Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island in New Zealand, diminutive in comparison to the country’s North Island and South Island. Yet it hosts a population of one of the largest of the kiwi: the Stewart Island tokoeka. This flightless bird, a subspecies of the Southern brown kiwi (Apteryx australis), numbers in the thousands on the
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The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has created 18 new awards to support visionary ideas to improve aerospace technologies in areas ranging from the exploration of the solar system to understanding the universe. The 18 NIAC Phase I awards total $3.2 million. Each award provides up to $175,000 for a nine-month initial investigation. The
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These Roman’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300-megapixel infrared camera that will allow scientists to explore the cosmos all the way from the edge of our solar system to the farthest reaches of space. Roman’s WFI is fully assembled and undergoing tests to ensure it will withstand the harsh conditions of launch and in space. Using
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Roman will communicate through large radio antennas across the globe. Roman’s ground systems will support mission and science operations, providing the necessary capabilities to process and archive Roman’s data. These systems will be spread across multiple institutions. Antennas The antennas will relay information between the observatory and ground stations on Earth. The ground stations will
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These systems will allow communication between the spacecraft and control centers on Earth, one million miles apart. High-Gain Antenna (HGA) The dual-band HGA accommodates S-band (2 GHz) uplink/downlink data for commands and housekeeping telemetry and Ka-band (26 GHz) high-speed downlink data for science. With the use of pointing hardware called gimbals, the HGA can move
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The solar panels collect sunlight for energy to power the observatory and shade the telescope and instruments beneath. Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS) Solar Panels The SASS is made up of six solar array panels. The two center panels remain fixed while the four outer ones are deployed once in orbit. Hinged to fold down
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Take a tour of Roman and learn more about each of the pieces that make up the telescope. Unable to render the provided source The post Exploring Roman appeared first on NASA Science. Source link
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Futuristic workouts, eye exams, and virtual reality led the research schedule for the Expedition 75 crew aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. Spacewalk training and lab maintenance filled the rest of the shift for the seven orbital residents. Living in weightlessness speeds up muscle and bone loss since it takes much less effort for
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C.4 The Planetary Science Enabling Facilities (PSEF) was recently added to ROSES-25. It solicits proposals for experimental and analytical research facilities to be made available to the community that does research supported by the Planetary Science Division. On or about July 29, 2026, several corrections will be made to C.4 PSEF: Accidentally omitted standard budget
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