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Really cool stuff!

NASA Selects Space Biology Experiments of Organisms on Bion-M2 Mission NASA has selected nine grant proposals for space biology research experiments, the results of which will contribute to the understanding of health risks humans will experience in deep space, including exploration at the Moon through the Artemis program and future missions to Mars.

Be prepared year-round for any emergency that may hit.

Don't wait till a storm is bearing down on your community to develop your family's emergency preparedness plan and to take steps to prepare your home and workplace. Learn more at VAemergency.gov/hurricanes and coastal Virginians should visit KnowYourZoneVA.org.

Remember, hurricanes and tropical systems are a statewide threat to all Virginians: inland flooding, flash flooding, river flooding, storm surge, mudslides, prolonged power outages, tornadoes and damaging winds.

Hubble continues to deliver.

This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet's trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous years. The colors, and their changes, provide important clues to ongoing processes in Jupiter's atmosphere.

The bands are created by differences in the thickness and height of the ammonia ice clouds. The colorful bands, which flow in opposite directions at various latitudes, result from different atmospheric pressures. Lighter bands rise higher and have thicker clouds than the darker bands.

The new image was taken in visible light as part of the Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy program, or OPAL. The program provides yearly Hubble global views of the outer planets to look for changes in their storms, winds and clouds. Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 observed Jupiter when the planet was 400 million miles from Earth, when Jupiter was near "opposition" or almost directly opposite the Sun in the sky.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center) and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)

In France at the time . . . and so proud of my country.

50th Anniversary of Apollo The official public website of Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Newsmaker: George Takei | American Libraries Magazine In his new graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy, George Takei details his childhood years spent in internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II. Takei spoke with American Libraries at ALA's 2019 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C., about his book and the profound and l...

Meet the Women in Charge of NASA’s Science Divisions For the first time in NASA’s history, women are in charge of three out of four science divisions at the agency. The Earth Science, Heliophysics and Planetary Science divisions now all have women at the helm. Each hails from a different country and brings unique expertise to NASA’s exploration ef...

Hubble keeps on delivering amazing glimpses of our universe.

We attended & participated in earlier in March.

Do you know what to do during a tornado?

Peak tornado season in Virginia takes place from May to September, however tornadoes can occur at ANY time of the year. Practice where you would go and what you would do on March 19th during the statewide tornado drill 👉 https://www.vaemergency.gov/tornadodrill

Wishing colleagues, friends and family near & far peace in 2019.