Santa Monica High Wins Ocean Sciences Bowl Hosted by NASA’s JPL
Now on a seven-year winning streak, the team heads to the national championship....
Month : February 2022
NASA to Discuss Webb Telescope Progress, Mirror Alignment
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 11, to share progress made in the early stages of aligning the...
New Space-Based Weather Instruments Start Gathering Data
Innovative mini instruments on the International Space Station have produced their first maps of global humidity and ocean winds....
NASA Awards Rapid IV On-Ramp II Contracts for Spacecraft Systems
NASA has awarded three contracts under the on-ramp feature of the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (Rapid IV) contract. These multi-agency contracts are available to support...
Sea Level to Rise up to a Foot by 2050, Interagency Report Finds
NASA, NOAA, USGS, and other U.S. government agencies project that the rise in ocean height in the next 30 years could equal the total rise...
New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment
NASA has selected two science missions – the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm – to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the...
NASA Telescope Spots Highest-Energy Light Ever Detected From Jupiter
The planet’s auroras are known to produce low-energy X-ray light. A new study finally reveals higher-frequency X-rays and explains why they eluded another mission 30...
NASA Awards Mission Operations Center Support Contract
NASA has awarded the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation-2 (ICESat-2) Mission Operations Center Support contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Dulles, Virginia....
Testing Rocks on Earth to Help NASA’s Perseverance Work on Mars
Using carefully selected terrestrial rocks, engineers try to figure out how to work with crumbly rocks like the one the rover encountered on its first...
