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  23. <title>Lagniappe for April 2025</title>
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  31. <description><![CDATA[Explore Lagniappe for April 2025 featuring: Gator Speaks New beginnings feel a lot like the month of April. It is the heart of spring and the season that symbolizes growth and renewal. April is the perfect time to break free from old routines and try something new. If you have landed here in this website [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  39. Lagniappe for April 2025 </h1>
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  51. <div><figcaption>Explore the April 2025 issue, highlighting the NASA-sponsored FIRST Robotics competition, Space Flight Awareness honorees and more!</figcaption></div>
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  54. <span>Credits: </span>
  55. <span>NASA/Danny Nowlin</span>
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  61.  
  62.  
  63. <p id="top"><strong>Explore Lagniappe for April 2025 <strong>featuring</strong>: </strong></p>
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  68. <li><strong>NASA-Sponsored FIRST Robotics Welcomes Teams to Magnolia Regional</strong></li>
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  72. <li><strong>NASA Leaders Visit Representatives</strong></li>
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  76. <li><strong>Blood Moon in South Mississippi</strong></li>
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  85. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Gator Speaks</h2>
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  90.  
  91. <p>New beginnings feel a lot like the month of April. It is the heart of spring and the season that symbolizes growth and renewal.</p>
  92.  
  93.  
  94.  
  95. <p>April is the perfect time to break free from old routines and try something new.</p>
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  98.  
  99. <p>If you have landed here in this website corner of our digital world, consider this your open invitation to continue ahead on the journey with NASA Stennis by following us on social media.</p>
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  102.  
  103. <p>It is time to say goodbye to the Lagniappe publication as we know it, but do not worry. All of the great news about the center and its frontline activities still will be available, just in a new way – via our social media platforms! Gator wants you to feel more connected than ever as we continue to help power space dreams in south Mississippi. Moving forward, join NASA Stennis in our digital playground for even more of that extra-something special.</p>
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  107. <p>This playground is not limited to only fun, or making new friends, or learning new stuff.</p>
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  111. <p>Whether you are on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or X, there is a place, and space, for all of that and more.&nbsp;</p>
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  115. <p>As we close out the website edition of NASA Stennis Lagniappe, we turn the page and look forward to new possibilities ahead.</p>
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  119. <p>Let’s keep building one connection at a time because here at America’s largest rocket propulsion test site, it is more than just content.</p>
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  123. <p>It is where the NASA Stennis team will continue building on its proven expertise in all areas of work, and where you will have a front row seat to experience it unfold.</p>
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  163. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>NASA-Sponsored FIRST Robotics Welcomes Teams to Magnolia Regional</strong></h3>
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  171. <div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"><figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover "><img decoding="async" width="683" height="1024" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?w=683" class="attachment-large size-large" alt="NASA serves as a lead sponsor, along with NASA Stennis employees and interns volunteering, for the third annual FIRST Robotics Magnolia Regional Competition on March 14." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 55% 28%; object-position: 55% 28%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg 1600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=1365,2048 1365w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=400,600 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=600,900 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=800,1200 800w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc-4451.jpg?resize=1333,2000 1333w" sizes="(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px" /></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">NASA serves as a lead sponsor, along with NASA Stennis employees and interns volunteering, for the third annual FIRST Robotics Magnolia Regional Competition on March 14. The event in Laurel, Mississippi, welcomed 37 teams from eight states (Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and one team from Mexico. The FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics event joined NASA’s Robotics Alliance Project to combine the excitement of sport with the rigors of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in field games using industrial-sized robots.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Danny Nowlin</div></figcaption></div> </div>
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  293. <p>NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando, Florida, for outstanding support of human spaceflight.</p>
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  347. <div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"><figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="577" height="1024" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?w=577" class="attachment-large size-large" alt="Images show the total lunar eclipse, known as a Blood Moon, over south Mississippi during the early morning hours of March 14." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 24% 14%; object-position: 24% 14%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg 1153w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?resize=169,300 169w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?resize=768,1364 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?resize=577,1024 577w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?resize=865,1536 865w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?resize=225,400 225w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?resize=338,600 338w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?resize=507,900 507w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?resize=676,1200 676w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/moon-6.jpg?resize=1126,2000 1126w" sizes="(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px" /></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">Images show the total lunar eclipse, known as a Blood Moon, over south Mississippi during the early morning hours of March 14. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. In a total lunar eclipse, the entire Moon falls within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra. When the Moon is within the umbra, it appears red-orange. Lunar eclipses are sometimes called “Blood Moons” because of this phenomenon.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Rebecca Mataya</div></figcaption></div> </div>
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  363. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/watch-the-skies/2025/03/07/dont-sleep-on-this-total-lunar-eclipse-will-bring-blood-moon-march-13-14/" target="_self" class="button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true" aria-label="Learn More About the Blood Moon">
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  371. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>U.S. Senator’s Staff Visit NASA Stennis</strong></h3>
  372.  
  373.  
  374. <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/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1362" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="NASA’s Stennis Space Center hosts staff members of U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi on March 21 for a site visit." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg 3610w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=1536,1021 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=2048,1362 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=900,598 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=1200,798 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-21-25-wicker-staff-visit.jpg?resize=2000,1330 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">NASA’s Stennis Space Center hosts staff members of U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi on March 21 for a site visit. Pictured (left to right) are Kelly McCarthy, NASA Stennis partnership development lead; Troy Frisbie, NASA Stennis legislative affairs officer and chief of staff; Jason Richard, NASA Stennis propulsion business manager; Joe Schuyler, director of the NASA Stennis Engineering and Test Directorate; Emily Yetter, Wicker’s military legislative assistant; Dan Hillenbrand, Wicker’s legislative director; Terry Miller, U.S. Navy Fellow assigned to Wicker’s office; NASA Stennis Associate Director Rodney McKellip; Duane Armstrong, manager of the NASA Stennis Strategic Business Development Office; Drew Parks, Navy Senate liaison officer to Wicker’s office. The members representing the Mississippi senator’s staff toured NASA Stennis, including the Thad Cochran Test Stand, where NASA Stennis is preparing for future Artemis testing.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Danny Nowlin</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  375.  
  376.  
  377. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>NASA Stennis Hosts Leadership Class</strong></h3>
  378.  
  379.  
  380. <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/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1365" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Approximately 50 members of the Leadership Hancock Class of 2025 visit NASA Stennis on March 26 for a full-day tour that included meeting NASA Stennis leaders and seeing center facilities, such as the Thad Cochran Test Stand pictured in the background." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg 5568w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-26-25-hancock-county-leadership-.jpg?resize=2000,1333 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">Approximately 50 members of the Leadership Hancock Class of 2025 visit NASA Stennis on March 26 for a full-day tour that included meeting NASA Stennis leaders and seeing center facilities, such as the Thad Cochran Test Stand pictured in the background. Leadership Hancock is an annual program by the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce designed to identify and cultivate future community leaders.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Danny Nowlin</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  381.  
  382.  
  383. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>NASA Stennis Interns Tour Site</strong></h3>
  384.  
  385.  
  386. <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/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1365" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="NASA student interns stand in the flame deflector at the Fred Haise Test Stand on March 7 during a NASA Stennis site tour. Interns include (left to right): Addison Mitchell (Pathways intern for Engineering and Test Directorate); Andrew Evans (Office of STEM Engagement intern for Autonomous Systems Lab); Mikayla Chandler (Office of STEM Engagement intern for ASTRO CAMP Community Partners); and Kristen Zack (Office of STEM Engagement intern for Autonomous Systems Lab)." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg 3600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-7-25-interns-tour.jpg?resize=2000,1333 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">NASA student interns stand in the flame deflector at the Fred Haise Test Stand on March 7 during a NASA Stennis site tour. Interns include (left to right): Addison Mitchell (Pathways intern for Engineering and Test Directorate); Andrew Evans (Office of STEM Engagement intern for Autonomous Systems Lab); Mikayla Chandler (Office of STEM Engagement intern for ASTRO CAMP Community Partners); and Kristen Zack (Office of STEM Engagement intern for Autonomous Systems Lab). NASA Office of STEM Engagement paid internships allow high school and college-level students to contribute to agency projects under the guidance of a NASA mentor. The Pathways program offers current students and recent graduates paid internships that can be direct pipelines to full-time employment at NASA upon graduation.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Danny Nowlin</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
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  389. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Rocket Test Group Visits NASA Stennis</strong></h3>
  390.  
  391.  
  392.  
  393. <p>NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57<sup>th</sup> Rocket Test Group on March 18-19.</p>
  394.  
  395.  
  396.  
  397. <p>The group toured the south Mississippi NASA center on March 19, learning how NASA Stennis operates as NASA’s primary, and America’s largest, rocket propulsion test site to serve the nation and commercial sector with its unique capabilities and expertise.</p>
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  401. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/rocket-test-group-visits-nasa-stennis/" target="_self" class="button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true" aria-label="Read More about Rocket Test Groups Visit">
  402. <span class="line-height-alt-1">Read More about Rocket Test Groups Visit</span>
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  409. <p><strong>&gt; <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/general/lagniappe-for-april-2025/#top" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/stennis/lagniappe-for-january-2025/">Back to Top</a></strong></p>
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  417. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">NASA in the News</h2>
  418.  
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  421. <p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-artemis-ii-orion-service-module-buttoned-up-for-launch/">NASA’s Artemis II Orion Service Module Buttoned Up for Launch &#8211; NASA</a></p>
  422.  
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  424.  
  425. <p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/welcome-home-nasas-spacex-crew-9-back-on-earth-after-science-mission/">Welcome Home! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Back on Earth After Science Mission &#8211; NASA</a></p>
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  428.  
  429. <p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-science-continues-after-fireflys-first-moon-mission-concludes/">NASA Science Continues After Firefly’s First Moon Mission Concludes &#8211; NASA</a></p>
  430.  
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  432.  
  433. <p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2025/03/14/nasa-artemis-ii-core-stage-goes-horizontal-ahead-of-final-integration/">NASA Artemis II Core Stage Goes Horizontal Ahead of Final Integration &#8211; NASA</a></p>
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  441. <p><strong>&gt; <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/general/lagniappe-for-april-2025/#top" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/stennis/lagniappe-for-january-2025/">Back to Top</a></strong></p>
  442.  
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  449. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Employee Profile: Rebecca Mataya</h2>
  450.  
  451.  
  452. <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/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1362" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Rebecca Mataya stands for a portrait wearing a black jacket; Stennis posters are shown in the background" style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg 3610w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=1536,1021 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=2048,1362 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=900,598 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=1200,798 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rebecca-mataya.jpg?resize=2000,1330 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">Rebecca Mataya is a budget analyst at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. “Whether you are an engineer, analyst, lawyer, technician, communicator or innovator, there is a place for you here at NASA,” she said. “Every skill contributes to the greater mission of pushing the boundaries of exploration, discovery, and progress. If you have a passion, determination, and willingness to learn, NASA is a place where you can grow and leave a lasting impact on the future of space.”</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Stennis</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  453.  
  454.  
  455. <p>A career path can unfold in unexpected ways. Ask NASA’s Rebecca Mataya. The journey to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was not planned but “meant to be,” she said.</p>
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  458. <div id="" class="nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link">
  459. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-employee-meets-success-at-nasa-stennis/" target="_self" class="button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true" aria-label="Read More About Rebecca Mataya">
  460. <span class="line-height-alt-1">Read More About Rebecca Mataya</span>
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  471. <p><strong>&gt; <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/general/lagniappe-for-april-2025/#top" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/stennis/lagniappe-for-january-2025/">Back to Top</a></strong></p>
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  479. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Additional Resources</h2>
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  484. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikvheyXyypo" rel="noopener">My Origin Story: NASA Engineers – Bradley Tyree</a></li>
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  490. <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke6XX8FHOHM&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="noopener">Artemis II to the Moon: Launch to Splashdown (NASA Mission Animation)</a></li>
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  582. <title>NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Recognizes Stennis Employees</title>
  583. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-space-flight-awareness-program-recognizes-stennis-employees/</link>
  585. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah K. Fendley]]></dc:creator>
  586. <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
  587. <category><![CDATA[Stennis Space Center]]></category>
  588. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nasa.gov/?post_type=image-article&#038;p=842979</guid>
  589.  
  590. <description><![CDATA[NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando, Florida, for outstanding support of human spaceflight. Melissa Wagner of Pass Christian, Mississippi,&#160;is a NASA contract specialist in the Office of Procurement at NASA Stennis. She received the honor for contributions to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  592. <p>NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando, Florida, for outstanding support of human spaceflight.</p>
  593.  
  594.  
  595. <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/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1366" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando, Florida, for outstanding support of human spaceflight." 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/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-006-melissa-wagner.jpg?resize=2000,1334 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">Stennis Space Center employee Melissa Wagner of Pass Christian, Mississippi, is presented with the NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Honoree Award during a March 10 ceremony. Wagner (second from left) receives the award from (left to right): NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, NASA Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Acting Associate Administrator Dr. Lori Glaze, and NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Kenneth Bowersox. </div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Kennedy Space Center</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  596.  
  597.  
  598. <p><strong>Melissa Wagner of Pass Christian, Mississippi,</strong>&nbsp;is a NASA contract specialist in the Office of Procurement at NASA Stennis. She received the honor for contributions to NASA’s Artemis campaign by identifying potential risks related to propulsion test efforts in support of the initiative, resulting in successful mitigation actions.</p>
  599.  
  600.  
  601. <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/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1366" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando, Florida, for outstanding support of human spaceflight." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/s25-007-samone-wilson.jpg?resize=2000,1334 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">NASA’s Stennis Space Center employee Samone Wilson of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is presented with the NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Honoree Award during a March 10 ceremony. Wilson (second from left) receives the award from (left to right): NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Kenneth Bowersox, and NASA Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Acting Associate Administrator Dr. Lori Glaze.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Kennedy Space Center</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  602.  
  603.  
  604. <p><strong>Samone Wilson of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, </strong>is a NASA public affairs specialist in the Office of Communications at NASA Stennis. She received the honor for her work in telling others about NASA and NASA Stennis activities and missions.</p>
  605.  
  606.  
  607.  
  608. <p><strong>Timothy Miller of Pearl River, Louisiana,</strong> is a senior drafter for Syncom Space Services at NASA Stennis. Although unable to attend the ceremony, he received the honor for contributions supporting flight systems integration, facility readiness, and cost reduction with his use of Creo Parametric modeling, a powerful 3D software.</p>
  609.  
  610.  
  611.  
  612. <p><strong>Madison Monti of Kiln, Mississippi,</strong> is a security support specialist for Chenega Global Protection at NASA Stennis. Although unable to attend the ceremony, she received the honor for contributions supporting the badging office at NASA Stennis to ensure a consistent, efficient, and secure process.<br><br>NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, Space Operations Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Kenneth Bowersox, and Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Acting Associate Administrator Dr. Lori Glaze presented the awards.</p>
  613.  
  614.  
  615.  
  616. <p>Bresnik, assistant-to-the-chief of the Astronaut Office for Exploration, was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2004. He manages the development and testing of everything that will operate beyond low-Earth orbit on Artemis missions. Bresnik previously served as commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 53 and flight engineer for Expedition 52.</p>
  617.  
  618.  
  619.  
  620. <p>In recognition of flight program contributions, honorees toured NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and viewed the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft named Endurance in conjunction with the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10.</p>
  621.  
  622.  
  623.  
  624. <p>The spacecraft carried NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscomos cosmonaut Kirill Pesko to the International Space Station <a>on March 14 </a>as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program recognizes outstanding job performances and contributions by civil service and contract employees throughout the year and focuses on excellence in quality and safety in support of human spaceflight. The Honoree Award is one of the highest honors presented to employees for their dedication to quality work and flight safety. Recipients must have contributed beyond their normal work requirements toward achieving a particular human spaceflight program goal; contributed to a major cost savings; been instrumental in developing material that increases reliability, efficiency or performance; assisted in operational improvements; or been a key player in developing a beneficial process improvement.</p>
  625.  
  626.  
  627.  
  628. <p>For information about Silver Snoopy and other Space Flight Awareness awards, visit:</p>
  629.  
  630.  
  631.  
  632. <p class="has-text-align-center"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/space-flight-awareness/honoree-award/">SFA Honoree Award &#8211; NASA</a></p>
  633.  
  634.  
  635.  
  636. <p>For information about NASA’s Stennis Space Center, visit:</p>
  637.  
  638.  
  639.  
  640. <p class="has-text-align-center"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/stennis/">Stennis Space Center &#8211; NASA</a></p>
  641.  
  642.  
  643.  
  644. <p></p>
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  651. <title>Rocket Test Group Visits NASA Stennis</title>
  652. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/rocket-test-group-visits-nasa-stennis/</link>
  654. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Deborah K. Fendley]]></dc:creator>
  655. <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
  656. <category><![CDATA[Stennis Space Center]]></category>
  657. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nasa.gov/?post_type=image-article&#038;p=843436</guid>
  658.  
  659. <description><![CDATA[NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19. The group toured the south Mississippi NASA center on March 19, learning how NASA Stennis operates as NASA’s primary, and America’s largest, rocket propulsion test site to serve the nation and commercial [&#8230;]]]></description>
  660. <content:encoded><![CDATA[
  661. <p>NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57<sup>th</sup> Rocket Test Group on March 18-19.</p>
  662.  
  663.  
  664. <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/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1362" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="More than 100 members of the of the 57th Rocket Test Group visit NASA Stennis on March 18-19." 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/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg 3600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=1536,1021 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=2048,1362 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=1200,798 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-1.jpg?resize=2000,1330 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">NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Jason Richard</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  665.  
  666.  
  667. <p>The group toured the south Mississippi NASA center on March 19, learning how NASA Stennis operates as NASA’s primary, and America’s largest, rocket propulsion test site to serve the nation and commercial sector with its unique capabilities and expertise.</p>
  668.  
  669.  
  670. <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/2025/04/rtg-group-2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="594" height="891" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-2.jpg?w=594" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="More than 100 members of the of the 57th Rocket Test Group visit NASA Stennis on March 18-19." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 76%; object-position: 52% 76%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-2.jpg 594w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-2.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-2.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-2.jpg?resize=400,600 400w" sizes="(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Jason Richard</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  671.  
  672.  
  673. <p>The day included tours of test stands and facilities hosted by NASA Stennis test complex personnel. Visits included the Fred Haise Test Stand, where NASA Stennis tests RS-25 engines to help power NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond; the Thad Cochran Test Stand, where NASA Stennis will test NASA’s exploration upper stage for future Artemis missions; the E Test Complex, where NASA Stennis supports agency and commercial propulsion test activity; and the L3Harris Technologies (formerly Aerojet Rocketdyne) Engine Assembly Facility, where RS-25 engines are produced.</p>
  674.  
  675.  
  676. <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/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1584" height="891" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg?w=1584" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="More than 100 members of the of the 57th Rocket Test Group visit NASA Stennis on March 18-19." 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/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg 1584w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-4.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1584px) 100vw, 1584px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Jason Richard</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  677.  
  678.  
  679. <p>The group also received overviews from site personnel on the Rocket Propulsion Test Program Office located at NASA Stennis, on lessons learned from testing at the E Test Complex, and on the NASA Data Acquisition System developed onsite.</p>
  680.  
  681.  
  682. <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/2025/04/rtg-group-3.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="864" height="576" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-3.jpg?w=864" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="More than 100 members of the of the 57th Rocket Test Group visit NASA Stennis on March 18-19." 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/2025/04/rtg-group-3.jpg 864w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-3.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-3.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-3.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-3.jpg?resize=600,400 600w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Jason Richard</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  683.  
  684.  
  685. <p>The Rocket Test Group originally formed in response to a congressional demand for an ongoing working group crossing agency and company boundaries. It is a volunteer organization intended to allow rocket test facility operators to come together to recommend solutions for difficult testing problems; lower testing costs by reducing time spent on solving critical issues and eliminating duplicate programs; facilitate the activation of new facilities; learn from each other by viewing different methods and touring various facilities; provide a networking opportunity for testing advice and problem solving support; and allow test facility operators to stay informed on the newest developments.</p>
  686.  
  687.  
  688. <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/2025/04/rtg-group-5.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="864" height="576" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-5.jpg?w=864" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="More than 100 members of the of the 57th Rocket Test Group visit NASA Stennis on March 18-19." 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/2025/04/rtg-group-5.jpg 864w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-5.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-5.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-5.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rtg-group-5.jpg?resize=600,400 600w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19.</div><div class="hds-credits">L3Harris Technologies</div></figcaption></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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  694. <title>NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Star Formation</title>
  695. <link>https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-explores-effect-of-strong-magnetic-fields-on-star-formation/</link>
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  698. <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  699. <category><![CDATA[Astrophysics]]></category>
  700. <category><![CDATA[Galaxies]]></category>
  701. <category><![CDATA[Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes]]></category>
  702. <category><![CDATA[Goddard Space Flight Center]]></category>
  703. <category><![CDATA[James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)]]></category>
  704. <category><![CDATA[Protostars]]></category>
  705. <category><![CDATA[Science & Research]]></category>
  706. <category><![CDATA[Stars]]></category>
  707. <category><![CDATA[The Milky Way]]></category>
  708. <category><![CDATA[The Universe]]></category>
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  710.  
  711. <description><![CDATA[Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has revealed ejections from still-forming protostars and insights into the impact of strong magnetic fields on interstellar gas and the life cycle of stars.   “A big question […]]]></description>
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  720. <h1 class="heading-41 line-height-md color-spacesuit-white-important">
  721. NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Star Formation </h1>
  722. </div>
  723. </div>
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  726. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="2000" height="1118" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=2000&#038;h=1118&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536" alt="The MeerKAT radio telescope shows the plane of the Milky Way galaxy, with a graphic pullout highlighting a much smaller region on the right, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared light observations. The MeerKAT image is colored in blue, cyan, and yellow, with a very bright white-yellow center that indicates the location of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. Painterly bubbles of various sizes, clouds, and vertical brushstroke-like streaks make up the radio image. The Webb inset shows stars and gas clouds in red, with an arching cloud of bright cyan that contains many straight, needle-like features that appear more crystalline than cloudy." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 78% 0%; object-position: 78% 0%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" loading="eager" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=2000&#038;h=1118&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=300&#038;h=168&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=768&#038;h=429&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=1024&#038;h=572&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=1536&#038;h=859&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=400&#038;h=224&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=600&#038;h=335&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=900&#038;h=503&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=1200&#038;h=671&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /></figure> </div>
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  731. <figcaption class="hds-caption maxw-mobile desktop:padding-x-3">
  732. <div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0 color-carbon-30">
  733. <div><figcaption>An image of the Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope array puts the James Webb Space Telescope’s image of the Sagittarius C region in context. Full image below.</figcaption></div>
  734. </div>
  735. <div class="hds-credits color-spacesuit-white-important">
  736. <span>Credits: </span>
  737. <span>NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, Samuel Crowe (UVA), John Bally (CU), Ruben Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), Ian Heywood (Oxford)</span>
  738. </div>
  739. </figcaption>
  740. </div>
  741. </div>
  742. </div>
  743.  
  744.  
  745. <p>Follow-up research on <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-reveals-new-features-in-heart-of-milky-way/" rel="noopener">a 2023 image</a> of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has revealed ejections from still-forming protostars and insights into the impact of strong magnetic fields on interstellar gas and the life cycle of stars.  </p>
  746.  
  747.  
  748.  
  749. <p>“A big question in the Central Molecular Zone of our galaxy has been, if there is so much dense gas and cosmic dust here, and we know that stars form in such clouds, why are so few stars born here?” said astrophysicist John Bally of the University of Colorado Boulder, one of the principal investigators. “Now, for the first time, we are seeing directly that strong magnetic fields may play an important role in suppressing star formation, even at small scales.”</p>
  750.  
  751.  
  752.  
  753. <p>Detailed study of stars in this crowded, dusty region has been limited, but Webb’s advanced near-infrared instruments have allowed astronomers to see through the clouds to study young stars like never before.</p>
  754.  
  755.  
  756.  
  757. <p>“The extreme environment of the galactic center is a fascinating place to put star formation theories to the test, and the infrared capabilities of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provide the opportunity to build on past important observations from ground-based telescopes like <a href="https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/about-alma/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ALMA</a> and <a href="https://www.sarao.ac.za/science/meerkat/about-meerkat/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MeerKAT</a>,” said Samuel Crowe, another principal investigator on the research, a senior undergraduate at the University of Virginia and a 2025 Rhodes Scholar.</p>
  758.  
  759.  
  760.  
  761. <p>Bally and Crowe each led a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal<em>.</em></p>
  762.  
  763.  
  764.  
  765. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Image A: Milky Way Center (MeerKAT and Webb)</h2>
  766.  
  767.  
  768. <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://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=2000&#038;h=1118&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" width="2000" height="1118" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=2000&#038;h=1118&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="The MeerKAT radio telescope shows the plane of the Milky Way galaxy, with a graphic pullout highlighting a much smaller region on the right, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared light observations. The MeerKAT image is colored in blue, cyan, and yellow, with a very bright white-yellow center that indicates the location of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. Painterly bubbles of various sizes, clouds, and vertical brushstroke-like streaks make up the radio image. The Webb inset shows stars and gas clouds in red, with an arching cloud of bright cyan that contains many straight, needle-like features that appear more crystalline than cloudy." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=2000&#038;h=1118&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=300&#038;h=168&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=768&#038;h=429&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=1024&#038;h=572&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=1536&#038;h=859&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=400&#038;h=224&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=600&#038;h=335&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=900&#038;h=503&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC3TW173JXJ3CHVJGEYFTTK-2K.png?w=1200&#038;h=671&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 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">An image of the Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT (formerly the Karoo Array Telescope) radio telescope array puts the James Webb Space Telescope’s image of the Sagittarius C region in context. Like a super-long exposure photograph, MeerKAT shows the bubble-like remnants of supernovas that exploded over millennia, capturing the dynamic nature of the Milky Way’s chaotic core. At the center of the MeerKAT image the region surrounding the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole blazes bright. Huge vertical filamentary structures echo those captured on a smaller scale by Webb in Sagittarius C’s blue-green hydrogen cloud.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, Samuel Crowe (UVA), John Bally (CU), Ruben Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), Ian Heywood (Oxford)</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  769.  
  770.  
  771. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Image B: Milky Way Center (MeerKAT and Webb), Labeled</h2>
  772.  
  773.  
  774. <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://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=2000&#038;h=1118&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" width="2000" height="1118" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=2000&#038;h=1118&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="A MeerKAT radio telescope image showing the plane of the Milky Way, with a graphic pullout image of a much smaller region on the right, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The images are labeled MeerKAT (radio) and Webb (infrared). The MeerKAT image displays bubbles of various sizes, clouds, and vertical brushstroke-like streaks in blue, cyan, and yellow. At the center a bright area is labeled Sagittarius A*. The Webb inset shows stars and gas clouds in red, with an arching cloud of bright cyan that contains many straight, needle-like features that appear more crystalline than cloudy. A compass graphic shows North pointing toward upper left corner and East pointing to lower left. Each telescope image has a scale bar line. Webb’s reads 6 light-years and MeerKAT’s reads 145 light-years. At the lower left of the MeerKAT image is a spectral Index with color gradation from orange on the left, through cyan to blue on the right. Numbers on the spectral index read from left to right -1.8, -1, 0, 1." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=2000&#038;h=1118&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=300&#038;h=168&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=768&#038;h=429&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=1024&#038;h=572&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=1536&#038;h=859&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=400&#038;h=224&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=600&#038;h=335&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=900&#038;h=503&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/webb/science/2025/webb-STScI-01JQC4HBHAFPXZGW2MRWWPW16Z-2K.png?w=1200&#038;h=671&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 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">The star-forming region Sagittarius C, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, is about 200 light-years from the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*. The spectral index at the lower left shows how color was assigned to the radio data to create the image. On the negative end, there is non-thermal emission, stimulated by electrons spiraling around magnetic field lines. On the positive side, thermal emission is coming from hot, ionized plasma. For Webb, color is assigned by shifting the infrared spectrum to visible light colors. The shortest infrared wavelengths are bluer, and the longer wavelengths appear more red.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, Samuel Crowe (UVA), John Bally (CU), Ruben Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), Ian Heywood (Oxford)</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  775.  
  776.  
  777. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Using Infrared to Reveal Forming Stars</h2>
  778.  
  779.  
  780.  
  781. <p>In Sagittarius C’s brightest cluster, the researchers confirmed the tentative finding from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) that two massive stars are forming there. Along with infrared data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope and SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) mission, as well as the Herschel Space Observatory, they used Webb to determine that each of the massive protostars is already more than 20 times the mass of the Sun. Webb also revealed the bright outflows powered by each protostar.</p>
  782.  
  783.  
  784.  
  785. <p>Even more challenging is finding low-mass protostars, still shrouded in cocoons of cosmic dust. Researchers compared Webb’s data with ALMA’s past observations to identify five likely low-mass protostar candidates.</p>
  786.  
  787.  
  788.  
  789. <p>The team also identified 88 features that appear to be shocked hydrogen gas, where material being blasted out in jets from young stars impacts the surrounding gas cloud. Analysis of these features led to the discovery of a new star-forming cloud, distinct from the main Sagittarius C cloud, hosting at least two protostars powering their own jets.</p>
  790.  
  791.  
  792.  
  793. <p>“Outflows from forming stars in Sagittarius C have been hinted at in past observations, but this is the first time we’ve been able to confirm them in infrared light. It’s very exciting to see, because there is still a lot we don’t know about star formation, especially in the Central Molecular Zone, and it’s so important to how the universe works,” said Crowe.</p>
  794.  
  795.  
  796.  
  797. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Magnetic Fields and Star Formation</h2>
  798.  
  799.  
  800.  
  801. <p>Webb’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-reveals-new-features-in-heart-of-milky-way/" rel="noopener">2023 image</a> of Sagittarius C showed dozens of distinctive filaments in a region of hot hydrogen plasma surrounding the main star-forming cloud. New analysis by Bally and his team has led them to hypothesize that the filaments are shaped by magnetic fields, which have also been observed in the past by the ground-based observatories ALMA and MeerKAT (formerly the Karoo Array Telescope).</p>
  802.  
  803.  
  804.  
  805. <p>“The motion of gas swirling in the extreme tidal forces of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, can stretch and amplify the surrounding magnetic fields. Those fields, in turn, are shaping the plasma in Sagittarius C,” said Bally.</p>
  806.  
  807.  
  808.  
  809. <p>The researchers think that the magnetic forces in the galactic center may be strong enough to keep the plasma from spreading, instead confining it into the concentrated filaments seen in the Webb image. These strong magnetic fields may also resist the gravity that would typically cause dense clouds of gas and dust to collapse and forge stars, explaining Sagittarius C’s lower-than-expected star formation rate. </p>
  810.  
  811.  
  812.  
  813. <p>“This is an exciting area for future research, as the influence of strong magnetic fields, in the center of our galaxy or other galaxies, on stellar ecology has not been fully considered,” said Crowe.  </p>
  814.  
  815.  
  816.  
  817. <p>The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency).</p>
  818.  
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  821. <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-downloads">Downloads</h2>
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  825. <p><strong>Click any image to open a larger version.</strong></p>
  826.  
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  829. <p><strong><a href="https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-115#section-id-2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">View/Download all image products at all resolutions</a></strong> for this article from the Space Telescope Science Institute.</p>
  830.  
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  832.  
  833. <p><strong>View/Download the science paper</strong> led by Bally from the <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8889" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Astrophysical Journal</a>.</p>
  834.  
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  837. <p><strong>View/Download the science paper</strong> led by Crowe from the <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9d0b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Astrophysical Journal</a>.</p>
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  845. <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-media-contacts">Media Contacts</h2>
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  849. <p><strong>Laura Betz</strong> – <a href="mailto:laura.e.betz@nasa.gov">laura.e.betz@nasa.gov</a><br>NASA’s <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/goddard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Goddard Space Flight Center</a>, Greenbelt, Md.</p>
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  853. <p><strong>Leah Ramsay</strong> – <a href="mailto:lramsay@stsci.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lramsay@stsci.edu</a><br><a href="https://www.stsci.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Space Telescope Science Institute</a>, Baltimore, Md.</p>
  854.  
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  857. <p><strong>Christine Pulliam</strong> – <a href="mailto:cpulliam@stsci.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">cpulliam@stsci.edu</a><br><a href="https://www.stsci.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Space Telescope Science Institute</a>, Baltimore, Md.</p>
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  865. <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-related-information">Related Information</h2>
  866.  
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  868.  
  869. <p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/?search=milky+way+center&#038;content_type=press-release" rel="noopener">press releases about the center of the Milky Way</a></p>
  870.  
  871.  
  872.  
  873. <p><strong>NASA’s Universe of Learning:</strong> <a href="https://viewspace.org/interactives/image_tours/2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ViewSpace Interactive image tour of the center of the Milky Way</a></p>
  874.  
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  876.  
  877. <p><strong>Learn more</strong> about <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/the-milky-way-and-sagittarius-constellation/" rel="noopener">the Milky Way and Sagittarius Constellation</a></p>
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  890.  
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  961. <span>James Webb Space Telescope</span>
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  964. <p class="margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important">Webb is the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It studies every phase in the…</p>
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  972. <div>
  973. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
  974. <span>Stars</span>
  975. <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>
  976. </p>
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  986. <span>Galaxies</span>
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  998. <span>Universe</span>
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  1065. <title>Citizen Scientists Use NASA Open Science Data to Research Life in Space</title>
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  1069. <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  1074. <description><![CDATA[How can life thrive in deep space? The Open Science Data Repository Analysis Working Groups invite volunteers from all backgrounds to help answer this question. Request to join these citizen science groups to help investigate how life adapts to space environments, exploring topics like radiation effects, microgravity’s impact on human and plant health, and how microbes […]]]></description>
  1075. <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">2 min read</p><h1 class="display-48 margin-bottom-2">Citizen Scientists Use NASA Open Science Data to Research Life in Space</h1></div></div></div>
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  1077. <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://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=4608&#038;h=3456&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" width="4608" height="3456" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=4608&#038;h=3456&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Large group photo of attendees at a NASA Analysis Working Group meeting, gathered in a conference room with round tables and chandeliers. A presentation screen is visible in the background." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=4608&#038;h=3456&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 4608w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=300&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=768&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=1024&#038;h=768&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=1536&#038;h=1152&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=2048&#038;h=1536&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=400&#038;h=300&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=600&#038;h=450&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=900&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=1200&#038;h=900&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/citizen-science/highlights/2025/ASGSR-2023-Day1-62.JPG?w=2000&#038;h=1500&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">2023 Workshop of Analysis Working Group members, Washington, D.C., November 14, 2023. Now, <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSd-o8EuXzJ5wrzAzGEBjlHn7yPnZBnSvZuSdoHIMK67sfon4A%2Fviewform&#038;data=05%7C02%7Ccolleen.c.kaiser%40nasa.gov%7C3d1b945e8ca84a00543d08dd715ee968%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C638791374649588807%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&#038;sdata=pwND6qNjnHfyHGsFqLd85ycOeG5Ndaix%2FlD%2FVutPFQo%3D&#038;reserved=0" rel="noopener">you are invited to join their quest</a> to understand how life can thrive in deep space! Want to learn more first? <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgmri-org.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FR0rKyN34QBCH-Zwhy0sPhg%23%2Fregistration&#038;data=05%7C02%7Ccolleen.c.kaiser%40nasa.gov%7C3d1b945e8ca84a00543d08dd715ee968%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C638791374649606633%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&#038;sdata=V16qXPOwhCF7U4%2BocUNLmQXHG0Dy%2FQJpeshgw7XLdO0%3D&#038;reserved=0" rel="noopener">Join our live virtual event</a> April 17 at 3pm Eastern Time to hear an overview of the OSDR AWG’s operations.</div><div class="hds-credits">Photo: NASA OSDR Team</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  1078.  
  1079.  
  1080. <p>How can life thrive in deep space? The Open Science Data Repository Analysis Working Groups invite volunteers from all backgrounds to help answer this question. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-o8EuXzJ5wrzAzGEBjlHn7yPnZBnSvZuSdoHIMK67sfon4A/viewform" rel="noopener">Request to join</a> these citizen science groups to help investigate how life adapts to space environments, exploring topics like radiation effects, microgravity’s impact on human and plant health, and how microbes change in orbit.</p>
  1081.  
  1082.  
  1083.  
  1084. <p>Currently, nine Analysis Working Groups (AWGs) hold monthly meetings to advance their specific focus areas. Participants collaborate using an online platform, the AWG “<a href="https://awg.osdr.space/about" rel="noopener">Forum-Space</a>”, where they connect with peers and experts, join discussions, and contribute to <a href="https://awg.osdr.space/t/how-to-be-involved-attend-meetings-table-of-sub-group-projects-connect-w-leads-for-each-awg-setup-app-on-phone-to-chat-have-an-idea-on-a-different-project-propose-it/1233/13" rel="noopener">over 20 active projects</a>. </p>
  1085.  
  1086.  
  1087.  
  1088. <p>The AWGs work with data primarily from the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/osdr/" rel="noopener">NASA Open Science Data Repository</a> (OSDR), a treasure trove of spaceflight data on physiology, molecular biology, bioimaging, and much more. For newcomers, there are<a href="https://osdr-tutorials.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" rel="noopener"> tutorials</a> and a<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1116" rel="noopener"> comprehensive paper</a> covering all aspects of the repository and the AWG community. You can explore <a href="https://osdr.nasa.gov/bio/repo/" rel="noopener">500+ studies</a>, <a href="https://visualization.genelab.nasa.gov/data/" rel="noopener">an omics multi-study visualization portal</a>, the <a href="https://visualization.osdr.nasa.gov/eda/" rel="noopener">environmental data app</a>, and <a href="https://visualization.osdr.nasa.gov/radlab/gui/overview/" rel="noopener">RadLab</a>, a portal for radiation telemetry data. (“Omics” refers to fields of biology that end in “omics,” like “genomics”.)   </p>
  1089.  
  1090.  
  1091.  
  1092. <p>Each of the nine AWGs has a Lead who organizes their group and holds monthly virtual meetings. Once you join, make sure to connect with the Lead and get on the agenda so you can introduce yourself. Learn more <a href="https://awg.osdr.space/about" rel="noopener">about the AWGs here</a>.</p>
  1093.  
  1094.  
  1095.  
  1096. <p>Have an idea for a new project? Propose a new project and help lead it! From data analysis and visualization to shaping data standards and conducting literature meta-analyses, there’s a place for everyone to contribute. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-o8EuXzJ5wrzAzGEBjlHn7yPnZBnSvZuSdoHIMK67sfon4A/viewform" rel="noopener">Request to join</a>, and together, we can address a great challenge for humanity: understanding and enabling life to thrive in deep space! </p>
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  1104. <p>On April 17 at 3pm Eastern Time, the NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series is hosting an virtual event with Ryan Scott about these Analysis Working Groups and their work. Ryan is the Science Lead for the Ames Life Sciences Data Archive and the liaison between the Open Data Science Repository and the Analysis Working Groups. <a href="https://gmri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/R0rKyN34QBCH-Zwhy0sPhg#/registration" rel="noopener">Click here to register for this event!</a></p>
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  1232. <title>NASA Receives 10 Nominations for the 29th Annual Webby Awards</title>
  1233. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-receives-10-nominations-for-the-29th-annual-webby-awards/</link>
  1235. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dacia Massengill]]></dc:creator>
  1236. <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
  1237. <category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
  1238. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nasa.gov/?p=838271</guid>
  1239.  
  1240. <description><![CDATA[Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved into social media and other online communications. NASA’s broad reach across digital platforms has been recognized by the [&#8230;]]]></description>
  1241. <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">2 min read</p><h1 class="display-48 margin-bottom-2">Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)</h1></div></div></div>
  1242.  
  1243. <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/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1280" height="719" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp?w=1280" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 50%; object-position: 52% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp 1280w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp?resize=300,169 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp?resize=768,431 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp?resize=1024,575 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp?resize=400,225 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp?resize=600,337 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp?resize=900,506 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/webbys-2024-nominations.webp?resize=1200,674 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">This ultra high-definition video featuring an orange tabby cat named Taters, was streamed from nearly 19 million miles away via laser by NASA&#8217;s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment, marking a historic milestone for space communications.</div><div class="hds-credits">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  1244.  
  1245.  
  1246. <p>Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved into social media and other online communications. NASA’s broad reach across digital platforms has been recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), with 10 nominations across multiple categories for the academy’s 29th annual Webby Awards.</p>
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  1254. <div class="blockquote-content">
  1255. <div class="margin-bottom-4">
  1256. <h2 class="font-weight-extralight line-height-sm margin-top-0 section-heading-sm"><span class="section-heading-sm">The 2025 Webby nominations demonstrate NASA&#039;s dedication to sharing the wonders of space through digital platforms. We believe in the power of digital storytelling to inspire the next generation of explorers.</span></h2>
  1257. </div>
  1258. <div class="display-flex">
  1259. <div class="blockquote-image hds-cover-wrapper margin-right-3"><figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/nasainsigniargb150px.png?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="Michelle R. Jones" 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/2023/12/nasainsigniargb150px.png 150w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/nasainsigniargb150px.png?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/nasainsigniargb150px.png?resize=100,100 100w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></figure></div>
  1260. <div class="grid-col-11">
  1261. <p class="blockquote-credit-name line-height-sm margin-0">Michelle R. Jones</p>
  1262. <p class="blockquote-credit-title line-height-sm padding-0 margin-0">Deputy Associate Administrator for Communications</p>
  1263. </div>
  1264. </div>
  1265. </div>
  1266. </div>
  1267. </div></div>
  1268.  
  1269.  
  1270. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Public Voting Opportunities</h3>
  1271.  
  1272.  
  1273.  
  1274. <p>Voting for the Webby People’s Voice Awards—chosen by the public—is open now through Thursday, April 17. Voting links for each category are listed below.</p>
  1275.  
  1276.  
  1277.  
  1278. <div style="height:12px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div>
  1279.  
  1280.  
  1281.  
  1282. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">29th Annual Webby Award Nominees</h3>
  1283.  
  1284.  
  1285.  
  1286. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">AI, Immersive &amp; Games</h3>
  1287.  
  1288.  
  1289.  
  1290. <p><a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/ai-immersive-games/games-general/kids-family" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA&#8217;s Snap It! An Eclipse Photo Adventure<br></a>NASA<br>Kids and Family</p>
  1291.  
  1292.  
  1293.  
  1294. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Social</h3>
  1295.  
  1296.  
  1297.  
  1298. <p><a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/social/general-social/education-science" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA Instagram</a> <br>NASA<br>Education and Science</p>
  1299.  
  1300.  
  1301.  
  1302. <p><a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/social/features/best-photography-design" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Matt Dominick’s X Account: A Visual Journey from Space</a><br>NASA<br>Best Photography &amp; Design</p>
  1303.  
  1304.  
  1305.  
  1306. <p><a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/social/social-campaigns/events-live-streams" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA&#8217;s 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Campaign<br></a>NASA<br>Events and Livestreams</p>
  1307.  
  1308.  
  1309.  
  1310. <p><a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/social/social-campaigns/education-science" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA’s Webb Telescope: Unfolding a Universe of Wonders<br></a>NASA Goddard<br>Education and Science</p>
  1311.  
  1312.  
  1313.  
  1314. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Video &amp; Film</h3>
  1315.  
  1316.  
  1317.  
  1318. <p><a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/video-film/limited-series-specials/events-live" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA</a><br>NASA<br>Events and Live</p>
  1319.  
  1320.  
  1321.  
  1322. <p><a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/video-film/general-video-film/events-live-streams" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA Streams Historic Cat Video From Deep Space<br></a>NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Events and Livestreams</p>
  1323.  
  1324.  
  1325.  
  1326. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Websites &amp; Mobile Sites</h3>
  1327.  
  1328.  
  1329.  
  1330. <p><a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/websites-and-mobile-sites/general-desktop-mobile-sites/government-associations" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA Website</a><br>NASA <br>Government &amp; Associations</p>
  1331.  
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  1365. <title>NASA’s SPHEREx Takes First Images, Preps to Study Millions of Galaxies</title>
  1366. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/nasas-spherex-takes-first-images-preps-to-study-millions-of-galaxies/</link>
  1368. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Greicius]]></dc:creator>
  1369. <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
  1370. <category><![CDATA[SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)]]></category>
  1371. <category><![CDATA[Astrophysics]]></category>
  1372. <category><![CDATA[Galaxies]]></category>
  1373. <category><![CDATA[Origin & Evolution of the Universe]]></category>
  1374. <category><![CDATA[The Search for Life]]></category>
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  1378. <description><![CDATA[Processed with rainbow hues to represent a range of infrared wavelengths, the new pictures indicate the astrophysics space observatory is working as expected. NASA’s SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) has turned on its detectors for the first time in space. Initial images from the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  1381. <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/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1300" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="" 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/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg 2504w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=300,190 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=768,488 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=1024,650 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=1536,975 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=2048,1300 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=400,254 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=600,381 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=900,571 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=1200,762 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1-pia26280-spherex-cropped.jpg?resize=2000,1270 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">NASA’s SPHEREx, which will map millions of galaxies across the entire sky, captured one of its first exposures March 27. The observatory’s six detectors each captured one of these uncalibrated images, to which visible-light colors have been added to represent infrared wavelengths. SPHEREx’s complete field of view spans the top three images; the same area of the sky is also captured in the bottom three images. </div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  1382.  
  1383.  
  1384. <p><em>Processed with rainbow hues to represent a range of infrared wavelengths, the new pictures indicate the astrophysics space observatory is working as expected.</em></p>
  1385.  
  1386.  
  1387.  
  1388. <p>NASA’s SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) has turned on its detectors for the first time in space. Initial images from the observatory, which launched March 11, confirm that all systems are working as expected.</p>
  1389.  
  1390.  
  1391.  
  1392. <p>Although the new images are uncalibrated and not yet ready to use for science, they give a tantalizing look at SPHEREx’s wide view of the sky. Each bright spot is a source of light, like a star or galaxy, and each image is expected to contain more than 100,000 detected sources.</p>
  1393.  
  1394.  
  1395.  
  1396. <p>There are six images in every SPHEREx exposure — one for each detector. The top three images show the same area of sky as the bottom three images. This is the observatory’s full field of view, a rectangular area about 20 times wider than the full Moon. When SPHEREx begins routine science operations in late April, it will take approximately 600 exposures every day.</p>
  1397.  
  1398.  
  1399. <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/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1103" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Each image in this uncalibrated SPHEREx exposure contains about 100,000 light sources" 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/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png 4416w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=300,162 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=768,414 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=1024,551 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=1536,827 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=2048,1103 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=400,215 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=600,323 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=900,485 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=1200,646 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/e1-pia26280-fig-a-spherex-first-light-color-annotate.png?resize=2000,1077 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">Each image in this uncalibrated SPHEREx exposure contains about 100,000 light sources, including stars and galaxies. The two insets at right zoom in on sections of one image, showcasing the telescope’s ability to capture faint, distant galaxies. These sections are processed in grayscale rather than visible-light color for ease of viewing.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  1400.  
  1401.  
  1402. <p>“Our spacecraft has opened its eyes on the universe,” said Olivier Doré, <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/" rel="noopener">SPHEREx</a> project scientist at Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, both in Southern California. “It’s performing just as it was designed to.”</p>
  1403.  
  1404.  
  1405.  
  1406. <p>The SPHEREx observatory detects infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye. To make these first images, science team members assigned a visible color to every infrared wavelength captured by the observatory. Each of the six SPHEREx detectors has 17 unique wavelength bands, for a total of 102 hues in every six-image exposure.</p>
  1407.  
  1408.  
  1409.  
  1410. <p>Breaking down color this way can reveal the composition of an object or the distance to a galaxy. With that data, scientists can study topics ranging from the physics that governed the universe less than a second after its birth to the <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-spherex-space-telescope-will-seek-lifes-ingredients/" rel="noopener">origins of water in our galaxy</a>.</p>
  1411.  
  1412.  
  1413.  
  1414. <p>“This is the high point of spacecraft checkout; it’s the thing we wait for,” said Beth Fabinsky, SPHEREx deputy project manager at JPL. “There’s still work to do, but this is the big payoff. And wow! Just wow!”</p>
  1415.  
  1416.  
  1417.  
  1418. <p>During the past two weeks, scientists and engineers at JPL, which manages the mission for NASA, have executed a series of spacecraft checks that show all is well so far. In addition, SPHEREx’s detectors and other hardware have been cooling down to their final temperature of around minus 350 degrees Fahrenheit (about minus 210 degrees Celsius). This is necessary because heat can overwhelm the telescope’s ability to detect infrared light, which is sometimes called heat radiation. The new images also show that the telescope is focused correctly. Focusing is done entirely before launch and cannot be adjusted in space.</p>
  1419.  
  1420.  
  1421.  
  1422. <p>“Based on the images we are seeing, we can now say that the instrument team nailed it,” said Jamie Bock, SPHEREx’s principal investigator at Caltech and JPL.</p>
  1423.  
  1424.  
  1425.  
  1426. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How It Works</strong></h3>
  1427.  
  1428.  
  1429.  
  1430. <p>Where telescopes like NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes were designed to target small areas of space in detail, SPHEREx is a survey telescope and takes a broad view. Combining its results with those of targeted telescopes will give scientists a more robust understanding of our universe.</p>
  1431.  
  1432.  
  1433.  
  1434. <p>The observatory will map the entire celestial sky four times during its two-year prime mission. Using a technique called <a href="https://webbtelescope.org/contents/articles/spectroscopy-101--invisible-spectroscopy" rel="noopener">spectroscopy</a>, SPHEREx will collect the light from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies in more wavelengths any other all-sky survey telescope.</p>
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  1444.  
  1445.  
  1446. <p>When light enters SPHEREx’s telescope, it’s directed down two paths that each lead to a row of three detectors. The observatory’s detectors are like eyes, and set on top of them are color filters, which are like color-tinted glasses. While a standard color filter blocks all wavelengths but one, like yellow- or rose-tinted glasses, the SPHEREx filters are more like rainbow-tinted glasses: The wavelengths they block change gradually from the top of the filter to the bottom.</p>
  1447.  
  1448.  
  1449.  
  1450. <p>“I’m rendered speechless,” said Jim Fanson, SPHEREx project manager at JPL. “There was an incredible human effort to make this possible, and our engineering team did an amazing job getting us to this point.”</p>
  1451.  
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  1454. <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>More About SPHEREx</strong></h3>
  1455.  
  1456.  
  1457.  
  1458. <p>The SPHEREx mission is managed by JPL for the agency’s Astrophysics Division within the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. BAE Systems (formerly Ball Aerospace) built the telescope and the spacecraft bus. The science analysis of the SPHEREx data will be conducted by a team of scientists located at 10 institutions in the U.S., two in South Korea, and one in Taiwan. Caltech managed and integrated the instrument. Data will be processed and archived at <a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/www.ipac.caltech.edu/project/spherex__;!!PvBDto6Hs4WbVuu7!Oz9sYEmxZK5HFIo5oa1jlNzI7W-u--wkp2gtkTVYrfAkwWby2Zy62PvQpwpDyDziD_bJT3plt8AXDqX0zxivB3DqpN3_$" rel="noopener">IPAC</a> at Caltech. The mission’s principal investigator is based at Caltech with a joint JPL appointment. The SPHEREx dataset will be publicly available at the NASA-IPAC <a href="https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/frontpage/" rel="noopener">Infrared Science Archive</a>. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.</p>
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  1462. <p>For more about SPHEREx, visit:</p>
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  1606. <div class="grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3">
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  1608. <div class="label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2">Keep Exploring</div>
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  1618. <span>Missions</span>
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  1620. </p>
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  1623. <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/plugins/nasa-blocks/assets/images/topic-cards/topic-card-sample-1.jpg" ></figure> </div>
  1624. </a>
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  1630. <span>Humans in Space</span>
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  1636. </a>
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  1644. </p>
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  1653. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
  1654. <span>Solar System</span>
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  1656. </p>
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  1659. <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/plugins/nasa-blocks/assets/images/topic-cards/topic-card-sample-4.jpg" ></figure> </div>
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  1669. <title>Studying Ice for the Future of Flight</title>
  1670. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/studying-ice-for-the-future-of-flight/</link>
  1672. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Monika Luabeya]]></dc:creator>
  1673. <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
  1674. <category><![CDATA[Aeronautics]]></category>
  1675. <category><![CDATA[Glenn Research Center]]></category>
  1676. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nasa.gov/?post_type=image-article&#038;p=843166</guid>
  1677.  
  1678. <description><![CDATA[Thomas Ozoroski, a researcher at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, takes icing accretion measurements in October 2024 as part of transonic truss-braced wing concept research. In the future, aircraft with long, thin wings supported by aerodynamic braces could help airlines save on fuel costs – but those same wings could be susceptible to ice [&#8230;]]]></description>
  1679. <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/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1365" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="A man looks at white ice built up on a section of scale-model transonic truss-braced wing. The model wing stands vertically in NASA Glenn’s Icing Research Tunnel." 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/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg 6000w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grc-2024-c-12100.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Jordan Cochran</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  1680.  
  1681.  
  1682. <p>Thomas Ozoroski, a researcher at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, takes icing accretion measurements in October 2024 as part of transonic truss-braced wing concept research.</p>
  1683.  
  1684.  
  1685.  
  1686. <p>In the future, aircraft with long, thin wings supported by aerodynamic braces could help airlines save on fuel costs – but those same wings could be susceptible to ice buildup.&nbsp;In the historic <a href="https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/facilities/irt/" rel="noopener">Icing Research Tunnel</a> at NASA Glenn, scientists and engineers are testing a concept for a transonic truss-braced wing. Their goal: to collect important data to inform the design of these potential efficient aircraft of the future.</p>
  1687.  
  1688.  
  1689.  
  1690. <p>NASA Glenn can simulate icing conditions in its Icing Research Tunnel to identify potential challenges for new aircraft designs. These tests provide valuable information about how ice builds up on wings and can help identify the most critical icing conditions for safety.</p>
  1691.  
  1692.  
  1693.  
  1694. <p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/new-aircraft-wing-undergoes-crucial-nasa-icing-testing/">Read more about icing testing at NASA Glenn.</a></p>
  1695.  
  1696.  
  1697.  
  1698. <p><em>Image credit: NASA/Jordan Cochran</em></p>
  1699. ]]></content:encoded>
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  1705. <title>What’s Up: April 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA</title>
  1706. <link>https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/whats-up-april-2025-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/</link>
  1708. <dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator>
  1709. <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
  1710. <category><![CDATA[Skywatching]]></category>
  1711. <category><![CDATA[Skywatching Tips]]></category>
  1712. <category><![CDATA[The Solar System]]></category>
  1713. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/whats-up-april-2025-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/</guid>
  1714.  
  1715. <description><![CDATA[April (Meteor) Showers and See a City of Stars! Enjoy observing planets in the morning and evening sky, look for Lyrid meteors, and hunt for the “faint fuzzy” wonder that is the distant and ancient city of stars known as globular cluster M3.  Skywatching Highlights All Month – Planet Visibility: Daily Highlights: April 1 &#038; […]]]></description>
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  1719. <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
  1720. <iframe loading="lazy" title="What's Up: April 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P3lR-CwgD5o?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
  1721. </div></figure>
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  1725. <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>April (Meteor) Showers and See a City of Stars!</strong></h2>
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  1729. <p>Enjoy observing planets in the morning and evening sky, look for Lyrid meteors, and hunt for the “faint fuzzy” wonder that is the distant and ancient city of stars known as globular cluster M3. </p>
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  1732.  
  1733. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Skywatching Highlights</h2>
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  1735.  
  1736.  
  1737. <p><strong>All Month – Planet Visibility:</strong></p>
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  1740.  
  1741. <ul class="wp-block-list">
  1742. <li><strong>Mercury:</strong> Visible for a few days in the second half of April, extremely low in the east before sunrise.</li>
  1743.  
  1744.  
  1745.  
  1746. <li><strong>Venus:</strong> Rising low in the east in the hour before dawn.</li>
  1747.  
  1748.  
  1749.  
  1750. <li><strong>Mars:</strong> Bright and easy to view after dark all month. Setting a couple of hours after midnight.</li>
  1751.  
  1752.  
  1753.  
  1754. <li><strong>Jupiter:</strong> Bright and easy to spot in the west after dark, setting a couple of hours after sunset.</li>
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  1756.  
  1757.  
  1758. <li><strong>Saturn:</strong> Visible low in the east below Venus, before dawn in the last two weeks of April.</li>
  1759. </ul>
  1760.  
  1761.  
  1762.  
  1763. <p><strong>Daily Highlights:</strong></p>
  1764.  
  1765.  
  1766.  
  1767. <p><strong>April 1 &#038; 30 – Jupiter &#038; Crescent Moon:</strong> Find the charming pair in the west as the sky darkens, setting about 3 hours after sunset.</p>
  1768.  
  1769.  
  1770.  
  1771. <p><strong>April 4 &#038; 5 – Mars &#038; Moon:</strong> The Moon, around its first quarter phase, appears near Mars in the sky for two nights.</p>
  1772.  
  1773.  
  1774.  
  1775. <p><strong>April 24-25 – Grouping of the Moon &#038; Three Planets:</strong> Find Venus, Saturn, and the crescent moon gathered low in the east as dawn warms the morning sky. Mercury is also visible below them for those with a clear view to the horizon.</p>
  1776.  
  1777.  
  1778.  
  1779. <p><strong>All month – Venus:</strong> Earth’s hothouse twin planet has made the shift from an evening object to a morning sight. You’ll notice it rising low in the east before dawn, looking a little higher each morning through the month. </p>
  1780.  
  1781.  
  1782.  
  1783. <p><strong>All month – Mars:</strong> Looking bright and reddish in color, Mars is visible high overhead after dark all month. At the start of the month it lies along a line with bright stars Procyon and Pollux, but you’ll notice it moves noticeably over the course of April (~12 degrees or the width of your outstretched fist at arm’s length).</p>
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  1785.  
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  1787. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Transcript</h2>
  1788.  
  1789.  
  1790.  
  1791. <p>What’s Up for April? Planets at dusk and dawn, April showers, and observing a distant city of stars.</p>
  1792.  
  1793.  
  1794. <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://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" rel="noopener"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1920" height="1080" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="An illustrated sky chart shows a view of the western evening sky 30 minutes after sunset on April 1. The scene features a dark twilight background with faint stars and labeled compass directions: "SW," "W," and "NW." Near center is the crescent Moon, with Jupiter above it at the 11 o'clock position, appearing as a bright white dot." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" loading="eager" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=300&#038;h=169&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=768&#038;h=432&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=1536&#038;h=864&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=400&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=600&#038;h=338&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=900&#038;h=506&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_jupiter_and_moon_april_2025.png?w=1200&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">Sky chart showing Jupiter and the crescent Moon on April 1. A similar scene repeats on April 30, but with the Moon appearing above Jupiter.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
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  1796.  
  1797. <p>First up, in the evening sky, we begin and end the month with Jupiter and the crescent Moon shining brightly together in the western sky as sunset fades. On both April 1st and 30th, you can find the charming pair about half an hour after sunset, setting about 3 hours later.</p>
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  1799.  
  1800.  
  1801. <p>Mars is high overhead in the south on April evenings. At the start of the month, it’s directly in between bright stars Procyon and Pollux, but it moves noticeably during the month. You’ll find the first-quarter moon right next to Mars on April 4th and 5th.</p>
  1802.  
  1803.  
  1804.  
  1805. <p>Moving to the morning sky, Venus has now made the switch from an evening object to a morning one. You may start to notice it rising low in the east before dawn, looking a little higher each morning through the month. </p>
  1806.  
  1807.  
  1808. <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://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" width="1920" height="1080" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="An illustrated sky chart features a twilight background that is beginning to show signs of brightening as dawn approaches. There are faint stars and labeled compass directions: "NE," "E," and "SE." Near center, very low in the sky is the crescent Moon, with Venus and Saturn above it at the 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock positions respectively, appearing as bright white dots." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=300&#038;h=169&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=768&#038;h=432&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=1536&#038;h=864&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=400&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=600&#038;h=338&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=900&#038;h=506&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_venus_saturn_moon_april_24_2025.png?w=1200&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">Sky chart showing the eastern sky 45 minutes before sunrise on April 24, with Venus, Saturn and the crescent Moon forming a grouping low in the sky. Mercury might also be visible for those with a completely clear view to the horizon.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
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  1810.  
  1811. <p>Around April 24th and 25th, you’ll find Venus, Saturn, and the crescent moon gathered low in the east as dawn warms up the morning sky. Those with a clear view to the horizon might also pick out Mercury looking bright, but very low in the sky.</p>
  1812.  
  1813.  
  1814.  
  1815. <p>April brings shooting stars as Earth passes through one the streams of comet dust that create our annual meteor showers. The Lyrids are a modest meteor shower that peaks overnight on April 21st and into the morning of the 22nd. You can expect up to 15 meteors per hour near the peak under dark skies.</p>
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  1817.  
  1818.  
  1819. <p>The Lyrids are best observed from the Northern Hemisphere, but can be seen from south of the equator as well. View them after about 10:30pm local time until dawn, with the best viewing around 5 a.m. The waning crescent moon will rise around 3:30am, but at only 27% full, it shouldn’t interfere too much with your meteor watching. For the best experience, face roughly toward the east, lie down in a safe, dark place away from bright lights, and look straight overhead. Meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, and some Lyrids can leave bright trails that last for a few seconds after they’ve passed.</p>
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  1821.  
  1822.  
  1823. <p>NASA studies meteors from the ground, in the air, and from orbit to forecast meteor activity and protect spacecraft, and to understand the composition of comets and asteroids throughout our solar system.</p>
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  1826. <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://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" width="1920" height="1080" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="An illustrated sky chart shows the evening sky, featuring a dark twilight background with faint stars. High in the sky is the ladle-shaped grouping of stars, the Big Dipper, with one of its stars, Megrez, labeled. The Dipper's handle points downward. At center are two stars, Cor Caroli and much brighter Arcturus. The position of M3 is indicated between the two stars." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=300&#038;h=169&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=768&#038;h=432&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=1536&#038;h=864&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=400&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=600&#038;h=338&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=900&#038;h=506&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/skychart_m3_location_april_2025.png?w=1200&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">Sky chart facing east around 9pm in April 2025 showing the location of globular cluster M3. The chart depicts the cluster’s position relative to the Big Dipper and bright stars Arcturus and Cor Caroli. The Big Dipper star Megrez serves as an indicator for the brightness of Cor Caroli. For easy visibility, M3 is depicted brighter and larger than its actual appearance.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  1827.  
  1828.  
  1829. <p>April offers a chance to observe a truly distant wonder – a globular cluster known as “M3.” It’s a vast collection of stars that lies 34,000 light-years from Earth in our galaxy’s outer reaches. Astronomer Charles Messier discovered this object in 1764, while searching for new comets. Realizing it wasn’t one, he added it to his list of interesting objects that were not comets, which today we know as Messier’s catalog.</p>
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  1831.  
  1832.  
  1833. <p>Through binoculars, Messier 3, or M3, appears as a small, fuzzy, star-like patch of light. With a small telescope, you’ll see a more defined glow with a slightly grainy texture. And with telescopes 8 inches or larger, the cluster begins to resolve into hundreds of individual stars. </p>
  1834.  
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  1836.  
  1837. <p>Now, globular clusters contain some of the oldest stars in the universe, often over 10 billion years old. Unlike open clusters like the Pleiades, which sit within the Milky Way’s spiral arms, globular clusters are found in the galaxy’s halo, orbiting far above and below the Milky Way’s disk. Our galaxy has around 150 confirmed globular clusters. M3 itself is probably 11 to 13 billion years old and contains around half a million stars. And it’s relatively easy to spot in April under dark skies with binoculars or a small telescope.</p>
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  1839.  
  1840.  
  1841. <p>Finding M3 starts with the Big Dipper. Facing east, use the Dipper’s handle to “arc to Arcturus,” the fourth-brightest star in the night sky. From there, look higher in the sky to find the star Cor Caroli located here to the west of the Dipper’s handle. It’s about as bright as this star in the Dipper’s cup. M3 is located roughly a third of the way from Arcturus to Cor Caroli. With binoculars or a finder scope, sweep within this area until you spot a faint, round glow.</p>
  1842.  
  1843.  
  1844.  
  1845. <p>M3 is an excellent target for beginners and seasoned observers alike. Whether using binoculars or a telescope, you’ll be rewarded with a view of one of the oldest objects in our galaxy.</p>
  1846.  
  1847.  
  1848. <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://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" width="1920" height="1080" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="The main phases of the Moon are illustrated in a horizontal row, with the first quarter moon on April 4, full moon on April 12, third quarter on April 20, and the new moon on April 27." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=300&#038;h=169&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=768&#038;h=432&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=1536&#038;h=864&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=400&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=600&#038;h=338&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=900&#038;h=506&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/psd/solar-system/skywatching/2025/april/whats_up_april_2025_moon_phases.png?w=1200&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">The phases of the Moon for April 2025.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  1849.  
  1850.  
  1851. <p>Above are the phases of the Moon for April.</p>
  1852.  
  1853.  
  1854.  
  1855. <p>Stay up to date on all of NASA’s missions exploring the solar system and beyond at <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener">NASA Science</a>. I’m Preston Dyches from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and that’s What’s Up for this month.</p>
  1856.  
  1857.  
  1858. <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"> <div class="grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0">
  1859. <div class="grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3">
  1860. <div class="desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0">
  1861. <div class="label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2">Keep Exploring</div>
  1862. <h2 class="heading-36 line-height-sm">Discover More Topics From NASA</h2>
  1863. </div>
  1864. </div>
  1865. <div class="grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper">
  1866. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener">
  1867. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
  1868. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
  1869. <div>
  1870. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
  1871. <span>Skywatching</span>
  1872. <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>
  1873. </p>
  1874. </div>
  1875. </div>
  1876. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img decoding="async" width="375" height="350" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/mission/35th-anniversary/stargazing-banner-2_crop.jpg?w=375&#038;h=350&#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" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/mission/35th-anniversary/stargazing-banner-2_crop.jpg?w=375&#038;h=350&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 375w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/mission/35th-anniversary/stargazing-banner-2_crop.jpg?w=300&#038;h=280&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w" sizes="(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px" /></figure> </div>
  1877. </a>
  1878. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener">
  1879. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
  1880. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
  1881. <div>
  1882. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
  1883. <span>Planets</span>
  1884. <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>
  1885. </p>
  1886. </div>
  1887. </div>
  1888. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/planets3x3-pluto-colormercury-axis-tilt-nolabels-1080p.00001-print.jpg?w=1024" 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" loading="lazy" srcset="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/planets3x3-pluto-colormercury-axis-tilt-nolabels-1080p.00001-print.jpg 1024w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/planets3x3-pluto-colormercury-axis-tilt-nolabels-1080p.00001-print.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/planets3x3-pluto-colormercury-axis-tilt-nolabels-1080p.00001-print.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/planets3x3-pluto-colormercury-axis-tilt-nolabels-1080p.00001-print.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/planets3x3-pluto-colormercury-axis-tilt-nolabels-1080p.00001-print.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/planets3x3-pluto-colormercury-axis-tilt-nolabels-1080p.00001-print.jpg?resize=900,506 900w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </div>
  1889. </a>
  1890. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener">
  1891. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
  1892. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
  1893. <div>
  1894. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
  1895. <span>Solar System Exploration</span>
  1896. <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>
  1897. </p>
  1898. </div>
  1899. </div>
  1900. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img decoding="async" width="1536" height="512" src="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.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" loading="lazy" srcset="https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.jpg 1920w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.jpg?resize=300,100 300w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.jpg?resize=768,256 768w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.jpg?resize=1024,341 1024w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.jpg?resize=1536,512 1536w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.jpg?resize=400,133 400w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.jpg?resize=600,200 600w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.jpg?resize=900,300 900w, https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/solar-system-poster-1920x640-1.jpg?resize=1200,400 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></figure> </div>
  1901. </a>
  1902. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moons/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0" rel="noopener">
  1903. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
  1904. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
  1905. <div>
  1906. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
  1907. <span>Moons</span>
  1908. <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>
  1909. </p>
  1910. </div>
  1911. </div>
  1912. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img decoding="async" width="1280" height="720" src="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2017/04/STScI-01EVSG4P65KZZHCK1KJ9K32FEJ.png?w=1280&#038;h=720&#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" loading="lazy" srcset="https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2017/04/STScI-01EVSG4P65KZZHCK1KJ9K32FEJ.png?w=1280&#038;h=720&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1280w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2017/04/STScI-01EVSG4P65KZZHCK1KJ9K32FEJ.png?w=300&#038;h=169&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2017/04/STScI-01EVSG4P65KZZHCK1KJ9K32FEJ.png?w=768&#038;h=432&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2017/04/STScI-01EVSG4P65KZZHCK1KJ9K32FEJ.png?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2017/04/STScI-01EVSG4P65KZZHCK1KJ9K32FEJ.png?w=400&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2017/04/STScI-01EVSG4P65KZZHCK1KJ9K32FEJ.png?w=600&#038;h=338&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2017/04/STScI-01EVSG4P65KZZHCK1KJ9K32FEJ.png?w=900&#038;h=506&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/missions/hubble/releases/2017/04/STScI-01EVSG4P65KZZHCK1KJ9K32FEJ.png?w=1200&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /></figure> </div>
  1913. </a>
  1914. </div>
  1915. </div>
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  1920. </item>
  1921. <item>
  1922. <title>NASA History News and Notes–Spring 2025</title>
  1923. <link>https://www.nasa.gov/history/nasa-history-news-and-notes-spring-2025/</link>
  1925. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michele Ostovar]]></dc:creator>
  1926. <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
  1927. <category><![CDATA[NASA History]]></category>
  1928. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nasa.gov/?p=840999</guid>
  1929.  
  1930. <description><![CDATA[The NASA History Office brings you the new Spring 2025 issue of NASA History News &#38; Notes reflecting on some of the transitional periods in NASA’s history, as well as the legacies of past programs. Topics include NASA’s 1967 class of astronauts, historic experiments in airborne astronomy, NASA’s aircraft consolidation efforts in the 1990s, lightning [&#8230;]]]></description>
  1931. <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">5 min read</p><h1 class="display-48 margin-bottom-2">Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)</h1></div></div></div>
  1932.  
  1933.  
  1934. <p>The NASA History Office brings you the new Spring 2025 issue of NASA History News &amp; Notes reflecting on some of the transitional periods in NASA’s history, as well as the legacies of past programs. Topics include NASA’s 1967 class of astronauts, historic experiments in airborne astronomy, NASA’s aircraft consolidation efforts in the 1990s, lightning observations from space, the founding of the NACA, the DC-8 airborne science laboratory, and more!</p>
  1935.  
  1936.  
  1937.  
  1938. <p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1.pdf?emrc=4b964b?emrc=4b964b"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-553871" style="width: 350px" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1-cover.jpg" alt="Front Cover for the Spring 2025 edition of NASA History News &amp; Notes"></a></p>
  1939.  
  1940.  
  1941.  
  1942. <p><strong>Volume 42, Number 1</strong><br>Spring 2025</p>
  1943.  
  1944.  
  1945.  
  1946. <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Featured Articles</h2>
  1947.  
  1948.  
  1949.  
  1950. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">From the Chief Historian</h3>
  1951.  
  1952.  
  1953.  
  1954. <p><em>By Brian Odom</em></p>
  1955.  
  1956.  
  1957.  
  1958. <p>In the first few months of 2025, NASA will celebrate several significant anniversaries, including the 110th anniversary of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) (March 3), the 55th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 13 (April 11), and the 35th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope (April 24). Celebrating these important milestones is a way for us as an agency and for the public to reflect upon where we have been and what we have accomplished and to think about what we might accomplish next. <em><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1.pdf?emrc=4b964b?emrc=4b964b#page=2"><strong>Continue Reading</strong></a></em></p>
  1959.  
  1960.  
  1961.  
  1962. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">The XS-11 and the Transition Away from Mandatory Jet Pilot Training for NASA Astronauts</h3>
  1963.  
  1964.  
  1965.  
  1966. <p><em>By Jennifer Ross-Nazzal</em></p>
  1967.  
  1968.  
  1969.  
  1970. <p>Flying in space has been associated with pilots ever since 1959, when NASA announced its first class of astronauts, known as the Mercury 7. Part of being a professional astronaut meant you were a certified jet pilot. Even the scientist-astronauts, so named to differentiate them from the astronauts assigned to the Mercury and Gemini missions, selected in 1965 and in 1967, received pilot training. Until NASA better understood the impact of weightlessness on the human body, Robert R. Gilruth, head of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in Houston, believed all astronauts should meet this qualification. But when five scientist-astronauts from the 1967 class had a rocky transition, leading them to resign—due to their disinterest in flying at the cost of their scientific training and no spaceflight opportunities—it eventually led NASA to rethink their idea of having all astronauts become jet pilots. <em><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1.pdf?emrc=4b964b?emrc=4b964b#page=5"><strong>Continue Reading</strong></a></em></p>
  1971.  
  1972.  
  1973. <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/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2048" height="1620" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?w=2048" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Portrait of NASA&#039;s 1967 class of astronauts at a table" style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 49% 40%; object-position: 49% 40%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg 5829w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=300,237 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=768,608 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=1024,810 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=1536,1215 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=2048,1620 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=400,316 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=600,475 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=900,712 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=1200,949 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/s67-45713.jpg?resize=2000,1582 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">Portrait of NASA&#8217;s 1967 group of astronauts. Seated at the table, left to right, are Philip K. Chapman, Robert A. R. Parker, William E. Thornton, and John A. Llewellyn. Standing, left to right, are Joseph P. Allen IV, Karl G. Henize, Anthony W. England, Donald L. Holmquest, Story Musgrave, William B. Lenoir, and Brian T. O’Leary.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  1974.  
  1975.  
  1976. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">The High-Flying Legacy of Airborne Observation: How Experimental Aircraft Contributed to Astronomy at NASA</h3>
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  1980. <p><em>By Lois Rosson</em></p>
  1981.  
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  1983.  
  1984. <p>In June 2011, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) chased down Pluto’s occultation of a far-away star. … SOFIA’s 2011 observation of Pluto followed up on a historic 1988 observation made by the airborne Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) that proved that Pluto had an atmosphere at all. The technical versatility of both flights, conducted from aircraft hurtling stabilized telescopes through the air, speaks to the legacy of airborne astronomical observation at NASA. But how did this idiosyncratic format emerge in the first place? Airborne astronomy, in which astronomical observations are made from a moving aircraft, was attempted almost as soon as airplanes themselves were developed. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1.pdf?emrc=4b964b?emrc=4b964b#page=9"><em><strong>Continue Reading</strong></em></a></p>
  1985.  
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  1988. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">NASA&#8217;s Tortuous Effort to Consolidate its Aircraft</h3>
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  1992. <p><em>By Robert Arrighi</em></p>
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  1995.  
  1996. <p>Thirty years ago, on January 6, 1995, NASA Administrator Dan Goldin announced, “We’ve started a revolution at NASA. It’s real. We have a road map for change. We’ve already begun.” Thus began one of the agency’s most daunting endeavors, a top-to-bottom reassessment of NASA’s processes, programmatic assignments, and staffing levels. One of the most controversial aspects of this effort was the proposal to transfer nearly all of the agency’s research aircraft to Dryden Flight Research Center (today known as Armstrong). <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1.pdf?emrc=4b964b?emrc=4b964b#page=13"><strong><em>Continue Reading</em></strong></a></p>
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  1999. <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://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=1920&#038;h=1536&#038;fit=clip&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1920" height="1536" src="https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=1920&amp;h=1536&amp;fit=clip&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Three ER-2 aircraft fly in formation over the Golden Gate Bridge in California." style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 48% 61%; object-position: 48% 61%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=1920&amp;h=1536&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=300&amp;h=240&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=768&amp;h=614&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=819&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=1536&amp;h=1229&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=400&amp;h=320&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=600&amp;h=480&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=900&amp;h=720&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109/ARC-1996-AC96-0106-109~large.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=960&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">Three ER-2 Aircraft in formation over Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA on their final flight out of NASA Ames Research Center before redeployment to NASA&#8217;s Dryden Flight Research Center, now known as NASA Armstrong.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA/Eric James</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  2000.  
  2001.  
  2002. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">The Space Between: Mesoscale Lightning Observations and Weather Forecasting, 1965–82</h3>
  2003.  
  2004.  
  2005.  
  2006. <p><em>By Brad Massey</em></p>
  2007.  
  2008.  
  2009.  
  2010. <p>Skylab astronaut Edward G. Gibson looked down at Earth often during his 84 days on NASA’s first space station. From his orbital vantage point, Gibson took in the breathtaking views of our planet’s diverse landscapes. He also noted the interesting behavior of the planet’s most powerful electrical force: lightning. … Gibson’s words were of great interest to the lightning researchers affiliated with NASA’s Severe Storms and Local Research Program and others who believed observing Earth’s lightning from low Earth orbit generated valuable data that meteorologists could use to better forecast dangerous storm characteristics and behavior. With these motivations in mind, researchers created new Earth- and space-based experiments from the mid-1960s to the first Space Shuttle missions in the early 1980s that observed lightning on a regional level. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1.pdf?emrc=4b964b?emrc=4b964b#page=17"><strong><em>Continue Reading</em></strong></a></p>
  2011.  
  2012.  
  2013.  
  2014. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Adding Color to the&nbsp;Moon: Jack Kinzler’s Oral History Interviews</h3>
  2015.  
  2016.  
  2017.  
  2018. <p><em>By Sandra Johnson</em></p>
  2019.  
  2020.  
  2021.  
  2022. <p>Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Director Robert R. Gilruth placed a call to Jack Kinzler less than four months before the Apollo 11 launch. Gilruth asked him to attend a meeting with a high-level group of individuals from both MSC and NASA Headquarters to discuss ideas for celebrating the first lunar landing. Kinzler, in his capacity as the chief of the Technical Services Division, arrived ready to present his suggestions for commemorating the achievement. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1.pdf?emrc=4b964b?emrc=4b964b#page=22"><strong><em>Continue Reading</em></strong></a></p>
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  2025. <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/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1980" height="2048" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?w=1980" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" alt="Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible in the soil of the moon. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the LM, the &quot;Eagle&quot;, to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) &quot;Columbia&quot; in lunar orbit." style="transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 49% 46%; object-position: 49% 46%; object-fit: cover;" block_context="nasa-block" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg 3968w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=290,300 290w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=768,794 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=990,1024 990w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=1485,1536 1485w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=1980,2048 1980w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=387,400 387w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=580,600 580w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=870,900 870w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=1160,1200 1160w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/as11-40-5875orig.jpg?resize=1934,2000 1934w" sizes="(max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px" /></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"><div class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0">Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin E. &#8220;Buzz&#8221; Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during the mission&#8217;s extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.</div><div class="hds-credits">NASA</div></figcaption></div></div></div>
  2026.  
  2027.  
  2028. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">The Founding of the NACA</h3>
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  2032. <p><em>By James Anderson</em></p>
  2033.  
  2034.  
  2035.  
  2036. <p>One hundred ten years ago this month, NASA’s predecessor organization, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), was founded. The date of the anniversary marks the passage of a rider to a naval appropriations bill that established the NACA for the modest sum of $5,000 annually. Telling the story of the NACA’s founding in this manner—using March 3, 1915, as the moment in time to represent the NACA’s beginning—is true, but it overlooks two crucial aspects of the founding. The founding was both a culmination and a turning point for science and aeronautics in the United States. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1.pdf?emrc=4b964b?emrc=4b964b#page=25"><strong><em>Continue Reading</em></strong></a></p>
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  2040. <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Remembering the DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory at NASA</h3>
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  2043.  
  2044. <p><em>By Bradley Lynn Coleman</em></p>
  2045.  
  2046.  
  2047.  
  2048. <p>The NASA History Office and NASA Earth Science Division cohosted a workshop on the recently retired NASA DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory (1986–2024) at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington, DC, October 24 and 25, 2024. The workshop celebrated the history of the legendary aircraft; documented DC-8–enabled scientific, engineering, education, and outreach activities; and captured lessons of the past for future operators. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/newsnotes-42-1.pdf?emrc=4b964b?emrc=4b964b#page=27"><strong><em>Continue Reading</em></strong></a></p>
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  2139. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="983" height="1223" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?w=983" 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://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg 983w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=241,300 241w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=768,956 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=823,1024 823w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=322,400 322w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=482,600 482w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=723,900 723w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=965,1200 965w" sizes="(max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px" /></figure> </div>
  2140. </a>
  2141. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/history/history-publications-and-resources/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0">
  2142. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
  2143. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
  2144. <div>
  2145. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
  2146. <span>History Publications and Resources</span>
  2147. <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>
  2148. </p>
  2149. </div>
  2150. </div>
  2151. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1536" height="1229" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.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://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg 2880w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=300,240 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=768,615 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=1024,820 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=1536,1229 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=2048,1639 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=400,320 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=600,480 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=900,720 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=1200,960 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/nasa-history-pubs.jpg?resize=2000,1601 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></figure> </div>
  2152. </a>
  2153. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/archives/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0">
  2154. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
  2155. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
  2156. <div>
  2157. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
  2158. <span>NASA Archives</span>
  2159. <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>
  2160. </p>
  2161. </div>
  2162. </div>
  2163. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1097" height="1536" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg?w=1097" 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://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg 1214w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg?resize=214,300 214w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg?resize=768,1075 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg?resize=731,1024 731w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg?resize=1097,1536 1097w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg?resize=286,400 286w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg?resize=428,600 428w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg?resize=643,900 643w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/archivecollage-thumb2.jpg?resize=857,1200 857w" sizes="(max-width: 1097px) 100vw, 1097px" /></figure> </div>
  2164. </a>
  2165. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/history/history-publications-and-resources/oral-histories/" class="mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0">
  2166. <div class="hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black">
  2167. <div class="skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200">
  2168. <div>
  2169. <p class="hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1">
  2170. <span>NASA Oral Histories</span>
  2171. <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>
  2172. </p>
  2173. </div>
  2174. </div>
  2175. <figure class="hds-media-background  "><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1536" height="1195" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.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://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg 4472w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=768,598 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=1024,797 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=1536,1195 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=2048,1594 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=400,311 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=600,467 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=900,700 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=1200,934 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s62-04057_orig.jpg?resize=2000,1556 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /></figure> </div>
  2176. </a>
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