Author: N.A.S.A.

Astronomers studying two exploding stars, or supernovae, have found evidence the blasts received an extra boost from newborn black holes.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…025_SWIFT.html

Space shuttle Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a Feb. 7 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is planned for 4:39 a.m. EST, making this the final scheduled space shuttle night launch.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…-130_date.html

NASA and the Israel Space Agency have signed a joint statement that recognizes the Israel Network for Lunar Science and Exploration, or INLSE, as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute at the agency’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…srael_LSI.html

Astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth will discuss science with students of the Troy School District in Troy, Mich., on Feb. 1.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…_ISS_call.html

After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…24_Spirit.html

NASA will launch small research satellites for several universities as part of the agency’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNA, mission.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…_CubeSats.html

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 26 to discuss the status of the agency’s Mars rover Spirit.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…irit_Call.html

The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-129 mission will deliver a specially minted silver medallion to National Football League officials at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…Bowl_Coin.html

For the first time, NASA Twitter followers can personally go inside the heart of a space shuttle mission at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…0_Tweetup.html