Space Communications & Navigation Program Archives - Page 29 of 173

In 1828, serial killers sold their victims’ bodies to science 0
- HEALTH, Medicine, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- October 27, 2026
For as long as surgeons cut open living people to keep them alive, they have needed dead people to practice on. Today, donation programs keep medical schools supplied with the bodies they need to teach their students. But in 1820s Scotland, donating your body to science wasn’t legal yet. Nonetheless, one doctor found a way
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2026 Gifts of the Year: Perfect presents for anyone on your list 0
- Gear, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- October 27, 2026
Choosing great gifts is a skill. It’s something you only get to practice a few times each year, but we live in every day. The shopping team here at Popular Science prides itself on its ability to scour the broad landscape of products and hone in on the perfect present for just about anyone. And
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Parents of premature newborns can have more skin-to-skin contact with new device 0
- HEALTH, Medicine, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Technology
- October 27, 2026
For infants struggling in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU, incubators dramatically lower premature infant mortality. However, these neonatal-specific incubators create their own challenges for skin-to-skin contact. This kind of touch is more than an emotional moment for a family—it helps regulate the baby’s body temperature, stimulates their immune system, encourages breastfeeding, and even reduces
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The best pizza ovens 0
- Appliances, Gear, Home, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- October 27, 2026
The best pizza oven for most people is the Gozney Arc ($799.99 at Gozney as of October 2026), a 14-inch propane oven with a thermometer in the box that I’ve cooked on myself. If space or budget is tight, its smaller sibling, the Gozney Arc Lite ($399.99), heats quickly, holds its heat, and packs away
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How a Johnson Mentor Shapes the Next Generation of NASA Talent – NASA 0
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- October 27, 2026
When Rice University student Malvika Bhardwaj asked her mentor Daniel Cohen, a Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, whether he had time to keep teaching interns with his busy workload, he answered, “You decide what’s important.” In honor of National Mentoring Day on Oct. 27, Bhardwaj reflects on how Cohen’s
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A-81 Reaches South Georgia – NASA Science 0
- Earth Observatory, Ice & Glaciers, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Terra
- October 27, 2026
Some Antarctic icebergs linger close to home for decades, running aground near the ice shelves that spawned them or circling partway around the continent on coastal currents. Others, like Iceberg A-81, make a faster exit, heading north out of the Weddell Sea along a route well-traveled by the region’s bergs. Fast is relative, though. After
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