NASA evaluating plan to restructure OSAM-1 satellite servicing mission
17 Aug
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NASA evaluating plan to restructure OSAM-1 satellite servicing mission

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NASA Space Technology WASHINGTON — NASA is assessing a plan developed at the request of Congress to continue a satellite servicing mission but has made no decisions about rescinding earlier plans to cancel it.NASA announced March 1 that it would cancel the On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM) 1 mission, citing extensive cost overruns and delays as well as a “lack of a committed partner” to use the satellite servicing technology the mission would demonstrate. The agency said at the time it would begin work to wind down the mission, supporting a project workforce of about 450 people through the end of the 2024 fiscal year.Language in the final fiscal year 2024 appropriations bill, released just days after NASA’s cancelation announcement, which fully funded OSAM-1 at $227 million, directed NASA to adjust the mission to...
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NASA is worried the Boeing Starliner could ‘spin out’ and hit the International Space Station
17 Aug
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NASA is worried the Boeing Starliner could ‘spin out’ and hit the International Space Station

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NASA Space Technology In This StoryBoeing (BA) launched its Starliner spacecraft into orbit on June 5. The plan was for the craft and its crew to dock with the International Space Station for eight days and then return to Earth safely. That didn’t quite happen, and the craft has now been stuck in space for more than 60 days and NASA is now worried that it could spiral out of control and hit the space station.Suggested ReadingMedicare patients could save $1.5 billion on 10 prescription drugsSuggested ReadingThe Starliner craft and its crew of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stranded in space after leaks were detected on the spaceship’s thrusters. Engineers back on Earth have been working to find a fix for the issue for weeks and rescue plans for Wilmore and Williams have...
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Southern California Student Wins NASA Scholarship
17 Aug
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Southern California Student Wins NASA Scholarship

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NASA Space Technology Sabrina Redifer, a 2024 graduate of Quartz Hill High School in Lancaster, California, won a NASA College Scholarship Award.Redifer plans to major this fall in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She earned a 4.0 grade-point average – a weighted GPA of 5.29 – and ranked fourth academically out of a class of 794 students.“My dream of becoming a physician stems from a love of science, innovation, and equality,” she said. “I want to develop new treatments through molecular and cellular research, and I want to make those treatments accessible to all people, regardless of their economic status or where they live.”Redifer won the scholarship following an agency-wide application for NASA employee dependents planning to pursue a science, technology, engineering, or math degree. The scholarship is...
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Geospatial AI Foundation Model Team Receives NASA Marshall Group Achievement Award
17 Aug
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Geospatial AI Foundation Model Team Receives NASA Marshall Group Achievement Award

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NASA Space Technology NASA’s science efforts aim to empower scientists with the tools to perform research into our planet and universe. To this end, a collaborative effort between NASA and IBM created an AI geospatial foundation model, which was released as an open-source application in 2024.Trained on vast amounts of NASA Earth science data, the foundation model can be adapted for Earth science applications such as flood, burn scar, and cropland studies. Tailoring the model for a specific task takes far less data than the original training set, providing an easy path for researchers to perform AI-powered studies.For their groundbreaking work on this project, the development team behind the foundation model has received the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Group Achievement Award. Their success with the model showcases their commitment to advancing AI and scientific...
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