Archives for March, 2024
What’s Up: March 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
6 min readWHAT TO LOOK FOR: Jupiter plows through the Pleiades on March 14, a chance to spot Mercury at month's end along with a subtle lunar eclipse, and a…
NASA Names Finalists to Help Deal with Dust in Human Lander Challenge
NASA selected 12 finalist teams to compete in the next round of the Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) competition. In 2023, NASA invited undergraduate and graduate students from accredited colleges and…
March-April 2024: The Next Full Moon is the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, or Worm Moon
The next full moon is the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, or Worm Moon; the Paschal Moon; Purim; the Holi Festival Moon; Madin Poya; the Pothole Moon; a Micromoon, and a…
Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System
1 min readOur solar system has eight planets, and five officially recognized dwarf planets. Which planet is biggest? Which is smallest? What is the order of the planets as we…
NASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance Engineering Contract
NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation of Reston, Virginia, for safety and mission assurance support at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and White Sands Test Facility in New…
Meet the Two Women Leading Space Station Science
The International Space Station provides researchers access to the unique features of low Earth orbit: long-duration microgravity, exposure to space, and a one-of-a-kind perspective of our planet. These special attributes…
Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: The Langley ASIA-AQ Team
In honor of Women’s History Month, we caught up with the ASIA-AQ team on the other side of the Earth and asked the women from Langley about their inspirations and…
Unveiling the Sun: NASA’s Open Data Approach to Solar Eclipse Research
3 min readAs the world eagerly anticipates the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, NASA is preparing for an extraordinary opportunity for scientific discovery, open collaboration, and public…
NASA’s Artemis IV: Building First Lunar Space Station
NASA and its partners are developing the foundational systems needed for long-term exploration at the Moon for the benefit of all with NASA’s Artemis campaign. Following the Artemis III mission…
Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Melanie Grande
Melanie Grande works in mission design and systems analysis at NASA’s Langley Research Center, where she has contributed to planning for human exploration of both the Moon and Mars. Starting…