NASA Administrator to Visit, Sign Agreement with Peru’s Space Agency
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NASA Administrator to Visit, Sign Agreement with Peru’s Space Agency

NASA Space Technology From Roxana BarNov 13, 2024Continuing his engagement to deepen international collaboration and promote the peaceful use of space, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will travel to Lima on Wednesday.Nelson will meet with Maj. Gen. Roberto Melgar Sheen, director of Peru’s National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development (CONIDA) Thursday, Nov. 14, and sign a non-binding memorandum of understanding to enhance space cooperation. The memorandum of understanding between NASA and CONIDA will include safety training, a joint feasibility study for a potential sounding rockets campaign, and technical assistance for CONIDA on sounding rocket launches.Nelson will discuss the importance of international partnerships and collaboration in space and celebrate Peru’s signing of the Artemis Accords earlier this year.For more information about NASA’s international partnerships, visit:https://www.nasa.gov/oiir-end-More BernsteinHeadquarters, Washington202-615-1747meira.b.bernstein@nasa.govNASA Space Technology ShareNASA Space Technology Details
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A Caribbean Spacewalk
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A Caribbean Spacewalk

NASA Space Technology Monika LuabeyaNov 13, 2024In this photo taken on Sept. 16, 1993, NASA astronauts James H. Newman (left), and Carl E. Walz evaluate procedures and gear for an upcoming Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission with the Caribbean Sea and part of the Bahama Islands chain in view. Newman and Walz’s spacewalk, part of the STS-51 mission, lasted seven hours, five minutes and 28 seconds.Image credit: NASA
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Astronomers Find Early Fast-Feeding Black Hole Using NASA Telescopes
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Astronomers Find Early Fast-Feeding Black Hole Using NASA Telescopes

NASA Space Technology A rapidly feeding black hole at the center of a dwarf galaxy in the early universe, shown in this artist’s concept, may hold important clues to the evolution of supermassive black holes in general.Using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of astronomers discovered this low-mass supermassive black hole just 1.5 billion years after the big bang. The black hole is pulling in matter at a phenomenal rate — over 40 times the theoretical limit. While short lived, this black hole’s “feast” could help astronomers explain how supermassive black holes grew so quickly in the early universe.Supermassive black holes exist at the center of most galaxies, and modern telescopes continue to observe them at surprisingly early times in the universe’s evolution. It’s difficult to understand how these...
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NASA Glenn Chief Counsel Named to CSU Law Hall of Fame
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NASA Glenn Chief Counsel Named to CSU Law Hall of Fame

NASA Space Technology 1 min readNASA Space Technology NASA Glenn Chief Counsel Named to CSU Law Hall of FameDoreen ZudellEditorNov 13, 2024Cleveland State University (CSU) inducted Callista Puchmeyer, chief counsel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, into the CSU College of Law Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Nov. 1.Puchmeyer provides expert legal advice to NASA Glenn’s center director and other senior leaders. She also manages Glenn’s Office of the General Counsel, a diverse legal staff that advises Glenn clients on a broad spectrum of federal matters.Established in 2017, CSU’s Law Hall of Fame honors the outstanding contributions of its distinguished alumni, faculty, staff, friends, and community leaders.
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