Category Archives: Science and Technology
STEM Student Experiments Win Flight Opportunity in NASA Tech Contest
NASA selected 57 winning teams in an inaugural nationwide challenge designed to attract, engage, and prepare future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals. The winning teams of the NASA TechRise Student Challenge will gain real world STEM experience by building experiments that autonomously operate and collect data from the edge of space aboard a suborbital rocket or a high-altitude balloon.
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NASA to Discuss Webb’s Arrival at Final Destination, Next Steps
Scientists and engineers operating NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will answer questions about the mission’s latest milestones in a NASA Science Live broadcast at 3 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 24, followed by a media teleconference at 4 p.m.
Read moreNASA Invites Media to Launch of New Mega-Moon Rocket and Spacecraft
Media accreditation is now open for launch and prelaunch activities related to NASA’s Artemis I mission, the first mission in exploration systems built for crew that will travel around the Moon since Apollo. Approximately a week’s worth of events will lead up to the launch of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, targeted for no earlier than March 2022 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read moreAir Force Cadets To Hear From NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 11:05 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 12, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
Read moreNASA Announces New Chief Scientist, Senior Climate Advisor
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that Dr. Katherine Calvin will serve the agency in dual roles as chief scientist and senior climate advisor effective Monday.
Read moreNASA’s Webb Telescope Reaches Major Milestone as Mirror Unfolds
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, successfully completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations.
Read moreNASA to Host Coverage, Briefing for Webb Telescope’s Final Unfolding
NASA will provide live coverage and host a media briefing Saturday, Jan. 8, for the conclusion of the James Webb Space Telescope’s major spacecraft deployments.
Read moreSunshield Successfully Deploys on NASA’s Next Flagship Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed the spacecraft’s 70-foot sunshield, a key milestone in preparing it for science operations.
Read moreNASA Plans Coverage of Webb Space Telescope Deployments
Over about the next two weeks, NASA will provide broadcast coverage, a media briefing, and other updates on major deployment milestones for the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful space science telescope.
Read moreFirst-Ever Fully-Autonomous Semi-Truck With No-Human On Board Traverses Arizona Highway [VIDEO]
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In an industry that moves over 70% of U.S. freight by weight and labor and fuel costs are becoming more expensive, transportation companies are itching to swap human drivers for robot ones. The latest example that automated semi-trucks could be available for commercial use in the next few years was the recent test by San Diego-based TuSimple.
Read moreNASA Invites Media to NOAA’s Weather Observing Satellite Launch
Media accreditation is now open for the upcoming launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-T satellite, the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring system.
Read moreNASA’s Webb Telescope Launches to See First Galaxies, Distant Worlds
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched at 7:20 a.m. EST Saturday on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, South America.
Read moreNASA Selects Four University Teams for Aviation Projects
NASA’s research focus on sustainable aviation will get some big help from teams of university faculty and students recently selected to participate in the agency’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI).
Read moreJack Dorsey, Elon Musk Slam Web 3.0… But What Is It
Web 3.0 will be decentralized, more local, niche, targeted. It could also be an epic dud…
Read moreDetergent, Skin Bioprinter Launch on NASA’s SpaceX Resupply Mission
A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 5:07 a.m. EST Tuesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read moreSeeking An Anti-Mosquito Molecule
AgriLife Research takes novel approach to protect from bites, disease
Read moreNASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to View Webb Telescope Launch
NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch, launch, and postlaunch activities for the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful space science telescope.
Read moreNASA Selects Second Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station
ASA has selected Axiom Space for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. NASA will negotiate with Axiom on a mission order agreement for the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) targeted to launch between fall 2022 and late spring 2023.
Read moreStunning: Facebook Court Filing Admits ‘Fact Checks’ Are Just A Matter Of ‘Protected’ Opinion [VIDEO]
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In a bombshell admission made by the attorneys representing the corporation formerly known as Facebook, Inc., which has now transitioned into Meta Platforms, Inc., In a court filing responding to a lawsuit filed by John Stossel claiming that he was defamed by a “fact check” Facebook used to label a video by him as “misleading,” Meta’s attorneys assert that the “fact check” was an “opinion,” not an actual check of facts and declaration of facts.
Read moreNASA Selects Education Projects to Help Broaden STEM Participation
NASA has selected a diverse group of projects from museums, science centers, library systems, and other informal education organizations across the country as NASA Informal Education Community Anchors.
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