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Oral History with Jon A. McBride, 1943 – 2024
Selected as an astronaut in 1978, Jon A. McBride served as the pilot for STS 41-G, launched October 5, 1984, the first shuttle mission to carry a full crew of seven. His other NASA assignments included lead chase pilot for the maiden voyage of Columbia and CAPCOM for three early shuttle flights. Read more about Jon McBride Jon A. McBride…
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Earth Below
Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on Oct. 24, 2024. The green glow of Earth’s atmosphere is also visible on the horizon. Since the station became operational in November 2000, crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images like this one through Crew Earth Observations. Their photographs of Earth record how…
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Hurricane Helene’s Gravity Waves Revealed by NASA’s AWE
On Sept. 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene slammed into the Gulf Coast of Florida, inducing storm surges and widespread impacts on communities in its path. At the same time, NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, recorded enormous swells in the atmosphere that the hurricane produced roughly 55 miles above the ground. Such information helps us better understand how terrestrial weather can affect…
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NASA Shares Space Food Insight with Commercial Food Industry
NASA recently welcomed more than 50 commercial food and commercial space companies to learn about the evolving space food system supporting NASA missions, including unique requirements for spaceflight, menu development, and food provisioning – essential elements for human spaceflight and sustainable living in space. The event, held at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, brought together private industry leaders,…
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Funko and Warner Bros. Discovery Unveil Magical Pop! Yourself Collaboration to Captivate All Harry Potter Fans
Funko (Nasdaq: FNKO), a leading global pop culture brand, and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, today announced an enchanting collaboration featuring Funko’s critically-acclaimed Pop! Yourself line and one of the studio’s most iconic film series, Harry Potter. Grab your galleons, because accessory packs (MSRP: $15) debut today on Funko.com as the perfect add-on to Pop! Yourself figures (MSRP: $30). Fans can…
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NASA to Transform In-Space Manufacturing with Laser Beam Welding Collaboration
By Wayne Smith As NASA plans for humans to return to the Moon and eventually explore Mars, a laser beam welding collaboration between NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and The Ohio State University in Columbus aims to stimulate in-space manufacturing. Scientists and engineers from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, participating in the laser beam welding study in…
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Student-Built Capsules Endure Heat of Re-entry for NASA Science
In July 2024, five student-built capsules endured the scorching heat of re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere as part of the second Kentucky Re-Entry Probe Experiment (KREPE-2). Scientists are now analyzing the data from the KREPE-2 experiments, which could advance the development of heat shields that protect spacecraft when they return to Earth. The mission was designed to put a variety of…
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NASA-Funded Study Examines Tidal Effects on Planet and Moon Interiors
NASA-supported scientists have developed a new method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons. Importantly, the new study looks at the effects of body tides on objects that don’t have a perfectly spherical interior structure, which is an assumption of most previous models. The puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa looms large in this…
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Attention Students: NASA Launches Power Systems Student Essay Contest
NASA’s fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge kicked off November 7, 2024. The science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) writing challenge invites kindergarten through 12th grade students in the United States to learn about radioisotope power systems, a type of nuclear battery integral to many of NASA’s far-reaching space missions. Students are invited to write an essay about a…
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Bundling the Best of Heliophysics Education: DigiKits for Physics and Astronomy Teachers
For nearly a decade, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has been working to bring together resources through its DigiKits–multimedia collections of vetted high-quality resources for teachers and their students. These resources are toolkits, allowing teachers to pick and choose interesting content to support their instruction. As a partner with the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (HEAT), this work…
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