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SOHO, the two-year mission that forgot to retire, finally faces sunset
ESA and NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is approaching what could be its final year of operations as it hits the 29th anniversary of its launch. The mission took off from Cape Canaveral's LC36-B on December 2, 1995, and was designed for a nominal lifetime of two years. The original objective was to answer
A Mission at Home and at Work: Caregivers at Johnson Navigate Dual Role With Community Supports
Many team members at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston may recognize Alicia Baker as the talented flutist in the Hispanic Employee Resource Group’s Mariachi Celestial band. Or, they may have worked with Baker in her role as a spacesuit project manager, testing NASA’s prototype spacesuits and preparing Johnson’s test chambers to evaluate vendor spacesuits.
My Mission Is To Tell Nigerian Story On Helluva News – Ejikeme
A Nigerian journalist and musician, Etcetera Ejikeme, has said he established Halluva News, an international Spanish online news platform, to tell the Nigerian and indeed African story to the outside world, especially Latin American countries. Speaking in Lagos, Ejikeme, a Nigerian-American journalist based in Maryland, United States, said besides English and French Languages, Spanish is
Polaris Dawn Mission to Earth’s Orbit Will Test SpaceX’s Capabilities
SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one. Polaris Dawn plans to not only orbit Earth higher than any astronauts have in more than 50 years but to also feature the first private spacewalk.The mission was originally scheduled to launch August 27, but has encountered delays – first for
NASA’s PACE Mission Faces Another Launch Delay Due to Weather Challenges
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft stands vertical at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, February 5, 2024. PACE is NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral
This conservationist has a mission: Save the Amazon’s dolphins
The alarms last September from Brazil’s Lago de Tefé first reached Fernando Trujillo by phone—his colleagues, fellow scientists, calling him in a panic. The brutal 2023 summer had been heating the Amazonia lake to temperatures far beyond anything previously recorded, and as they had feared, something was now happening to the pink river dolphins. “Three
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy used a speech at the AIAA ASCEND conference Oct. 24 to emphasize the importance of creating a mission authorization framework for commercial space activities. Credit: AIAA/ David Becker LAS VEGAS — Ongoing development of a regulatory framework for overseeing new commercial space activity is critical to NASA’s long-term exploration plans
Mum goes on Taken-style mission and hunts down 10 involved in daughter’s murder one-by-one
A woman went on a Taken-style mission when her daughter disappeared.Miriam Rodriguez, from Mexico, was devastated when 20-year-old Karen Alejandra Salinas Rodríguez went missing in 2012.Confused by the lack of action taken by the authorities to find her daughter, Miriam took matters into her own hands and set about tracking her down.Following her lengthy investigation
Who’s Back for Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part Two? Meet the Cast
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 2 is the final chapter of the acclaimed action series, featuring the return of many familiar faces from the previous films.Dead Reckoning Part 2 continues the story of Ethan Hunt, an elite spy who faces his most challenging and dangerous mission yet, with the help of his loyal friends and
Mission Blue Announces East Antarctic ‘Hope Spot’
Mission Blue has announced its latest “Hope Spot” in East Antarctica. The new East Antarctic Hope Spot is home to a myriad of wildlife, including seals, penguins, whales, and toothfish. The presence of sea ice in this area is essential for many species, including Antarctic silverfish and krill, according to Mission Blue: “Loss of sea