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How Fluent Forms’ Integrations Can Transform Your Business Growth
A good form builder is so much more than just a way to implement a way to contact you on-site. The best plugins let you connect with third-party apps and…
NASA Ames Hosts JAXA Leader to Discuss Space Science and Spaceflight
Daniel Andrews, project manager for NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) (left), stands next to a full-scale model of the rover alongside visitors from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency…
JPL Workforce Update
Workforce statement and memo to employees. JPL statement issued on Feb. 6, 2024: After exhausting all other measures to adjust to a lower budget from NASA, and in the absence…
40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit
On Feb. 3, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fourth flight, STS-41B. Its five-person crew of Commander Vance D. Brand, Pilot Robert L. “Hoot” Gibson, and Mission Specialists…
First Artemis Moon Crew Trains for Return to Earth
NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman exits the side of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft during a training exercise in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson…
Sislyn ‘Pauline’ Barrett: Procuring the Perfect Engineering Services
Procurement manager Sislyn “Pauline” Barrett takes great joy in helping people go beyond what they think they : Sislyn “Pauline” Barrett Title: Procurement Manager Formal Job Classification: Supervisory Contract Specialist…
Gamma-ray Bursts: Harvesting Knowledge From the Universe’s Most Powerful Explosions
7 min readThe most powerful events in the known universe – gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) – are short-lived outbursts of the highest-energy light. They can erupt with a quintillion (a 10…
NASA Tests New Spacecraft Propellant Gauge on Lunar Lander
It’s easy to measure fuel in tanks on Earth, where gravity pulls the liquid to the bottom. But in space, the game changes. Quantifying fuel that’s floating around inside a…
The Universe is Expanding Faster These Days and Dark Energy is Responsible. So What is Dark Energy?
11 min readSome billion years ago, the universe began with a rapid expansion we call the big bang. After this initial expansion, which lasted a fraction of a second, gravity…
What’s Made in a Thunderstorm and Faster Than Lightning? Gamma Rays!
3 min readA flash of lightning. A roll of thunder. These are normal stormy sights and sounds. But sometimes, up above the clouds, stranger things happen. Our Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has…