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Get Involved with NASA Research Opportunities
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NASA is opening doors for individuals interested in contributing to its scientific research and space missions. From students and educators to citizen scientists, numerous opportunities are available to those eager to participate in NASA's work and make a difference in fields like climate science, human health research, and space exploration.
For science enthusiasts, NASA's citizen science NASA engages commercial food industry in advancing space nutrition
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NASA recently hosted over 50 companies from the commercial food and space sectors to explore innovations in space food systems that support human spaceflight. The gathering at Johnson Space Center in Houston focused on the unique challenges of space nutrition, from designing menus to ensuring food safety, all vital for sustainable human presence in space.
This event brought together leader Student capsules brave re-entry heat for NASA research
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In July 2024, five experimental capsules built by university students endured the intense heat of re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, providing critical data that could advance spacecraft heat shield technology. The capsules were part of the Kentucky Re-Entry Probe Experiment (KREPE-2), and researchers are now analyzing the results to refine heat shield designs used in space missions.
The KR Earth from Space: Autumn foliage across Europe
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This compilation of images, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, showcases the characteristic hues of autumn in different European countries.
The solar cycle, a heartbeat of stellar energy
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The Sun follows a roughly 11-year rhythm of waking up and becoming very active before calming down again, a stellar beat known as the solar cycle. This affects Earth because it shapes space weather, determining how much radiation, magnetic field and particles the Sun flings out into space and towards our planet.
Hera burns towards Mars
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ESA’s Hera mission has completed the first critical manoeuvre on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since launch on 7 October.
A space walking robot could build a giant telescope in space
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Image: Astronaut captures photo of Earth from the International Space Station
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Proba-3 will constantly measure Sun’s energy output
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Proba-3 is such an ambitious mission that it needs more than one single spacecraft to succeed. In order for Proba-3’s Coronagraph spacecraft observe the Sun’s faint surrounding atmosphere, its disk-bearing Occulter spacecraft must block out the fiery solar disk. This means Proba-3’s Occulter ends up facing the Sun continuously, making it a valuable platform for science in its own right.
Meet ESA’s SME Office at Space Tech Expo 2024
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Space startups and SMEs can meet ESA’s SME Office at Space Tech Expo, a space technology trade fair and conference in Bremen, Germany from 19–21 November.