The Glowbug payload was successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on a Space-X resupply mission on 3/14/23, installed on JEM-EF on 3/19/23, and successfully powered on on 3/20/2023. Glowbug’s primary science objective is to detect and localize short …
On 4/14/23, the Chandra X-ray Observatory public engagement team joined NASA Marshall Space Flight Center community relations group to staff exhibits during the 2023 Student Launch “Rocket Fair”. Over 1000 spectators attended the fair with several hundred stopping by the …
Chandra’s public engagement coordinator, Kirk Pierce, supported Marshall Space Flight Center’s public engagement team during the 2023 Alabama “Space Days” in Montgomery, AL on 4/10/23. State representatives, Ben Harrison (District 2) and Parker Moore (District 4) stopped by the NASA …
Astronomers have determined supernova explosions pose yet another threat to planets and their atmospheres. This result comes from analysis of X-ray observations for over 30 supernovae using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. For some types of supernovas, the …
Dennis Gallagher and Michael Zanetti (ST13) participated in the Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) https://www.nasa.gov/stem/roverchallenge/home/index.html as SMEs, organizers, course setup, judging, and field coordination of excursions (rover course runs). Dennis and Mike were present for the 3 days of course …
Dennis Gallagher (ST13h) participated on the Design Review Board for this joint team that created a Phase A design of a Europa Orbiter & Lander Mission. Following the NASA Engineering Design Handbook and NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Division’s Objectives, …
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On 4/6/23, Nature Astronomy published “Simultaneous space and phase resolved X-ray polarimetry of the Crab pulsar and nebula” by Niccolò Bucciantini et al. On 4/12/23, Nature Astronomy published a related research briefing — “Revealing the magnetic field geometry in the …
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The article describes challenges in managing water resources to effectively balance the benefits and costs, including associated ecosystem services (ES) from sustainable agriculture. Methods are presented in the Middle Alabama watershed case study to evaluate ES in terms of how …
MSFC – Earth Science – Lightning Research team members hosted visitors from Sandia National Labs to perform integration of a Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) radiometer onto the Fly’s Eye GLM Simulator (FEGS) instrument. The SWIR radiometer was built by Sandia …
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On 4/13/23, Emil Cherrington from the SERVIR Science Coordination Office participated in a panel discussion during Planet’s annual Planet Explore! Conference, which was held in Washington, DC, from 4/12-13/23. In addition to SERVIR representation, the panel also featured the participation …
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