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With the help of a prolific Polish astronomy student, the joint NASA and European Solar and Heliospheric Observatory mission has detected its 2,000th comet, a pursuit the 15-year-old spacecraft accomplished with the help of dozens of citizen observers from around...Space Talk
As air flows around iced wings ✈️🧊
Using NASA’s LAVA framework, engineers created this simulation of air flowing around ice buildup on a Common Research Model wing, helping predict how ice formation could impact aircraft performance.
As air flows around iced wings ✈️🧊
Using NASA’s LAVA framework, engineers created this simulation of air flowing around ice buildup on a Common Research Model wing, helping predict how ice formation could impact aircraft performance.
This is incredible. The new @NASA image release from #Artemis includes a sequence of 'Hello World' still photographs.
I've been processing / animating them and here's what the original didn't show us:
Satellites, including their solar arrays, lightning storms
and dancing aurora!
@Erdayastronaut Huge respect Tim. I can’t wait to watch, this is going to be a great video no matter what.