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NASA named astronaut Scott Tingle as chief of the Astronaut Office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, effective Nov. 10. A decorated spaceflight veteran and former captain in the United States Navy, Tingle has logged more than 4,500 flight hours in 51 different aircraft and served as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station. As chief astronaut, Tingle is responsible for managing astronaut resources and operations. He also will help develop astronaut flight crew operations and make crew assignments for future human spaceflight missions, including Artemis missions to the Moon. “Our Johnson Space Center team extends…

A conversation with Ian Brosnan from NASA and Colin Williams from the USGS. This is the first episode of a mini-series about NASA and USGS collaboration. To hear more from Ian Brosnan, listen to his previous NASA in Silicon Valley episode, Ian Brosnan Talks About How NASA Collaborates and Shares Data with Other Agencies. Transcript Abby Tabor (Host 1):Hey everyone! Welcome to NASA in Silicon Valley, episode 78! Today we’re starting an interesting series of episodes about collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, the USGS. That’s a collaboration that’s going to grow even more, because the USGS…

NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has made another set of critical strides toward launch. This fall, the outer portion passed two tests — a shake test and an intense sound blast — to ensure its successful launch. The inner portion of the observatory underwent a major 65-day thermal vacuum test, showing that it will function properly in space. As NASA’s next flagship space telescope, Roman will address essential questions in the areas of dark energy, planets outside our solar system, and astrophysics. “We want to make sure Roman will withstand our harshest environments,” said Rebecca Espina,…