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JPL Workforce Update – NASA

Workforce statement and memo to employees. JPL statement issued on Feb. 6, 2024: After exhausting all other measures to adjust to a lower budget from...

NASA Ames Hosts JAXA Leader to Discuss Space Science and Spaceflight

Daniel Andrews, project manager for NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) (left), stands next to a full-scale model of the rover alongside...

40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit

On Feb. 3, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fourth flight, STS-41B. Its five-person crew of Commander Vance D. Brand, Pilot...

Gamma-ray Bursts: Harvesting Knowledge From the Universe’s Most Powerful Explosions

Afterglows emit radio, infrared, optical, UV, X-ray, as well as gamma-ray light, which provides more data about the original burst. Afterglows also linger...

First Artemis Moon Crew Trains for Return to Earth

NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman exits the side of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft during a training exercise in...

Sislyn ‘Pauline’ Barrett: Procuring the Perfect Engineering Services

Procurement manager Sislyn “Pauline” Barrett takes great joy in helping people go beyond what they think they can. Name: Sislyn “Pauline” Barrett Title: Procurement Manager Formal...

NASA Tests New Spacecraft Propellant Gauge on Lunar Lander

It’s easy to measure fuel in tanks on Earth, where gravity pulls the liquid to the bottom. But in space, the game changes....

The Universe is Expanding Faster These Days and Dark Energy is Responsible. So What is Dark Energy?

Around this same time in history, astronomer Vesto Slipher observed spiral galaxies using his telescope’s spectrograph, a device that splits light into the...

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