Hubble Space Telescope Captures Image of Little-Known Barred Spiral Galaxy
20 Aug
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Hubble Space Telescope Captures Image of Little-Known Barred Spiral Galaxy

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NASA Space Technology Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced a beautiful image of the barred spiral galaxy UGC 11861.This Hubble image shows UGC 11861, a barred spiral galaxy located 69 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cepheus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / C. Kilpatrick.UGC 11861 lies in the northern constellation of Cepheus, approximately 69 million light-years away.Otherwise known as LEDA 67671, IRAS 21557+7301 or TC 609, the galaxy is classified as a barred spiral galaxy and a candidate active galactic nucleus.UGC 11861 is composed of an exponential disk, a central boxy structure and two broad spiral arms.“Among the cloudy gases and the dark wisps of dust, this galaxy is actively forming new stars, visible in the glowing blue patches in its outer arms,” the Hubble astronomers...
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NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food Finale
20 Aug
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NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at Deep Space Food Finale

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NASA Space Technology NASA has awarded a total of $1.25 million to three U.S. teams in the third and final round of the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge. The teams delivered novel food production technologies that could provide long-duration human space exploration missions with safe, nutritious, and tasty food.The competitors’ technologies address NASA’s need for sustainable food systems for long-duration habitation in space, including future Artemis missions and eventual journeys to Mars. Advanced food systems also could benefit life on Earth and inspire food production in parts of the world that are prone to natural disasters, food insecurity, and extreme environments.“The Deep Space Food Challenge could serve as the framework for providing astronauts with healthy and delicious food using sustainable mechanisms,” said Angela Herblet, challenge manager for the Deep Space Food Challenge at NASA’s Marshall...
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NASA Celebrates Ames’s Legacy of Research on National Aviation Day
20 Aug
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NASA Celebrates Ames’s Legacy of Research on National Aviation Day

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NASA Space Technology Tara FriesenAug 19, 2024NASA works every day to improve air travel – and has been doing so since its creation decades ago. On National Aviation Day, NASA and all fans of aviation get the chance to celebrate the innovative research and development the agency has produced to improve capability and safety in flight.NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley has a historic legacy in aeronautics research. When the center was founded in 1939 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), its early research included working to reduce icing on aircraft wings.When ice coats the wings of an airplane, it reduces lift and increases drag, which can cause the aircraft to lose altitude and control. Ames researchers developed different approaches to solve the icing challenge, including a “hot wing” thermal anti-icing...
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Revisiting OSIRIS-REx
20 Aug
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Revisiting OSIRIS-REx

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NASA Space Technology Monika LuabeyaAug 19, 2024An OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule training model parachutes down in this image from Aug. 30, 2023. This drop test was part of NASA’s preparations for the return of samples from the asteroid Bennu on Sept. 24, 2023. OSIRIS-REx was the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid.This photo was chosen by the NASA HQ photo team as one of the 100 best photos of 2023. Celebrate World Photography Day by browsing the gallery on Flickr.Image Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber
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