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<title>Oganews &#45; News Magazine &#45; : NASA</title>
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<title>NASA Releases Powerful LAVA Software to US Aerospace Industry</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-releases-powerful-lava-software-to-us-aerospace-industry</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For years, NASA engineers have turned to a tool called the Launch, Ascent, and Vehicle Aerodynamics (LAVA) framework to solve airflow challenges that could mean the difference between mission success or failure. When engineers need to know how a spacecraft will navigate re-entry or whether a new aircraft wing design will create enough lift, they […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:55:11 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Liquid Lifeline: NASA Tech Could Create IV Fluid In Space</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/liquid-lifeline-nasa-tech-could-create-iv-fluid-in-space</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On every crewed mission, NASA packs pouches of a potentially life-saving liquid in its cargo, known as IV (or intravenous) fluid. A simple mix of sodium chloride and purified water, it can treat up to 30% of medical conditions in flight, resolving things like dehydration, burns, and more. Crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit into […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:55:04 +0200</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Liquid, Lifeline:, NASA, Tech, Could, Create, Fluid, Space</media:keywords>
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<title>I Am Artemis: Peter Rossoni</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Listen to this audio excerpt from Peter Rossoni, Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System flight manager: As a child, Peter Rossoni watched the Apollo missions launch with his family. In April 2026, he became a part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, helping enable communications as astronauts journeyed around the Moon. Rossoni’s path to NASA began […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:54:46 +0200</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Artemis:, Peter, Rossoni</media:keywords>
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<title>Fires Tear Through Nebraska Grasslands</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/fires-tear-through-nebraska-grasslands</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Dry, warm, and windy conditions across the U.S. Great Plains led to extreme fire activity in March 2026. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:30:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fires, Tear, Through, Nebraska, Grasslands</media:keywords>
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<title>Snow in the Shadow of the Andes</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/snow-in-the-shadow-of-the-andes</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An early autumn storm left higher elevations in southern Argentina with a fresh and fleeting coat of white. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:29:54 +0200</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Snow, the, Shadow, the, Andes</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules Never Seen Before on Mars</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-curiosity-finds-organic-molecules-never-seen-before-on-mars</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ After years of lab work, the results are in: A rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled and analyzed in 2020 includes the most diverse collection of organic molecules ever found on the Red Planet. Of the 21 carbon-containing molecules identified in the sample, seven of them were detected for the first time on Mars. […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:29:46 +0200</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>NASA’s, Curiosity, Finds, Organic, Molecules, Never, Seen, Before, Mars</media:keywords>
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<title>Shades of a Lunar Eclipse</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/shades-of-a-lunar-eclipse</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/shades-of-a-lunar-eclipse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:15:51 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Shades, Lunar, Eclipse</media:keywords>
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<title>Ice to Fuel: NASA Tests Technology for Refueling Landers </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/ice-to-fuel-nasa-tests-technology-forrefuelinglanders</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The farther the destination, the more fuel a rocket needs. The more fuel the rocket carries, the heavier the spacecraft. The heavier the spacecraft, the more fuel it requires to launch. Experts at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are testing technology that could solve this problem.  The CryoFILL (Cryogenic Fluid In-Situ Liquefaction for Landers) project could transform the way NASA fuels future space exploration missions, reducing costs and extending the duration of planetary surface operations.   “If […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:15:27 +0200</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Ice, Fuel:, NASA, Tests, Technology, for Refueling Landers </media:keywords>
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<title>Artifacts From NASA’s Webb, Parker Solar Probe on View at Smithsonian</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/artifacts-from-nasas-webb-parker-solar-probe-on-view-at-smithsonian</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/artifacts-from-nasas-webb-parker-solar-probe-on-view-at-smithsonian</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A testing replica of the “backbone” of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and a full-scale model of the agency’s Parker Solar Probe are now on permanent display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:15:17 +0200</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Artifacts, From, NASA’s, Webb, Parker, Solar, Probe, View, Smithsonian</media:keywords>
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<title>Wave of Dust Rolls Through Texas</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An advancing cold front kicked up a sharp line of sand and other small particles that swept over the high plains. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:15:09 +0200</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Wave, Dust, Rolls, Through, Texas</media:keywords>
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<title>Tropical Cyclone Narelle Crosses Australia</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/tropical-cyclone-narelle-crosses-australia</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The powerful storm lashed the northern edge of the continent with damaging winds and drenching rain as it made landfall multiple times. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:15:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tropical, Cyclone, Narelle, Crosses, Australia</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Water&#45;Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-water-hunting-tool-will-help-scoutmoons-south-pole</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the Moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS), to the Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation).   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:14:54 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA’s, Water-Hunting, Tool, Will, Help, Scout Moon’s, South, Pole </media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth&#45;Like Exoplanets</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-research-proposes-technology-to-seek-earth-like-exoplanets</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ As NASA seeks to understand the mysteries of the universe, the agency is advancing technologies to locate and explore Earth-like planets far beyond our solar system. A key element of this research involves observing reflected light from exoplanets, which can reveal indicators of Earth-like features such as water and oxygen. However, detecting this faint reflected […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:14:53 +0200</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>NASA, Research, Proposes, Technology, Seek, Earth-Like, Exoplanets</media:keywords>
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<title>Copernicus Trajectory Design and Optimization System</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/copernicus-trajectory-design-and-optimization-system</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/copernicus-trajectory-design-and-optimization-system</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Copernicus, a generalized spacecraft trajectory design and optimization system, is capable of solving a wide range of trajectory problems such as planet or moon centered trajectories, libration point trajectories, planet-moon transfers and tours, and all types of interplanetary and asteroid/comet missions. Latest News Development The Copernicus Project started at the University of Texas at Austin […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:14:50 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Copernicus, Trajectory, Design, and, Optimization, System</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Tech and Science Bound for Low Earth Orbit on Commercial Launch</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasatechand-sciencebound-forlow-earth-orbiton-commercial-launch</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasatechand-sciencebound-forlow-earth-orbiton-commercial-launch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Technology and science demonstrations, supported by various NASA industry collaborations and agency developments, are set to launch to low Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the company’s Transporter-16 commercial rideshare mission. These demonstrations will test thermal protection systems, advance in-space communications, deepen our understanding of Earth’s atmosphere, and foster capabilities […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:14:45 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA Tech and, Science Bound, for Low, Earth, Orbit on, Commercial, Launch</media:keywords>
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<title>I Am Artemis: Erik Richards</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/i-am-artemis-erik-richards</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/i-am-artemis-erik-richards</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Listen to this audio excerpt from Erik Richards, Near Space Network Mission Manager: For Erik Richards, supporting NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon and back is the culmination of a career spent helping spacecraft communicate with Earth.  Like many kids who grew up at the height of the Space Shuttle Program, Richards dreamed of spaceflight — a dream that eventually took him from the remote McMurdo Station in Antarctica to […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:14:29 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Artemis:, Erik, Richards</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA, Industry Weave Data Fabric with Artificial Intelligence</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-industry-weave-data-fabric-with-artificial-intelligence</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-industry-weave-data-fabric-with-artificial-intelligence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Air taxis and drones navigate different flight zones with NASA-inspired system ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:33:56 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Industry, Weave, Data, Fabric, with, Artificial, Intelligence</media:keywords>
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<title>What is BioSentinel?</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/what-is-biosentinel</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/what-is-biosentinel</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 21, 2025 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked three years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a pretty extreme environment aboard the International Space Station. Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth in the weightlessness of microgravity, they rely on commercial cargo missions about every two months to deliver new […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:33:49 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, BioSentinel</media:keywords>
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<title>Acting NASA Administrator Duffy Selects Exploration&#45;Focused Associate Administrator</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/acting-nasa-administrator-duffy-selects-exploration-focused-associate-administrator</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/acting-nasa-administrator-duffy-selects-exploration-focused-associate-administrator</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Acting NASA Administrator Sean P. Duffy Wednesday named Amit Kshatriya as the new associate administrator of NASA, the agency’s top civil service role. A 20-year NASA veteran, Kshatriya was most recently the deputy in charge of the Moon to Mars Program in the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. In […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:57:03 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Acting, NASA, Administrator, Duffy, Selects, Exploration-Focused, Associate, Administrator</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Launches 2026 Lunabotics Challenge</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-launches-2026-lunabotics-challenge</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-launches-2026-lunabotics-challenge</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As college students across the country embark upon the academic year, NASA is giving them something else to look forward to – the agency’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge. Teams interested in participating can submit their applications and supporting materials through NASA’s Stem Gateway portal beginning Monday, Sept. 8. Key dates and challenge details are available in […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:56:44 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Launches, 2026, Lunabotics, Challenge</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Deep Space Communications Demo Exceeds Project Expectations</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-deep-space-communications-demo-exceeds-project-expectations</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasas-deep-space-communications-demo-exceeds-project-expectations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The project has exceeded all of its technical goals after two years, setting up the foundations of high-speed communications for NASA’s future human missions to Mars. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology successfully showed that data encoded in lasers could be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth at distances […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:56:35 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA’s, Deep, Space, Communications, Demo, Exceeds, Project, Expectations</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Partnerships Allow Artificial Intelligence to Predict Solar Events</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-partnerships-allow-artificial-intelligence-to-predict-solar-events</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-partnerships-allow-artificial-intelligence-to-predict-solar-events</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Exploring AI in space bolsters analytics software used in finance, manufacturing, and industry. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:56:35 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Partnerships, Allow, Artificial, Intelligence, Predict, Solar, Events</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Lab Builds New Aircraft to Support Complex Flight Research</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-lab-builds-new-aircraft-to-support-complex-flight-research</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-lab-builds-new-aircraft-to-support-complex-flight-research</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is building a new subscale aircraft to support increasingly complex flight research, offering a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to crewed missions. The aircraft is being built by Justin Hall, chief pilot at NASA Armstrong’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory, and Justin Link, a small uncrewed […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:56:26 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Lab, Builds, New, Aircraft, Support, Complex, Flight, Research</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Astrobee Robots Advance Through Strategic Partnership</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-astrobee-robots-advance-through-strategic-partnership</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasas-astrobee-robots-advance-through-strategic-partnership</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, to correct that the signed contract is an unfunded Space Act Agreement, rather than a reimbursable Space Act Agreement. NASA is continuing the Astrobee mission through a collaboration with Arkisys, Inc., of Los Alamitos, California, who was awarded an unfunded Space Act Agreement to sustain […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:56:18 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA’s, Astrobee, Robots, Advance, Through, Strategic, Partnership</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Awards Company to Attempt Swift Spacecraft Orbit Boost</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-awards-company-to-attempt-swift-spacecraft-orbit-boost</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-awards-company-to-attempt-swift-spacecraft-orbit-boost</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Driving rapid innovation in the American space industry, NASA has awarded Katalyst Space Technologies of Flagstaff, Arizona, a contract to raise a spacecraft’s orbit. Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft will rendezvous with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and raise it to a higher altitude, demonstrating a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:56:12 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Awards, Company, Attempt, Swift, Spacecraft, Orbit, Boost</media:keywords>
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<title>Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS)</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/tracking-and-data-relay-satellites-tdrs</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/tracking-and-data-relay-satellites-tdrs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For more than 40 years, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) have provided near-continuous, high-bandwidth communications to over 25 missions in low Earth orbit, including the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. The TDRS fleet is made up of relay satellites that transmit signals between ground station antennas, spacecraft, and other relay […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:35:09 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tracking, and, Data, Relay, Satellites, TDRS</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Tests New Heat Source Fuel for Deep Space Exploration</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-tests-new-heat-source-fuel-for-deep-space-exploration</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-tests-new-heat-source-fuel-for-deep-space-exploration</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To explore the unknown in deep space, millions of miles away from Earth, it’s crucial for spacecraft to have ample power. NASA’s radioisotope power systems (RPS) are a viable option for these missions and have been used for over 60 years, including for the agency’s Voyager spacecraft and Perseverance Mars rover. These nuclear batteries provide […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:34:44 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Tests, New, Heat, Source, Fuel, for, Deep, Space, Exploration</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Seeks Industry Concepts on Moon, Mars Communications</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-seeks-industry-concepts-on-moon-mars-communications</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-seeks-industry-concepts-on-moon-mars-communications</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Editor’s note: This feature was updated on Aug. 18, 2025, to note an extension on the deadline for responses to Wednesday, Sept. 17. NASA is seeking proposals from U.S. companies about innovative Moon and Mars proximity relay communication and navigation capabilities as the agency aims to use private industry satellite communications services for emerging missions. […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:34:30 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Seeks, Industry, Concepts, Moon, Mars, Communications</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Tests Epic Solution for Supersonic Parachute Deliveries</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-tests-epic-solution-for-supersonic-parachute-deliveries</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-tests-epic-solution-for-supersonic-parachute-deliveries</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA/Lori Losey The best way to solve a mystery is by gathering evidence and building a case. That’s exactly what NASA researchers are doing with a series of research flights aimed at advancing a sensor for supersonic parachutes. The clues they find could help make these parachutes more reliable and safer for delivering scientific instruments […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:34:29 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Tests, Epic, Solution, for, Supersonic, Parachute, Deliveries</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Releases Opportunity to Boost Commercial Space Tech Development</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-releases-opportunity-to-boost-commercial-space-tech-development</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-releases-opportunity-to-boost-commercial-space-tech-development</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA has released a new proposal opportunity for industry to tap into agency know-how, resources, and expertise. The Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO), managed by the Space Technology Mission Directorate, enables valuable collaboration without financial exchanges between NASA and industry partners. Instead, companies leverage NASA subject matter experts, facilities, software, and hardware to accelerate their […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:34:23 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Releases, Opportunity, Boost, Commercial, Space, Tech, Development</media:keywords>
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<title>Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/marking-13-years-on-mars-nasas-curiosity-picks-up-new-skills</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/marking-13-years-on-mars-nasas-curiosity-picks-up-new-skills</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New capabilities allow the rover to do science with less energy from its batteries. Thirteen years since Curiosity landed on Mars, engineers are finding ways to make the NASA rover even more productive. The six-wheeled robot has been given more autonomy and the ability to multitask — improvements designed to make the most of Curiosity’s […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:34:14 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Marking, Years, Mars, NASA’s, Curiosity, Picks, New, Skills</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA&#45;Developed Printable Metal Can Take the Heat</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-developed-printable-metal-can-take-the-heat</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-developed-printable-metal-can-take-the-heat</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Until now, additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, of engine components was limited by the lack of affordable metal alloys that could withstand the extreme temperatures of spaceflight. Expensive metal alloys were the only option for 3D printing engine parts until NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, developed the GRX-810 alloy. The primary […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:34:07 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA-Developed, Printable, Metal, Can, Take, the, Heat</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-seeks-volunteers-to-track-artemis-ii-mission</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-seeks-volunteers-to-track-artemis-ii-mission</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA seeks volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth. The Artemis II test flight, a launch of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:34:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Seeks, Volunteers, Track, Artemis, Mission</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Scientists Help Maryland County Plan to Beat Summer Heat Risks</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-scientists-help-maryland-county-plan-to-beat-summer-heat-risks</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-scientists-help-maryland-county-plan-to-beat-summer-heat-risks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of Americans are impacted each summer by excessive heat and humidity, some suffering from heat-related illnesses when the body can’t cool itself down. Data from NASA satellites could help local governments reduce the sweltering risks, thanks to a collaboration between NASA scientists and officials in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The effort demonstrates how local […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:33:51 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Scientists, Help, Maryland, County, Plan, Beat, Summer, Heat, Risks</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Seeks Commercial Feedback on Space Communication Solutions</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-seeks-commercial-feedback-on-space-communication-solutions</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-seeks-commercial-feedback-on-space-communication-solutions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA is seeking information from U.S. and international companies about Earth proximity relay communication and navigation capabilities as the agency aims to use private industry satellite communications services for emerging agency science missions. “As part of NASA’s Communications Services Project, the agency is working with private industry to solve challenges for future exploration,” said Kevin […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:57:21 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Seeks, Commercial, Feedback, Space, Communication, Solutions</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA, Australia Team Up for Artemis II Lunar Laser Communications Test</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-australia-team-up-for-artemis-ii-lunar-laser-communications-test</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-australia-team-up-for-artemis-ii-lunar-laser-communications-test</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, researchers at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are collaborating with The Australian National University (ANU) to prove inventive, cost-saving laser communications technologies in the lunar environment. Communicating in space usually relies on radio waves, but NASA is exploring laser, or optical, communications, which can send […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:57:14 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Australia, Team, for, Artemis, Lunar, Laser, Communications, Test</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Team Installs Observatory’s Solar Panels</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-roman-space-telescope-team-installs-observatorys-solar-panels</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasas-roman-space-telescope-team-installs-observatorys-solar-panels</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun Shield, these panels will power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool. “At this point, the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:57:12 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA’s, Roman, Space, Telescope, Team, Installs, Observatory’s, Solar, Panels</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA to Preview Advanced US&#45;India Radar Mission Ahead of Launch</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-to-preview-advanced-us-india-radar-mission-ahead-of-launch</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-to-preview-advanced-us-india-radar-mission-ahead-of-launch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA will host a news conference at 12 p.m. EDT Monday, July 21, to discuss the upcoming NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission. The Earth-observing satellite, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), carries an advanced radar system that will help protect communities by providing a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:57:05 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Preview, Advanced, US-India, Radar, Mission, Ahead, Launch</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA&#45;Derived Textiles are Touring France by Bike</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-derived-textiles-are-touring-france-by-bike</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-derived-textiles-are-touring-france-by-bike</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ During the Tour de France, athletes have to maintain a constant speed while bike riding for dozens of miles through cold rains and summer heat. These cyclists need gear that adapts to the different environments they encounter. One company is using a material with NASA origins to ensure these athletes stay comfortable while taking their […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:56:34 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA-Derived, Textiles, are, Touring, France, Bike</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-tech-to-use-moonlight-to-enhance-measurements-from-space</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-tech-to-use-moonlight-to-enhance-measurements-from-space</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Editor’s note: NASA’s Arcstone lunar calibration instrument lifted off aboard the Transporter-14 rideshare mission with SpaceX via launch integrator Maverick Space Systems from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 23, 2025 at 2:25 p.m. PT. NASA will soon launch a one-of-a-kind instrument, called Arcstone, to improve the quality of data from Earth-viewing sensors in orbit. In this technology demonstration, the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:16:41 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Tech, Use, Moonlight, Enhance, Measurements, from, Space</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Fosters Innovative, Far&#45;Out Tech for the Future of Aerospace</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-fosters-innovative-far-out-tech-for-the-future-of-aerospace</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-fosters-innovative-far-out-tech-for-the-future-of-aerospace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, NASA nurtures visionary yet credible concepts that could one day “change the possible” in aerospace, while engaging America’s innovators and entrepreneurs as partners in the journey.   These concepts span various disciplines and aim to advance capabilities such as finding resources on distant planets, making space travel safer […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:16:22 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Fosters, Innovative, Far-Out, Tech, for, the, Future, Aerospace</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA&#45;Assisted Scientists Get Bird’s&#45;Eye View of Population Status</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-assisted-scientists-get-birds-eye-view-of-population-status</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-assisted-scientists-get-birds-eye-view-of-population-status</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA satellite data and citizen science observations combine for new findings on bird populations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:16:15 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA-Assisted, Scientists, Get, Bird’s-Eye, View, Population, Status</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Awards Simulation and Advanced Software Services II Contract</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-awards-simulation-and-advanced-software-services-ii-contract</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-awards-simulation-and-advanced-software-services-ii-contract</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA has awarded a contract to MacLean Engineering &amp; Applied Technologies, LLC of Houston to provide simulation and advanced software services to the agency. The Simulation and Advanced Software Services II (SASS II) contract includes services from Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2030, with a maximum potential value not to exceed $150 million. The […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:16:11 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Awards, Simulation, and, Advanced, Software, Services, Contract</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-tests-new-ways-to-stick-the-landing-in-challenging-terrain</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-tests-new-ways-to-stick-the-landing-in-challenging-terrain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, particularly for future crewed missions. To support this, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is pursuing a regular cadence of flight testing on a variety of vehicles, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:20:35 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Tests, New, Ways, Stick, the, Landing, Challenging, Terrain</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Tech Gives Treadmill Users a ‘Boost’  </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-tech-gives-treadmill-users-a-boost</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-tech-gives-treadmill-users-a-boost</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Creators of the original antigravity treadmill continue to advance technology with new company. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:20:29 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Tech, Gives, Treadmill, Users, ‘Boost’  </media:keywords>
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<title>Core Components for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Major Shake Test</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/core-components-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope-pass-major-shake-test</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/core-components-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope-pass-major-shake-test</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The core portion of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully completed vibration testing, ensuring it will withstand the extreme shaking experienced during launch. Passing this key milestone brings Roman one step closer to helping answer essential questions about the role of dark energy and other cosmic mysteries. “The test could be considered as […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:20:29 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Core, Components, for, NASA’s, Roman, Space, Telescope, Pass, Major, Shake, Test</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Earth Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-earth-scientist-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-earth-scientist-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Earth scientist Compton J. Tucker has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his work creating innovative tools to track the planet’s changing vegetation from space. It’s research that has spanned nearly 50 years at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he is a visiting scientist after retiring in March.  […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:20:20 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Earth, Scientist, Elected, National, Academy, Sciences</media:keywords>
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<title>Comet&#45;Catching NASA Technology Enables Exotic Works of Art </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/comet-catching-nasa-technology-enables-exotic-works-of-art</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/comet-catching-nasa-technology-enables-exotic-works-of-art</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Consisting of 99% air, aerogel is the world’s lightest solid. This unique material has found purpose in several forms — from NASA missions to high fashion. Driven by the desire to create a 3D cloud, Greek artist Ioannis Michaloudis learned to use aerogel as an artistic medium. His journey spanning more than 25 years took […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:20:11 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Comet-Catching, NASA, Technology, Enables, Exotic, Works, Art </media:keywords>
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<title>Tuning a NASA Instrument: Calibrating MASTER</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/tuning-a-nasa-instrument-calibrating-master</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/tuning-a-nasa-instrument-calibrating-master</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley houses a unique laboratory: the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF). The engineers at the ASF are responsible for building, maintaining, and operating numerous instruments that get deployed on research aircraft, but one of their most important roles is instrument calibration. Think of calibration like tuning a piano between performances: […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:19:53 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tuning, NASA, Instrument:, Calibrating, MASTER</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Enables Construction Technology for Moon and Mars Exploration</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-enables-construction-technology-for-moon-and-mars-exploration</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-enables-construction-technology-for-moon-and-mars-exploration</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the keys to a sustainable human presence on distant worlds is using local, or in-situ, resources which includes building materials for infrastructure such as habitats, radiation shielding, roads, and rocket launch and landing pads. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate is leveraging its portfolio of programs and industry opportunities to develop in-situ, resource capabilities […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 20:49:58 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Enables, Construction, Technology, for, Moon, and, Mars, Exploration</media:keywords>
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<title>Meet Four NASA Inventors Improving Life on Earth and Beyond</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/meet-four-nasa-inventors-improving-life-on-earth-and-beyond</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/meet-four-nasa-inventors-improving-life-on-earth-and-beyond</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When most people think of NASA, they picture rockets, astronauts, and the Moon. But behind the scenes, a group of inventors is quietly rewriting the rules of what’s possible — on Earth, in orbit, and beyond. Their groundbreaking inventions eventually become technology available for industry, helping to shape new products and services that improve life […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 22:17:40 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meet, Four, NASA, Inventors, Improving, Life, Earth, and, Beyond</media:keywords>
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<title>Key Portion of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Clears Thermal Vacuum Test</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/key-portion-of-nasas-roman-space-telescope-clears-thermal-vacuum-test</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/key-portion-of-nasas-roman-space-telescope-clears-thermal-vacuum-test</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One half of NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just passed a lengthy test to ensure it will function properly in the space environment. “This milestone tees us up to attach the flight solar array sun shield to the outer barrel assembly, and deployable aperture cover, which we’ll begin this month,” said Jack […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 18:19:39 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Key, Portion, NASA’s, Roman, Space, Telescope, Clears, Thermal, Vacuum, Test</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Enables SPHEREx Data Return Through Commercial Partnership</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-enables-spherex-data-return-through-commercial-partnership</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-enables-spherex-data-return-through-commercial-partnership</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA is partnering with commercial industry to expand our knowledge of Earth, our solar system, and beyond. Recently, NASA collaborated with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) to support data transfer for the agency’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission to explore the origins of the universe.  “Not […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 20:03:19 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Enables, SPHEREx, Data, Return, Through, Commercial, Partnership</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Expands SPHEREx Science Return Through Commercial Partnership</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-expands-spherex-science-return-through-commercial-partnership</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-expands-spherex-science-return-through-commercial-partnership</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA is partnering with commercial industry to expand our knowledge of Earth, our solar system, and beyond. Recently, NASA collaborated with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) to support data transfer for the agency’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission to explore the origins of the universe.  “Not […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 19:43:16 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Expands, SPHEREx, Science, Return, Through, Commercial, Partnership</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Data Helps Map Tiny Plankton That Feed Giant Right Whales</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-data-helps-map-tiny-plankton-that-feed-giant-right-whales</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-data-helps-map-tiny-plankton-that-feed-giant-right-whales</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the waters off New England, one of Earth’s rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton — called Calanus finmarchicus — from the sea. These zooplankton, no bigger than grains of rice, are the whale’s lifeline. Only about 370 of these massive creatures remain. For […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 19:43:16 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Data, Helps, Map, Tiny, Plankton, That, Feed, Giant, Right, Whales</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Lunar Drill Technology Passes Tests on the Moon</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-lunar-drill-technology-passes-tests-on-the-moon</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasas-lunar-drill-technology-passes-tests-on-the-moon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Editor’s note: This article was updated on April 29, 2025, to correct the amount of data collected during Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission. NASA’s PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1) mission was designed to demonstrate technologies to help scientists better understand lunar resources ahead of crewed Artemis missions to the Moon. During the short-lived mission […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 11:49:47 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA’s, Lunar, Drill, Technology, Passes, Tests, the, Moon</media:keywords>
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<title>Robots, Rovers, and Regolith: NASA Brings Exploration to FIRST Robotics 2025 </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/robots-rovers-and-regolith-nasa-brings-exploration-to-first-robotics-2025</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/robots-rovers-and-regolith-nasa-brings-exploration-to-first-robotics-2025</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What does the future of space exploration look like? At the 2025 FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, NASA gave student robotics teams and industry leaders a first-hand look—complete with lunar rovers, robotic arms, and real conversations about shaping the next era of discovery.  NASA engaged directly with the Artemis Generation, connecting with more than […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 11:49:45 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Robots, Rovers, and, Regolith:, NASA, Brings, Exploration, FIRST, Robotics, 2025 </media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Soars to New Heights in First 100 Days of Trump Administration</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-soars-to-new-heights-in-first-100-days-of-trump-administration</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-soars-to-new-heights-in-first-100-days-of-trump-administration</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Today is the 100th day of the Trump-Vance Administration after being inaugurated on Jan. 20. In his inaugural address, President Trump laid out a bold and ambitious vision for NASA’s future throughout his second term, saying, “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:12:22 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Soars, New, Heights, First, 100, Days, Trump, Administration</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Technology Enables Leaps in Artificial Intelligence</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-technology-enables-leaps-in-artificial-intelligence</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-technology-enables-leaps-in-artificial-intelligence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Artificial intelligence lets machines communicate autonomously ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:12:15 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Technology, Enables, Leaps, Artificial, Intelligence</media:keywords>
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<title>Exploring the Universe Through Sight, Touch, and Sound</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/exploring-the-universe-through-sight-touch-and-sound</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/exploring-the-universe-through-sight-touch-and-sound</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For the first time in history, we can explore the universe through a rich blend of senses—seeing, touching, and hearing astronomical data—in ways that deepen our understanding of space. While three-dimensional (3D) models are essential tools for scientific discovery and analysis, their potential extends far beyond the lab. Space can often feel distant and abstract, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:45:58 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Exploring, the, Universe, Through, Sight, Touch, and, Sound</media:keywords>
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<title>Nine Finalists Advance in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nine-finalists-advance-in-nasas-power-to-explore-challenge</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nine-finalists-advance-in-nasas-power-to-explore-challenge</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged to explore how NASA has powered some of its most famous science missions, and to dream up how their personal “superpowers” […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:45:53 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nine, Finalists, Advance, NASA’s, Power, Explore, Challenge</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Engineering Sparks Innovative New Battery </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-engineering-sparks-innovative-new-battery</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-engineering-sparks-innovative-new-battery</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nickel-hydrogen technology is safe, durable, and long-lasting – now it’s affordable too. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:45:45 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Engineering, Sparks, Innovative, New, Battery </media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Tech Developed for Home Health Monitoring  </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-tech-developedfor-home-health-monitoring</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-tech-developedfor-home-health-monitoring</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Even before we’re aware of heart trouble or related health issues, our bodies give off warning signs in the form of vibrations. Technology to detect these signals has ranged from electrodes and patches to watches. Now, an innovative wall-mounted technology is capable of monitoring vital signs. Advanced TeleSensors Inc. developed the Cardi/o Monitor with an […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:43:41 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Tech, Developed for, Home, Health, Monitoring  </media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Deep Space Network Starts New Dish, Marks 60 Years in Australia</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-deep-space-network-starts-new-dish-marks-60-years-in-australia</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasas-deep-space-network-starts-new-dish-marks-60-years-in-australia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Canberra joined the global network in 1965 and operates four radio antennas. Now, preparations have begun on its fifth as NASA works to increase the network’s capacity. NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia celebrated its 60th anniversary on March 19 while also breaking ground on a new radio antenna. The pair of achievements […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:43:34 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA’s, Deep, Space, Network, Starts, New, Dish, Marks, Years, Australia</media:keywords>
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<title>Sixty Years in Canberra: NASA’s Deep Space Network</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/sixty-years-in-canberra-nasas-deep-space-network</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/sixty-years-in-canberra-nasas-deep-space-network</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Deep Space Station 43 (DSS-43), a 230-foot-wide (70-meter-wide) radio antenna at NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia, is seen in this March 4, 2020, image. DSS-43 was more than six times as sensitive as the original antenna at the Canberra complex, so it could communicate with spacecraft at greater distances from Earth. In […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:43:26 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sixty, Years, Canberra:, NASA’s, Deep, Space, Network</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Propellant Tech Could Fuel Long&#45;Duration Missions  </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-propellant-tech-could-fuel-long-duration-missions</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-propellant-tech-could-fuel-long-duration-missions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Many of the conveniences we have on Earth are still being developed to work in space. For example, we can easily measure the amount of fuel in a car’s tank because gravity causes gas to settle at the bottom. However, in low gravity, fuel can cling to the side walls of a spacecraft’s tank, making […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:35:44 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Propellant, Tech, Could, Fuel, Long-Duration, Missions  </media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Cloud Software Helps Companies Find their Place in Space </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-cloud-software-helps-companies-find-their-place-in-space</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-cloud-software-helps-companies-find-their-place-in-space</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Planning space missions is a very involved process, ensuring orbits are lined up and spacecraft have enough fuel is imperative to the long-term survival of orbital assets. Continuum Space Systems Inc. of Pasadena, California, produces a cloud-based platform that gives mission planners everything they need to certify that their space resources can accomplish their goals.  […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:35:39 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Cloud, Software, Helps, Companies, Find, their, Place, Space </media:keywords>
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<title>How NASA’s Perseverance Is Helping Prepare Astronauts for Mars</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/how-nasas-perseverance-is-helping-prepare-astronauts-for-mars</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/how-nasas-perseverance-is-helping-prepare-astronauts-for-mars</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The rover carries several swatches of spacesuit materials, and scientists are assessing how they’ve held up after four years on the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists understand the planet’s climate and geography. But another key objective is to […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:35:34 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, NASA’s, Perseverance, Helping, Prepare, Astronauts, for, Mars</media:keywords>
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<title>The Sky’s Not the Limit: Testing Precision Landing Tech for Future Space Missions</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/the-skys-not-the-limit-testing-precision-landing-tech-for-future-space-missions</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/the-skys-not-the-limit-testing-precision-landing-tech-for-future-space-missions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nestled in a pod under an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft wing, flying above California, and traveling up to the speed of sound, NASA put a commercial sensor technology to the test. The flight tests demonstrated the sensor accuracy and navigation precision in challenging conditions, helping prepare the technology to land robots and astronauts on the Moon […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:35:28 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Sky’s, Not, the, Limit:, Testing, Precision, Landing, Tech, for, Future, Space, Missions</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-successfully-acquires-gps-signals-on-moon</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-successfully-acquires-gps-signals-on-moon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3 when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals on the Moon’s surface.   The LuGRE payload’s success in lunar orbit and on the surface indicates that signals from the GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:22:14 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Successfully, Acquires, GPS, Signals, Moon </media:keywords>
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<title>Touchdown! Carrying NASA Science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/touchdown-carrying-nasa-science-fireflys-blue-ghost-lands-on-moon</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/touchdown-carrying-nasa-science-fireflys-blue-ghost-lands-on-moon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the northeast quadrant of the Moon’s near side. The Blue Ghost lander is in an upright […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:22:14 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Touchdown, Carrying, NASA, Science, Firefly’s, Blue, Ghost, Lands, Moon</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Invites Creators to Design Mascot for Artemis Moon Mission</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-invites-creators-to-design-mascot-for-artemis-moon-mission</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-invites-creators-to-design-mascot-for-artemis-moon-mission</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA is seeking design ideas from global creators for a zero gravity indicator that will fly aboard the agency’s Artemis II test flight. Zero gravity indicators are small, plush items carried aboard spacecraft to provide a visual indication of when the spacecraft and its crew reach space. This opportunity, with a submission deadline of May […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:22:13 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Invites, Creators, Design, Mascot, for, Artemis, Moon, Mission</media:keywords>
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<title>What is a NASA Spinoff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 53</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/what-is-a-nasa-spinoff-we-asked-a-nasa-expert-episode-53</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/what-is-a-nasa-spinoff-we-asked-a-nasa-expert-episode-53</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What is a NASA Spinoff? Well, to answer that question, we’re going to have to go all the way back to 1958, back to the legislation that originally created the space agency, NASA. So in that legislation, there’s some forward-looking language that says, “Make sure that all the cool stuff you develop for space doesn’t […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:22:13 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, NASA, Spinoff, Asked, NASA, Expert:, Episode</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Continues BioNutrients Space&#45;Fermented Food Research</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-continues-bionutrients-space-fermented-food-research</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-continues-bionutrients-space-fermented-food-research</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA’s BioNutrients series of experiments is testing ways to use microorganisms to make nutrients that will be needed for human health during future long-duration deep space exploration missions. Some vital nutrients lack the shelf-life needed to span multi-year human missions, such as a mission to Mars, and may need to be produced in space to […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:21:54 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Continues, BioNutrients, Space-Fermented, Food, Research</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Cameras on Blue Ghost Capture First&#45;of&#45;its&#45;Kind Moon Landing Footage</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-cameras-on-blue-ghost-capture-first-of-its-kind-moon-landing-footage</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-cameras-on-blue-ghost-capture-first-of-its-kind-moon-landing-footage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, supported by Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, has captured first-of-its-kind imagery of a lunar lander’s engine plumes interacting with the Moon’s surface, a key piece of data as trips to the Moon increase in the coming years under the agency’s Artemis campaign. The […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:21:53 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Cameras, Blue, Ghost, Capture, First-of-its-Kind, Moon, Landing, Footage</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Expertise Helps Record all the Buzz</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-expertise-helps-record-all-the-buzz</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-expertise-helps-record-all-the-buzz</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Airplane manufacturers running noise tests on new aircraft now have a much cheaper option than traditional wired microphone arrays. It’s also sensitive enough to help farmers with pest problems. A commercial wireless microphone array recently created with help from NASA can locate crop-threatening insects by listening for the sounds they make in fields.  Since releasing […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:21:47 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Expertise, Helps, Record, all, the, Buzz</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Science Continues After Firefly’s First Moon Mission Concludes</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-science-continues-after-fireflys-first-moon-mission-concludes</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-science-continues-after-fireflys-first-moon-mission-concludes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After landing on the Moon with NASA science and technology demonstrations March 2, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 concluded its mission March 16. Analysis of data returned to Earth from the NASA instruments continues, benefitting future lunar missions. As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Firefly’s Blue Ghost […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:21:40 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Science, Continues, After, Firefly’s, First, Moon, Mission, Concludes</media:keywords>
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<title>Goodnight, Moon: NASA Cameras on Blue Ghost Capture Lunar Sunset</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/goodnight-moon-nasa-cameras-on-blue-ghost-capture-lunar-sunset</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/goodnight-moon-nasa-cameras-on-blue-ghost-capture-lunar-sunset</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This compressed, resolution-limited gif shows the view of lunar sunset from one of the six Stereo Cameras for Lunar-Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS) 1.1 cameras on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander, which operated on the Moon’s surface for a little more than 14 days and stopped, as anticipated, a few hours into lunar night. SCALPSS was taking […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:21:35 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Goodnight, Moon:, NASA, Cameras, Blue, Ghost, Capture, Lunar, Sunset</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Reveals Semifinalists of Power to Explore Challenge</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-reveals-semifinalists-of-power-to-explore-challenge</link>
<guid>https://oganews.com/nasa-reveals-semifinalists-of-power-to-explore-challenge</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA has selected the 45 semifinalists of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:21:28 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Reveals, Semifinalists, Power, Explore, Challenge</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Scientists Find New Human&#45;Caused Shifts in Global Water Cycle</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-scientists-find-new-human-caused-shifts-in-global-water-cycle</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that the global water cycle is shifting in unprecedented ways. The majority of those shifts are driven by activities such as agriculture and could have impacts on ecosystems and water management, especially in certain regions. “We established with data assimilation […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:19:50 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-scientists-engineers-receive-presidential-early-career-awards</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients are among nearly 400 federally funded researchers receiving the honor.   Established in 1996 by the National Science and Technology Council, the PECASE Award is the highest honor given by […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:19:43 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-sets-sights-on-mars-terrain-with-revolutionary-tire-tech</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the Sun is reminiscent of a rich, red desert and features a rugged surface challenging to traverse. While several robotic missions have landed on Mars, NASA has only explored 1% of its surface. Ahead of future human and robotic missions to the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:19:42 +0100</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>NASA, Sets, Sights, Mars, Terrain, with, Revolutionary, Tire, Tech</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA 3D&#45;Printed Antenna Takes Additive Manufacturing to New Heights</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-3d-printed-antenna-takes-additive-manufacturing-to-new-heights</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In fall 2024, NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth. The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather balloon, could open the door for using 3D printing as a cost-effective development solution for the ever-increasing number of science and exploration missions. Printing For […] ]]></description>
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<title>Building an Antenna</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A crane lowers the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) steel framework for the Deep Space Station 23 (DSS-23) reflector dish into position on Dec. 18, 2024, at the Deep Space Network’s (DSN) Goldstone Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California. Once online in 2026, DSS-23 will be the fifth of six new beam waveguide antennas to be added to […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:19:33 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>NASA to Talk Science, Tech Aboard Next Intuitive Machines Moon Flight</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-to-talk-science-tech-aboard-next-intuitive-machines-moon-flight</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 7, to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon. The mission is part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence.  Audio of the call will […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:19:22 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Talk, Science, Tech, Aboard, Next, Intuitive, Machines, Moon, Flight</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Mini Rover Team Is Packed for Lunar Journey</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-mini-rover-team-is-packed-for-lunar-journey</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A trio of suitcase-size rovers and their base station have been carefully wrapped up and shipped off to join the lander that will deliver them to the Moon’s surface. Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA’s, Mini, Rover, Team, Packed, for, Lunar, Journey</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-captures-colorful-clouds-drifting-over-mars</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ While the Martian clouds may look like the kind seen in Earth’s skies, they include frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice. Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover using its Mastcam — its main set of “eyes.” Taken over 16 minutes on Jan. 17 […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>NASA’s, Curiosity, Rover, Captures, Colorful, Clouds, Drifting, Over, Mars</media:keywords>
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<title>More Than 400 Lives Saved with NASA’s Search and Rescue Tech in 2024</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/more-than-400-lives-saved-with-nasas-search-and-rescue-tech-in-2024</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Did you know that the same search and rescue technologies developed by NASA for astronaut missions to space help locate and rescue people across the United States and around the world?  NASA’s collaboration with the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort known as Cospas-Sarsat has enabled the development of multiple emergency location beacons for explorers […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>More, Than, 400, Lives, Saved, with, NASA’s, Search, and, Rescue, Tech, 2024</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s Advancements in Space Continue Generating Products on Earth  </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-advancements-in-space-continue-generating-products-on-earth</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication, which highlights the successful transfer of agency technology to the commercial sector, is now available online. For nearly 25 years, NASA has supported crew working in low Earth orbit to learn about the space environment and perform research to advance deep space exploration. Astronauts aboard the International Space […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:18:49 +0100</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA’s, Advancements, Space, Continue, Generating, Products, Earth  </media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Artemis Mission Progresses with SpaceX Starship Test Flight</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-artemis-mission-progresses-with-spacex-starship-test-flight</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign to return humans to the Moon for the benefit of all, the agency is working with SpaceX to develop the company’s Starship human landing system (HLS), which will land astronauts near the Moon’s South Pole during the Artemis III and Artemis IV missions. On March 14, SpaceX launched the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:12:44 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Artemis, Mission, Progresses, with, SpaceX, Starship, Test, Flight</media:keywords>
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<title>Tech Today: NASA Helps Find Where the Wildfires Are</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/tech-today-nasa-helps-find-where-the-wildfires-are</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Globally, nearly all wildfires start with a human ignition source – not lightning strikes or wildlife encountering power equipment. Knowing humans can be a primary cause is an example of the sort of knowledge that helps predict and prevent wildfires, a challenge that NASA and the firefighting industry are undertaking together.  As wildfires become more […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:12:43 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tech, Today:, NASA, Helps, Find, Where, the, Wildfires, Are</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA, Industry Improve Lidars for Exploration, Science</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-industry-improve-lidars-for-exploration-science</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ NASA engineers will test a suite of new laser technologies from an aircraft this summer for Earth science remote sensing. Called lidar, the instruments could also be used to improve models of the Moon’s shape and aid the search for Artemis landing sites. Similar to sonar, but using light instead of sound, lidars calculate distances […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:12:40 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Industry, Improve, Lidars, for, Exploration, Science</media:keywords>
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<title>Tech Today: Cutting the Knee Surgery Cord</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/tech-today-cutting-the-knee-surgery-cord</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 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 engineers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, who advised on technical specifications through the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:12:39 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tech, Today:, Cutting, the, Knee, Surgery, Cord</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Selects First Lunar Instruments for Artemis Astronaut Deployment</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-selects-first-lunar-instruments-for-artemis-astronaut-deployment</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during Artemis III. Once installed near the lunar South Pole, the three instruments will collect valuable scientific data about the lunar environment, the lunar interior, and how to sustain a long-duration human presence on the Moon, which […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:09:04 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Selects, First, Lunar, Instruments, for, Artemis, Astronaut, Deployment</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasa-names-finalists-of-the-power-to-explore-challenge</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ NASA has selected the nine finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. NASA selected nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:09:02 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA, Names, Finalists, the, Power, Explore, Challenge</media:keywords>
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<title>NASA’s SERT II: ‘A Genuine Space Success Story’</title>
<link>https://oganews.com/nasas-sert-ii-a-genuine-space-success-story</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “A genuine space success story,” is how Experiments Manager William Kerslake described NASA’s second Space Electric Rocket Test (SERT II), the first long-duration operation of ion thrusters in space. SERT II provided researchers with data for years beyond its expected lifetime and was a rare example of an entire mission – including the launch, propulsion […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:09:01 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NASA’s, SERT, II:, ‘A, Genuine, Space, Success, Story’</media:keywords>
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<title>Tech Today: Folding NASA Experience into an Origami Toolkit </title>
<link>https://oganews.com/tech-today-folding-nasa-experience-into-an-origami-toolkit</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Math for designing lasers becomes artist’s key to creating complex crease patterns ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oganews</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tech, Today:, Folding, NASA, Experience, into, Origami, Toolkit </media:keywords>
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