Record number of Americans apply to #BeAnAstronaut at NASA
California, Feb 20 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) More than 18,300 people applied to join NASA’s 2017 astronaut class, almost three times the number of applications received in 2012 for the most recent astronaut class, and far surpassing the previous record of 8,000 in 1978.
NASA scientists, engineers receive Presidential early career awards
California, Feb 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS) President Obama Thursday named six NASA researchers as recipients of the 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients, and 100 other federal researchers, will receive their awards in a ceremony later this year in Washington.
NASA plant researchers explore question of deep-space food crops
California, Feb 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA plant physiologist Ray Wheeler, Ph.D., and fictional astronaut Mark Watney from the movie "The Martian" have something in common — they are both botanists.
NASA TV to broadcast U.S. cargo ship departure from space station
California, Feb 17 (IBNS) After delivering more than 7,000 pounds of cargo to support dozens of science experiments from around the world, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station Friday, Feb. 19.
Flowering Zinnias on space station set stage for deep-space food crop research
California, Feb 14 (IBNS) Zinnia plants from the Veggie ground control experiment at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida were harvested Feb 11 in the same way that crew member Scott Kelly will harvest the zinnias growing in the Veggie system aboard the International Space Station on Feb 14—Valentine’s Day.
New satellite-based maps to aid in climate forecasts
California, Feb 10 (IBNS) New, detailed maps of the world’s natural landscapes created using NASA satellite data could help scientists better predict the impacts of future climate change.
Todd May named Marshall Space Flight Center Director
California, Feb 2 (IBNS) NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Todd May director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. May was appointed Marshall deputy director in August 2015 and has been serving as acting director since the Nov. 13 retirement of Patrick Scheuermann.
California, Jan 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): New data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft point to more prevalent water ice on Pluto’s surface than previously thought.
Jason-3 launches to monitor global sea level rise
Washington, Jan 18 (IBNS) Jason-3, a U.S.-European oceanography satellite mission with NASA participation that will continue a nearly quarter-century record of tracking global sea level rise, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Sunday at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA examines Global Impacts of the 2015 El Nino
California, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) People the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Nino event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite observations are beginning to show scientists its impact on the distribution of rain, tropospheric ozone and wildfires around the globe.
NASA awards contract for research, education program support
Washington, Oct 24 (IBNS) NASA has awarded the NASA Research Education Support Service (NRESS) contract to Arctic Slope Technical Services, Inc. of Beltsville, Maryland.
World waits to see supermoon eclipse tonight
New Delhi, Sept 27 (IBNS): Several nations are all set to witness another rare view on the sky- supermoon eclipse - on Sunday night and Monday.
NASA technology aims to save commercial airlines fuel, time
Washington, Sept 23 (IBNS) Two passenger airlines soon will test NASA-developed software designed to help air carriers save time and reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
Soyuz heads to Space Station with new crew
California, Sept 2 (IBNS) Three crew members representing Russia, Denmark and Kazakhstan have launched to the International Space Station to provide a new ride home for the station’s one-year crew and continue important research that advances NASA's journey to Mars.
Oxymoronic Black Hole provides clues to growth
California, Aug 11 (IBNS) Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the 6.5-meter Clay Telescope in Chile have identified the smallest supermassive black hole ever detected in the center of a galaxy.