Flying over the line between day and night in the International Space Station.

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-9 Return, Splashdown https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-crew-9-return-splashdown/ #NASA

Elon’s #Starship is a massive failure, and we should stop allowing it to launch.

NASA’s Saturn V rocket from before I was born is beating SpaceX’s Starship by the metrics Elon promised Starship would excel. It could carry more, it was reliable, and it never experienced any “rapid disassemblies” or whatever he calls it.

In 2022, #NASA sent Artemis 1 on a successful test flight around the MOON on its FIRST ATTEMPT. Starship has yet to complete a single orbit around the Earth in 8 attempts.

NASA Analysis Shows Unexpected Amount of Sea Level Rise in 2024…
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/jason-cs-sentinel-6/sentinel-6-michael-freilich/nasa-analysis-shows-unexpected-amount-of-sea-level-rise-in-2024/
“With 2024 as the warmest year on record, Earth’s expanding oceans are following suit, reaching their highest levels in three decades,” said Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, head of physical #oceanography programs and the Integrated Earth System Observatory at #NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Ha!
Just as I thought that was a rare rock, maybe never to be seen again, here's another one, right next to the rover and to the left of the spot it recently abraded and cored.

Animation and telescopic view.

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking SW (229°) from RMC 69.2124
Sol 1445, LMST: 12:09:38

Originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01445/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1445_0795218351_803EBY_N0692124ZCAM09500_1100LMJ01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01445/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1445_0795216339_303EBY_N0692124SCAM01445_0050I6J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

NASA has closed three of its offices and initiated mass firings as part of a broader government downsizing effort led by the President and his adviser, Elon Musk.

So far, 23 employees have been laid off, with more cuts expected in the coming weeks.

In many cases, individuals are being labeled as "DEI hires" simply for being women or people of colour. It's tacit racism, plain and simple.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theclimatehistorian/p/is-this-the-end-of-nasa-as-we-know?r=1qy42b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

NASA Researchers Study Coastal Wetlands, Champions of Carbon Capture https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-researchers-study-coastal-wetlands-champions-of-carbon-capture/ #NASA #ClimateChange #Earth #EarthSAtmosphere #GreenhouseGases

SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts after launch pad problem.

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/rVHpIy

An Enceladus Tiger Stripe from Cassini
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

What You Need To Know About the March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse | NASA Science

The Moon will pass into Earth’s shadow and appear to turn red on the night of March 13 or early in the morning on March 14, depending on time zone. Here’s what you need to know about the total lunar eclipse.

#Moon #Eclipse #LunarEclipse #Astronomy #NASA
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-march-2025-total-lunar-eclipse/

Fascinating visualization of a black hole surrounded by an accretion disk, illustrating how light is warped by its intense gravitational fields.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

If you are concerned about the proposed 50% cut to #NASA's science budget, then write your representative in congress. The #PlanetarySociety provides on online form that will only take 2 minutes of your time:

https://www.planetary.org/advocacy-action-center#/50

Trump cuts NASA top science, technology, and diversity roles

https://www.dw.com/en/trump-cuts-nasa-top-science-and-technology-roles/a-71884768?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

Now, let's try and make sense out of this image captured by #Perseverance earlier tosol. The distance is about 2.5m away from the camera, just to the right of the right front wheel of the rover. What exactly is that we see here?

Spherules with holes?

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking N from RMC 69.2124
Sol 1442, LMST: 11:06:22

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01442/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1442_0794948148_231EBY_N0692124SCAM01442_0100I6J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

Today NASA is closing their Office of the Chief Scientist and Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy and also their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility branch.

It's a great time to remind your learning community of the incredible achievements of the Black women mathematicians in the 1960's space program that successfully put a man on the Moon. Yes, we're talking about Disney's Hidden Figures.

We offer a Hidden Figures discussion guide that's great for public screenings and low-key classroom use. We also offer classroom-ready lesson plans, across the curriculum, for grades 9-12.

Like all our materials, these guides are free for everyone. Get yours now.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/hidden-figures/

#NASA #WomensHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #DEI #USPol #Education #Homeschooling #Histodons @stemed @education @edutooters

Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson looking at Earth from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

NASA Initiates Office Closures and Layoffs Following Executive Order
- By Keith Cowing

https://nasawatch.com/personnel-news/nasa-office-of-technology-policy-and-strategy-layoffs/
More: https://hype.aero/space/?story=df41dfb3-a158-4c04-adb2-94442e140342
#nasa #space

40 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Atlantis Makes its Public Debut https://www.nasa.gov/history/40-years-ago-space-shuttle-atlantis-makes-its-public-debut/ #NASA #NASAHistory #JohnsonSpaceCenter