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ICYMI: The NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program Vendor Focus webinar for Capella Space is now available for viewing online. During this event, learn about the NASA CSDA program and commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data products, services, and tools from Capella Space.

View recording: go.nasa.gov/3WDyOu7

Image: Black-and-white synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of Jurong Island, Singapore, captured by Capella Space on January 24, 2024, at 23:45 local time using Sliding Spotlight mode.

It’s International LEGO Day! Did you know and LEGO Group have a long history of collaboration?

Let’s celebrate the Mars missions that inspired sets that aren’t only fun to build, but also teach kids and adults alike about space, engineering, and exploration.

🔴 In 2003, the Mars Exploration Rover mission (aka Spirit and Opportunity) was turned into a set that featured one of the rovers, a replica of the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter, and the Delta II rocket that launched each spacecraft.

🤖 Another spacecraft that was turned into a LEGO set was NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover. The design features the rover’s rocker bogie suspension system and a moveable robotic arm.

🚁 A set modeled after NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover and Ingenuity came out in 2023. The kit allowed builders to explore the rover’s mobility system and science instruments and complete interactive challenges by incorporating augmented reality.

Whether it’s Curiosity, Perseverance, or other Mars missions, these sets inspire builders of all ages to dream big.

Learn more about other NASA sets here: go.nasa.gov/4gknABA

The most massive black holes in the universe might be able to cook for themselves! ⚫

A new survey of galaxy clusters provides evidence that outbursts from black holes can help black holes feed themselves. More about the discovery: https://s.si.edu/filaments25

Another surge of very cold air has dropped down from the Arctic over a large region of the central U.S.
This time the stretched out polar vortex *may* be associated with the forecasted southward shift of the jet stream, which allows the troposphere’s cold Arctic air to spill into the continental US.
Experts discuss in the latest Polar Vortex Blog: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/polar-vortex/another-blast-arctic-air-time-stretched-strong-polar-vortex?fbclid=IwY2xjawH8j_lleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfSUi86VWNwiK-v7Infx2krpz7V50ojWkdPn7EY3JFpdaQrjND6lAyCNvA_aem_NKvb9C7pkD5NIqN2C2gQHw
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NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon! - NASA Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar regolith – also known as “Moon dust” – to better understand surface interactions with incoming lander spacecraft and payloads conducting experiments on the surface.