Thursday, March 31, 2022

Pilot Bob Hines in Training for Crew-4


NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Bob Hines is pictured during a training session inside a mockup of the Crew Dragon vehicle at SpaceX Headquarters. https://ift.tt/hUNbYqa

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With a high of 104F and a low of 71F.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Mark Vande Hei and Crew Mates Safely Land


NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, left, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, center, and Pyotr Dubrov are seen inside their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after landing. https://ift.tt/tcRPWjf

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With a high of 103F and a low of 71F.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

A Homecoming for Mark Vande Hei


Astronaut Mark Vande Hei arrived at the International Space Station on April 9, 2021, and will return home March 30, 2022, after spending 355 days in low-Earth orbit. https://ift.tt/PAgeEb7

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With a high of 104F and a low of 73F.

Monday, March 28, 2022

Smash-Up: How To Create Rocky Planets


Major smashups between rocky bodies shaped our solar system. Observations of a similar crash give clues about how frequent these events are around other stars. https://ift.tt/OJskjWK

Mostly Sunny tomorrow!



With a high of 104F and a low of 74F.

Thursday, March 24, 2022

What's New on the Moon ... After 50 Years


One of the last unopened Apollo-era lunar samples collected during Apollo 17 has been opened under the careful direction of lunar sample processors and curators. https://ift.tt/Cqx1lru

Partly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 99F and a low of 73F.

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Contraband Corned Beef and the Gemini III Mission


Astronaut John Young, the pilot of the Gemini III mission, inspects his helmet in the ready room in preparation for the launch. https://ift.tt/EsYkWJT

Partly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 98F and a low of 75F.

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

5,000 Exoplanets and Counting


A new raft of discoveries marks a scientific high point: More than 5,000 planets are now confirmed to exist beyond our solar system. https://ift.tt/Uy5h6YQ

Partly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 101F and a low of 76F.

Monday, March 21, 2022

A View to a Nebula


This colorful image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and published in 2018, celebrated the observatory’s 28th anniversary of viewing the heavens. https://ift.tt/ANZenxr

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With a high of 101F and a low of 75F.

Friday, March 18, 2022

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Artemis I First Rollout


NASA’s Space Launch Syste rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. https://ift.tt/vPwSFHT

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With a high of 104F and a low of 74F.

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Remembering Visionary Heliophysicist Eugene Parker


Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94. https://ift.tt/Z4FGPN8

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With a high of 104F and a low of 74F.

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

NASA Astronaut Breaks American Space Record


In this image from August 2021, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei sits and reads while on the International Space Station. https://ift.tt/BmPCMJw

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With a high of 103F and a low of 74F.

Friday, March 11, 2022

Hubble Views an Infant Star’s Outburst


An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. https://ift.tt/qTpQP46

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With a high of 95F and a low of 70F.

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Cygnus Cargo Craft at the Space Station


This February 2022 image of Northrop Grummans's Cygnus cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station. https://ift.tt/Jmdrg6K

Partly Cloudy tomorrow!



With a high of 94F and a low of 71F.

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

3.6 Billion Years in Pastel Colors


The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old. https://ift.tt/ZzMhQRT

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With a high of 94F and a low of 73F.

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Engineering NASA’s Return to the Moon


These engineers developed and tested Space Launch System software that will tell the rocket how to operate for the first 8 minutes of Artemis during launch and ascent. https://ift.tt/8GFk6mn

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With a high of 94F and a low of 71F.

Monday, March 7, 2022

Launching to Study Pulsating Aurora


The LAMP mission hopes to understand an often overlooked kind of aurora, called a pulsating aurora, and to test a theory on what causes them. https://ift.tt/s8pItSH

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With a high of 95F and a low of 72F.

Friday, March 4, 2022

Nancy Grace Roman: First Chief Astronomer


In this undated image form the 1960s, Nancy Grace Roman sits in her office in NASA Headquarters. Roman was the first chief astronomer for NASA. https://ift.tt/ROtE8dP

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With a high of 96F and a low of 69F.

Thursday, March 3, 2022

A View of the Red Planet (in Blue)


NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped this view of a hill in Mars' Jezero Crater called "Santa Cruz" on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. https://ift.tt/5CJQ9MN

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With a high of 96F and a low of 69F.