Hubble Images a Classic Spiral
27 Jul
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Hubble Images a Classic Spiral

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NASA Space Technology NASA Hubble Mission TeamGoddard Space Flight CenterJul 26, 2024This NASA/ESAHubble Space Telescopeimage treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor. Several other galaxies, located relatively nearby to this one, are just beyond the frame of this image; one is close enough that gravitational interaction is driving some star formation in NGC 3430 — visible as bright-blue patches near to but outside of the galaxy’s main spiral structure. This fine example of a galactic spiral holds a bright core from which a pinwheel array of arms appears to radiate outward. Dark dust lanes and bright star-forming regions help define these spiral arms.NGC 3430’s distinct shape may be one reason why astronomerEdwin Hubbleused to it to help...
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NASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt
27 Jul
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NASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt

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NASA Space Technology What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and a new NASA mission is helping improve data modeling and increasing our understanding of Earth’s rapidly changing climate. Changing ice, ocean, and atmospheric conditions in the northernmost part of Earth have a large impact on the entire planet. That’s because the Arctic region acts like Earth’s air conditioner.Much of the Sun’s energy is transported from tropical regions of our planet by winds and weather systems into the Arctic where it is then lost to space. This process helps cool the planet.The NASA-sponsored Arctic Radiation Cloud Aerosol Surface Interaction Experiment (ARCSIX) mission is flying three aircraft over the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland to study these processes. The aircraft are equipped with instruments to gather observations of surface sea ice, clouds, and...
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NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Gets Lift on Earth
27 Jul
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NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Gets Lift on Earth

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NASA Space Technology Jason CostaJul 25, 2024Crane operator Rebekah Tolatovicz, a shift mechanical technician lead for Artic Slope Regional Corporation at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operates a 30-ton crane to lift the agency’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft out of the recently renovated altitude chamber to the Final Assembly and Systems Testing, or FAST, cell inside NASA Kennedy’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on April 27.During her most recent lift July 10, Tolatovicz helped transfer Orion back to the FAST cell following vacuum chamber qualification testing in the altitude chamber earlier this month. This lift is one of around 250 annual lifts performed at NASA Kennedy by seven operator/directors and 14 crane operators on the ASRC Orion team.“At the time of the spacecraft lift, I focus solely on what’s going on in...
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NASA Selects Marshall Logistics Support Services II Contractor

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NASA Space Technology Tiernan P. DoyleJul 25, 2024NASA has awarded the MSFC Logistics Support Services II (MLSS II) contract to Akima Global Logistics, LLC to provide logistics support services at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.The performance-based indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum potential value of $96.3 million. The contract begins on Sunday, Sept. 1 with a one-year base period, followed by one-year option periods that may be exercised at NASA’s discretion.Under the competitive 8(a) contract, the company will be responsible for providing logistics services supporting NASA Marshall’s institutional operational framework. The logistics support services provided through contractor support cover the areas of management, disposal operations, equipment, mail, transportation, life cycle logistics, supply chains, and other specialty services.For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:https://www.nasa.gov-end-Tiernan DoyleHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600tiernan.doyle@nasa.govNASA Space Technology ShareNASA Space Technology Details
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