Новости за 22.11.2022

Rain gauges are plentiful around the United States, but that’s not the case elsewhere in the world, so scientists and other data users have to rely on satellite measurements, such as those provided by NASA’s GPM to fill in the gaps. The list of data users now includes the U.S. Air Force’s 557th Weather Wing.

NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft snapped this black and white photo of Earth on Nov. 17, 2022, the second day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission.

NASA is seeking public comments on a draft environmental impact statement for the agency’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign. Comments are due by Monday, Dec. 19.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies.

NASA and The Boeing Co. have partnered to look at how using torque from that twisting can lower or raise a part that currently doesn’t move, namely an airplane’s vortex generators (VG) – small, flat pieces of metal most often seen protruding like fins from the surface of an airplane’s wing.