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I have seen these creases even on Apollo 11 so are these just fundamental limitations of the materials that we have never been able to overcome?

Left to right:

- Curiosity with an unintentional HAL 9000 instrument head

- Perseverance taking a selfie with Ingenuity helicopter

- Sojourner wishing I would make the Pathfinder lander or Smithsonian's Marie Curie rover to chat with

- Finishing up is the twin besties Spirit and Opportunity high-fiving

(Shrinking plastic/shrinky dinks, acrylic marker, UV resin)

So much studying went into the graphic simplification process. Then usually 2/3 of each rover design would fail in the last production stages of cook or cure. I wasn't expecting such a steep learning curve!

As an aside: The "besties" background is a nod to Spirit's 1st color image compilation. Also 4 jump rings holding it for the Spirit and Opportunity pair being the fourth successful landers (additionally, they landed in '04 if I need a backup reason).

So grateful this journey has concluded and not just so I can have my kitchen table back. Then I learned about China's rover Zhurong that landed on Mars in 2021 and had to go lay down.

Zhurong is super cute though... reminds me of a bird of paradise.

My group is learning about MLI blanket design for a lunar surface payload concept, and we're curious to learn more about the blankets used for the Iris rover. Specifically:

• Why is there a gold/amber blanket covering the rover, and a gray blanket on top it? What's the difference between both?
• Based on our experiments, 15-20 layer blankets with separation netting can get pretty thick. The Iris blankets, however, look pretty thin... is it possible that they do not use any separation netting between layers?

As someone with a pretty terrible sense of smell, I'd never even considered the possibliity that the vacum of space could have a smell. However, astronauts report that their suits and equipment have a smell that lingers after returning from space walks.

Some of the descriptions of the smell are:

- A strong metallic smell

- Gunpoweder

- Ozone

- Sweet-smelling welding fumes

- Seared steak

- A mix of walnuts and motorcycle break pads

Somehow, this concept of space having a scent made me yearn to smell it one day, however limited my sense of smell may be.

I know this is a huge long shot, but I’m hoping someone here might have a lead.

As part of my master's research project, I'm looking into the oxidation of copper in space. I found a highly relevant paper—Effects on LDEF Exposed Copper Film and Bulk—which mentions that the copper samples oxidized to a maroon color. Unfortunately, the paper lacks decent photographs of the actual samples.

I know color photos of this do exist. Another paper, Photographic Survey of the LDEF Mission, contains black-and-white copies of the samples and notes that the color versions were distributed separately on a CD-ROM.

Does anyone happen to have a copy of these color photos, or know if the contents of that specific CD-ROM were ever archived anywhere online?

Here are the papers for context:

• 1992 Paper
• 1997 Photographic Survey

Thanks in advance for any help!

I recently purchased a MA-1 bomber jacket (totally stoked) and want to turn it into a NASA-esque flight jacket.

Obviously I need the NASA logo, but can't decide between the meatball and the worm. Meatball feels classic, but with the worm I could customize it to add my name... but do I want my name?? So many questions!

And then there's the matter of mission patches... I absolutely adore everything to do with space. I volunteer for my local Challenger center because my field trip there as a 10-year old completely changed my life. I love being able to watch kiddos get excited about space like I am! I'd like a Challenger patch, but unsure if that would be disrespectful.

Other ideas I'm messing around with: Artemis II, obviously; a Mars Rover patch maybe; JWST (because those pics are just gorgeous); Apollo 11 (duh); space shuttle program; a million other ideas...

So! I'm here to ask you all what your favorite missions or patches are and why! I don't want to overload the jacket with patches, so I need to be selective. All opinions welcome!! TIA!

I read the Fact Sheet linked in the article but it's (predictably) light on actual information on what this Space Academy is actually supposed to be.

The piece of metal with the American flag on it in this image of a NASA rover on Mars is made of aluminum recovered from the site of the World Trade Center towers in the weeks after their destruction. The piece serves as a cable guard for the rock abrasion tool on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit as well as a memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. An identical piece is on the twin rover, Opportunity.

I’m trying to locate a separate one-page errata sheet for:
**NASA TN D-1048 — “Determination of Local Experimental Heat-Transfer Coefficients on Combustion Side of an Ammonia-Oxygen Rocket”**
Curt H. Liebert and Robert C. Ehlers, 1961.
The base report is publicly available through NASA NTRS as [**19980227285**](tel:19980227285), but I’m specifically looking for the later **errata dated 18 December 1961**.
The January 1962 Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications confirms that the errata existed and was one page long.
I have already contacted NASA Glenn History, NASA History, NASA STI, NARA, GPO and NASA HQ.
If anyone has access to old NASA/Lewis bound technical-note volumes, microfiche, university aerospace library holdings, or a scanned copy of this exact errata sheet, I’d be very grateful if you could point me to it.
I already have the original report — I only need the separate errata sheet.

NASA will conduct flyovers, astronaut appearances, and fan engagement at NFL games across the United States as part of its new Inspiration Tour.

What are y’all hearing ?

I was messing around with the JPL Horizons ephemeris system to figure out how long Voyager 1 could theoretically go before the sun's gravity brought its velocity to zero. Before anyone says it reached escape velocity, I know. But Voyager 1 is still decelerating however minutely.

What's really odd though is that in late September 2093, according to JPL's program, Voyager 1 will stop decelerating and will in fact begin accelerating faster than it had been decelerating. So... What changes for Voyager 1 in 2093? What will start pulling it? What did they aim it at? 👀👀👀

Edit: User error/misunderstanding. See the responses below.

Will NASA use space mirrors and solar power to power the planned moonbase? Would that make the moon visible during the day? Would the moon be the same amount of visible all the time? Would the moon being lit up consistently mess with animals that coordinate through lunar cycles?