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Space Center Houston and Presenting Sponsor Wellby Financial Announce Moon 2 Mars, The Biggest Space-Themed Festival in Texas
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Space Center Houston and Presenting Sponsor Wellby Financial Announce Moon 2 Mars, The Biggest Space-Themed Festival in Texas

From March 9-22, Enjoy the Hottest Ticket this Spring Break with Stellar Performances by Third Eye Blind on March 15 and a Second Headliner on March 22 The Moon 2 Mars Festival celebrates its fourth year this spring break with Wellby Financial returning as presenting sponsor. Moon 2 Mars will be held Sunday, March 9 through Saturday, March 22, at Space Center Houston. Last year tens of thousands of people attended Moon 2 Mars which celebrates NASA’s Artemis program that will return astronauts to the Moon, using innovative technologies to build a permanent presence on the lunar surface. The 2025 Moon 2 Mars Festival is set to deliver an out-of-this-world experience with electrifying live music, mouthwatering foods, and days of cosmic exploration for all ages and cutting-ed...
Space Station Innovations in Your Cart…
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Space Station Innovations in Your Cart…

Tablets, smart appliances, and other technologies that are an indispensable part of daily life are no longer state-of-the-art compared to the research and technology development going on over our heads. As we celebrate 20 years of humans continuously living and working in space aboard the International Space Station, we’re recapping some of the out-of-this-world tech development and research being done on the orbiting lab too.Our Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) helps redefine state-of-the-art tech for living and working in space. Here are 10 technologies tried and tested on the space station with helping hands from its astronaut occupants over the years.1. Astronaut Wanna-BeesAstronauts on the space station are responsible for everything from conducting science experiments and ...
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NASA employees advised to delay responses to “what did you do” email

WASHINGTON — NASA employees are being advised not to immediately respond to an email sent over the weekend by the Office of Personnel Management despite a threat by Elon Musk that failing to respond would result in losing their jobs.NASA employees, along with others across the federal government, received an email from OPM Feb. 22 with the subject line “What did you do last week?” The email asked employees to respond with a list of their accomplishments in the last week.“Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager,” the email stated, adding that they should not provide any links, attachments or classified information. The email gave a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Eastern Feb. 24.The message came hours after a social media post b...
NASA — 5 Unpredictable Things Swift Has Studied (and 1…
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NASA — 5 Unpredictable Things Swift Has Studied (and 1…

This second, as you’re reading these words, trillions of tiny particles are hurtling toward you! No, you don’t need to brace yourself. They’re passing through you right now. And now. And now. These particles are called neutrinos, and they’re both everywhere in the cosmos and also extremely hard to find.Neutrinos are fundamental particles, like electrons, so they can’t be broken down into smaller parts. They also outnumber all the atoms in the universe. (Atoms are made up of electrons, protons, and neutrons. Protons and neutrons are made of quarks … which maybe we’ll talk about another time.) The only thing that outnumbers neutrinos are all the light waves left over from the birth of the universe! Credit: Photo courtesy of the Pauli Archive, CERNPhysicist Wolfgang Pauli proposed the existen...
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Ursa Major eyes ‘Iron Dome’ applications for its mid-size rocket engine 

WASHINGTON — Rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major is accelerating development and testing of its Draper liquid rocket engine in collaboration with U.S. defense agencies and military contractors. The goal: to position the engine for potential use in next-generation missiles that would be part of the Trump administration’s Iron Dome missile-defense initiative.Ursa Major last year completed ground tests of the Draper engine, developed with U.S. Air Force funding. These hot-fire tests took place at the company’s facilities in Berthoud, Colorado. Now, the company is planning a flight-testing campaign to further mature the design and explore military applications as well as commercial uses in space tugs and in-space transportation. “We believe Draper fills a gap that the United Stat...