In 2014, Wilmore made time to call Stover at Christmas while aboard the space station for Expedition 41.&nbsp;</p>
1993.  
1994.  
1995.  
1996. <p>“On my answering machine was a message from Barry calling me from the space station to wish me and my family a ‘Merry Christmas.’” Stover said. “I saved that message for three years. How many people get a call from space?”&nbsp;</p>
1997.  
1998.  
1999.  
2000. <p>When Wilmore received the 2018 Theodore Roosevelt award at the NCAA Awards Presentation,&nbsp;the association’s highest honor exemplifying the ideals of college sports, Stover attended. Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, astronaut Sally Ride, and flight director Christopher C. Kraft Jr. also received the award.&nbsp;</p>
2001.  
2002.  
2003.  
2004. <p>“He interjected me in his acceptance speech, which was really special,” Stover said. “We’re like brothers.”&nbsp;</p>
2005.  
2006.  
2007. <div id="" class="hds-media hds-module wp-block-image"><div class="margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline"><div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"><figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover "><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1976" height="2048" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?w=1976" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Billy Stover and Butch Wilmore pose during Second from left, Billy Stover poses next to Butch Wilmore, middle, during Theodore Roosevelt award ceremony in January 2018" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 46% 20%; object-position: 46% 20%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg 2154w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=289,300 289w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=768,796 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=988,1024 988w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=1482,1536 1482w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=1976,2048 1976w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=386,400 386w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=579,600 579w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=868,900 868w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=1158,1200 1158w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/billy-stover-and-butch-wilmore-at-ncaa-ceremony.jpg?resize=1929,2000 1929w" sizes="(max-width: 1976px) 100vw, 1976px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">Second from left, Billy Stover and attendees pose next to Barry &#8220;Butch&#8221; Wilmore, middle, during Theodore Roosevelt award ceremony in January 2018. </div><div class="hds-credits">Photo credit: Billy Stover</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
2008.  
2009.  
2010. <p>Their 40-year friendship expanded beyond football and space. Now with a son in the Navy, Stover says that Wilmore is more than a friend; he’s also a mentor.&nbsp;</p>
2011.  
2012.  
2013.  
2014. <p>“We both have a wife and kids, similar backgrounds, and values on how we manage ourselves,” Stover said. “Barry’s turned into a great mentor for my oldest son, who’s an officer in the Navy.” Wilmore is a retired U.S. Navy captain.&nbsp;</p>
2015.  
2016.  
2017.  
2018. <p>Both men have a love for theme parks and frequently plan trips to them. In fact, Stover’s own travel plans will take him away from Florida and he won’t see NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test launch. Instead, he’ll be on a transatlantic cruise that was booked more than a year ago.&nbsp;</p>
2019.  
2020.  
2021.  
2022. <p>“It’s a weird feeling that I’m not going to be here physically,” Stover said. “Godspeed to him and Suni. I’m always here for them.”&nbsp;</p>
2023.  
2024.  
2025.  
2026. <p>Stover and Wilmore no longer use that competitive spirit against each other but still work out from time to time.&nbsp;</p>
2027.  
2028.  
2029.  
2030. <p>“In his position, he’s a lot more disciplined and in better condition than me, but now he’s nice about it,” Stover said.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
2031.  
2032.  
2033.  
2034. <p>NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working with the American aerospace industry to launch astronauts on American rockets and spacecraft from American soil to the International Space Station. This innovative approach is helping the agency maintain a human presence in low Earth orbit and enable exploration to the Moon in preparation for Mars for the benefit of humanity.&nbsp;</p>
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