I am Artemis: John Campbell
20 Jul
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I am Artemis: John Campbell

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NASA Space Technology How do you move NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s massive 212-foot-long core stage across the country? You do it with a 300-foot-long barge. However, NASA’s Pegasus barge isn’t just any barge. It’s a vessel with a history, and John Campbell, a logistics engineer for the agency based at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is one of the few people who get to be a part of its legacy.For Campbell, this journey is more than just a job – it’s a lifelong passion realized. “Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated by engineering,” he said. “But to be entrusted with managing NASA’s Pegasus barge, transporting history-making hardware for human spaceflight across state lines and waterways – is something I never imagined.”NASA has used barges to ferry the...
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NASA’s Juno Mission Captures the Colorful and Chaotic Clouds of Jupiter
20 Jul
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NASA’s Juno Mission Captures the Colorful and Chaotic Clouds of Jupiter

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NASA Space Technology Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJul 19, 2024During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of the giant planet’s northern hemisphere. It provides a detailed view of chaotic clouds and cyclonic storms in an area known to scientists as a folded filamentary region. In these regions, the zonal jets that create the familiar banded patterns in Jupiter’s clouds break down, leading to turbulent patterns and cloud structures that rapidly evolve over the course of only a few days.Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity.At the time the raw image was taken, the Juno spacecraft was about 18,000 miles (29,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops, at a latitude of about...
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Panic as hoodlums defile pregnant woman to death in popular northern state
20 Jul
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Panic as hoodlums defile pregnant woman to death in popular northern state

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NASA Space Technology Hoodlums defiled a pregnant woman to death during an attack in the Keana local government area of Nasarawa stateThe victim died while receiving treatment at the Dalhatu Arafat Specialist Hospital, DASH Lafia in the state capitalA chieftain and resident of Keana, Amos Baba, said the swift military intervention prevented the attack from escalating into a major crisisLegit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro and government policy Keana LGA, Nasarawa state - A pregnant woman was defiled to death by hoodlums who attacked the Alago settlement in the Keana local government area of Nasarawa state.A...
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Enhanced Dragon spacecraft to deorbit the ISS at the end of its life
20 Jul
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Enhanced Dragon spacecraft to deorbit the ISS at the end of its life

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NASA Space Technology BUSAN, South Korea — SpaceX will develop a souped-up version of its Dragon spacecraft for NASA to handle the deorbiting of the International Space Station around the end of the decade.At a July 17 briefing, NASA and SpaceX officials provided new details about the United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) spacecraft NASA selected SpaceX to build June 26 under a contract worth up to $843 million. At the time of the announcement, neither the agency nor the company described the design of the spacecraft or its specific capabilities.The USDV will be based on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft but with a redesigned, larger trunk section with more Draco thrusters. The spacecraft will have 46 Draco thrusters, 16 for attitude control and 30 to perform the maneuvers needed to lower the station’s orbit at the end...
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