In a new 'This Month in NASA History,' learn about GRAIL–a mission that measured the Doppler shifts of twin spacecraft to identify the Moon's gravitational anomalies and internal structure. Learn more about GRAIL and its findings: https://lnkd.in/epBYA-Cb
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"My personal giant leap has been the opportunity to contribute to a mission as groundbreaking as the Roman Space Telescope." Dr. Lucas Paganini is the deputy program executive for our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which aims to unravel the mystery of dark matter when it launches later this decade. Learn more about how Roman builds on the legacy of telescopes like Hubble and Webb on this week's episode of our Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast: https://lnkd.in/ec-5sc7r
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Teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are making progress preparing a new spacecraft—Sierra Space's Dream Chaser—for final assembly, testing, and pre-launch processing before its first flight to the International Space Station. #LiftingBodies Learn more about Dream Chaser in our new INSIGHT article: https://lnkd.in/eeykE4bF
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Curious to find out how #NASA uses artificial intelligence to advance its missions? For example, PIXL, the white instrument mounted on the robotic arm of NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover, uses AI to examine rocks on the surface of Mars. To learn more, read our latest INSIGHT article, 'Using AI to Advance NASA Missions': https://lnkd.in/evUQiXrt
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Robots inspired by nature? In our new podcast episode we discuss a newer field of robotics engineering that takes inspiration from animal movements – Soft Robotics. Jim Neilan, Project Manager and Software Engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, joins us. #SoftRobotics Listen to 'Soft Robotics': https://lnkd.in/eY2FNnsv
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Follow along in this documentary as Emme Watkins explores how our changing ocean affects the lives of people who depend on it. She dives into how NASA scientists are using the new PACE satellite to understand those changes on a microscopic level. Watch the new documentary, created as part of her Goddard internship: https://lnkd.in/e-xbvQqR
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Passionate about science and storytelling? We're hiring interns to work with our multimedia and social media teams at Goddard this spring. Applications are due Friday, Aug. 23, so get your resume in now! https://lnkd.in/gmuvZgu5
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Planning for NASA's Artemis missions involves the analysis of millions of potential mission trajectories, a challenge that requires the ability to optimize end-to-end mission profiles and address big data challenges. NASA’s Johnson Space Center is using two flight mechanics software packages to create an end-to-end mission design and optimization tool that incorporates considerations of different trajectories into a single optimization problem. This new capability improves the mission design process, preflight product development, and real-time operational support, but also has the potential to improve propellant usage and mission availability. This project also addresses how to store, manage, and interpret the terabytes of data that are generated during the mission design process. Learn more about this project, its key partners and NASA centers on our TechPort database. https://lnkd.in/etTBavtR
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In our recent This Month in #NASAhistory, learn about NASA’s Lunar Orbiter missions and Farouk El-Baz, a geologist who cataloged thousands of photos of the lunar surface and helped to identify key landing zones for the #Apollo program. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eCKHJEq4
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“For me to adapt to the new environment and then start work at NASA — it was incredible. It was very difficult, but you know, if these biofilms can grow in space, why can’t I do this giant leap?” Yo-Ann Velez Justiniano is a microbiologist tackling the challenge of biofilm — a slimy buildup of bacteria or fungi that can clog life support systems during long-duration missions in space. Learn more about her work on the most recent episode of our Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast: https://lnkd.in/ezcWuYp9