Interns from the SCaN Internship Project visiting NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Credits: NASA For more than a decade, graduates of NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) internship project have played important roles in expanding the agency’s long-term vision for exploration. For National Intern Day on Thursday, July 25, former program interns … Read more
This artist’s concept shows what the universe might have looked like when it was less than a billion years old, about 7 percent of its current age. Star formation voraciously consumed the primordial hydrogen, churning out multitudes of stars at an unprecedented rate. NASA’s Roman Nancy Grace Space Telescope will look back at the early … Read more
In October 2022, astronomers were dazzled by what quickly became known as BOAT – the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now an international science team reports that data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals a never-before-seen feature. The brightest gamma-ray burst yet recorded gave scientists a new high-energy feature to study. Learn … Read more
Key technologies driving NASA’s Mars exploration were discussed at the conference by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) July 24, 2024 NASA continues to push the boundaries of space exploration with its mission to Mars. At a recent Mars conference, ten innovative technologies were highlighted, each playing a crucial role in the future … Read more