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Do you know about NASA - CHIPS Mission. I bet you dont...

CHIPS (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer) is an American (NASA) astrophysics spacecraft that was launched by a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg AFB at 00:45 UT on 13 January 2003. The 60 kg, triaxially-stabilized spacecraft has a spectrograph covering the 9-26 nm wavelength band at a resolution of 0.1 nm, scanning the entire sky in chunks of 5 degree x 27 degree segments during each orbit. The targets are the hot and diffuse nebulae at about a million degrees temperature. The band covers several strong emission lines. Launch Date:   2003-01 13     Launch Vehicle:  Delta II Launch Site:   Vandenberg AFB, United States Mass:   60 kg  CHIPS carried out an all-sky survey of the diffuse background at wavelengths from  90  to 260 Å at a spectral resolution between about λ / 150 and λ / 40, and a spatial resolution of 5 to 15 degrees. CHIPS detected diffuse emission near 170 Å, but this turned out to be associated with the earth’s thin outer atmosphere or its int
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We want NASA back at Work

After the government shutdown escalated in the United States. Every Organization including NASA was closed. This move has made a lot of space lovers angry as they want NASA to keep working for the betterment of mankind.

While this shutdown was originally meant for some US Government services, NASA made it clear that the shutdown affected them as well.



Finally on 25 of Jan, 2019 NASA putted up Notification for its employees about reopening after the shutdown and getting back at work.

As the message read :
   "The length of the partial Government shutdown has presented a number of challenges to you and providers of Information Technology (IT) Services across NASA. These include Agency/Enterprise and Center/local IT services provisioned by both the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and nonOCIO organizations. As you return to work, we ask your patience and attention, especially during the first 48 hours. The vast majority of end-user IT systems (laptops, desktops, smartphones, etc.) have been inactive since the partial shutdown began on December 26, 2018. This means that many of the critical, regularly scheduled maintenance activities that assure the security and performance of NASA’s IT assets are in a pending state. Below you will find several emphasis areas and associated guidance necessary to hopefully make the first 48 hours as smooth as possible while at the same time outlining what you must do to enable a return to normal operations."

We finally now hope that NASA employees will get back to work and continue their service soon.

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Source : nasapeople.nasa.gov/shutdown

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