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National Weather Service Office of Science and Technology Integration Visit to Learn about SPoRT

The National Weather Service in Huntsville hosted a visit by the NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration. OSTI is the main office within the NWS that manages and plans research to operations projects for the NWS and the integration…

New Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Discovery Papers Published

On 3/7/24, Astrophysical Journal published online “X-ray Polarimetry of the Dipping Accreting Neutron Star 4U 1624–49” by M. Lynne Saade (ST12) et al. This is the 51st discovery paper published by the IXPE Science Team. The first author, Lynnie Saade,…

Heat Wave in East Africa

Sweltering temperatures led to power cuts and school closures in South Sudan.

NASA’s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in ‘Outer Space’ on Earth

A gantlet of tests prepared the spacecraft for its challenging trip to the Jupiter system, where it will explore the icy moon Europa and its subsurface ocean. In less than six months, NASA is set to launch Europa Clipper on…

Instructor-Led TOPS Workshop at MSFC

NASA’s Transform to Open Science (TOPS; https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/) initiative aims to transform agencies, organizations, and communities to an inclusive culture of open science. TOPS’s first priority is to develop an open science curriculum to train scientists and researchers as part of…

NASA Data Shows How Drought Changes Wildfire Recovery in the West

A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts. The West has been witnessing a trend of increasing number and intensity…

Eclipse 101

At the Huntsville Public Library, Mitzi Adams and Naveen Vetcha presented materials to prepare the local community for the 4/8/24 total solar eclipse. On 3/17/24, the pair presented information about solar anatomy and other phenomena, eclipse details, eclipse-viewing safety, and…

Paper on Land-Use Planning in West Africa Published in IEEE J-STARS

As part of his NASA SERVIR research project, Pontus Olofsson (ST11) co-authored a paper for publication in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. The paper, titled Applications of Remote Sensing for Land Use Planning…

National Space Club Breakfast

Adam Kobelski (ST13) gave a presentation at the National Space Club Monthly Breakfast at the Jackson Center in Huntsville. The talk discussed preparing for the April 2024 Solar Eclipse and the Heliophysics research done at MSFC. Approximately 300 industry and…

SERVIR and USAID Participate in Forest Data Partnership (FDAP) Meeting at United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

From 3/18-21/24, Dan Irwin (ST11), SERVIR Global Program Manager and Jacob Abramowitz, Ecosystem & Carbon Management Science Associate of the SERVIR Science Coordination Office, Dr. Evan Notman of USAID, Paul Bartel and Kidia Gelaye from SERVIR-West Africa, and Nguyen Hanh…

Presentation at the NASA Space Weather Centers of Excellence Kickoff Meeting

Manil Maskey (ST11/IMPACT) provided an update on the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Artificial Intelligence initiatives during the kickoff meeting for the NASA Space Weather Centers of Excellence. His presentation particularly emphasized the development of SMD’s Large Language Model and the…

SERVIR Co-hosts Regional Workshop on Inclusive Climate Action

ESA, NASA Solar Observatory Discovers Its 5,000th Comet

On March 25, 2024, a citizen scientist in the Czech Republic spotted a comet in an image from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, which has now been confirmed to be the 5,000th comet discovered using SOHO data. SOHO…

IXPE Operations Update

Editor’s Note, April 3, 2024: IXPE resumed normal science operations on April 3. Learn more https://blogs.nasa.gov/ixpe/2024/04/03/ixpe-operations-update-2/. On March 23, NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) stopped transmitting valid telemetry data. The only previous interruption of IXPE science observations was due…

Work Continues on NISAR Satellite as Mission Looks Toward Launch

Launch readiness date will soon be established for NISAR.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Collier Trophy

NASA and the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission team have won the National Aeronautic Association’s (NAA) Robert J. Collier Trophy. NAA awards the trophy annually for what it determines is “the greatest achievement…

Order Up: High School Students Compete to Launch Their Food into Space with NASA HUNCH Culinary Competition

On Monday, Feb. 26, visitors to the Integrated Engineering Services Building at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, were greeted by the mouthwatering smell of roasted garlic, sautéed peppers and onions, fragrant herbs, and the unexpected discovery that the…

University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters

Eight teams participating in the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies: Advancing Aviation for Natural Disasters Competition have been selected to present their design concepts to a panel of industry experts at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, May 30 and 31,…

Tech Today: Cutting the Knee Surgery Cord

After Eugene Malinskiy saw a physician assistant trip over arthroscopic camera cords during a medical procedure, he and his brother, Ilya, set out to develop a wireless arthroscopic camera. Early in the development process, the Malinskiys got a boost from…

Arctic Sea Ice Continues to Decline

Sea ice at the top of the planet continued to shrink and thin in 2024, consistent with an ongoing 46-year downward trend.