Space News
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NASA Aims to Fly First Quantum Sensor for Gravity Measurements
Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are developing the first space-based quantum sensor for measuring gravity. Supported by NASA’s Earth Science Technology…
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What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades 5-8)
This article is for students grades 5-8. Aerodynamics is the way objects move through air. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through…
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What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades K-4)
3 Min Read What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades K-4) This article is for students grades K-4. What Are the Four Forces of Flight? Aerodynamics is the way air moves around things.…
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Testing NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe)
NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Princeton/Ed Whitman NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is loaded into the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in…
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Experience the Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Digital content creators are invited to…
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Atomic Clock and Plant DNA Research Launching Aboard NASA’s SpaceX CRS-32 Mission
NASA’s SpaceX 32nd commercial resupply services mission, scheduled to lift off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in April, is heading to the International Space Station with experiments that include…
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Why Do We Grow Plants in Space?
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Why do we grow plants in space? Plants are such versatile organisms that they can fulfill many roles in…
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Michael Ciancone Builds a Lasting Legacy in Human Spaceflight
When Michael Ciancone joined NASA in 1983, he could hardly imagine what his 40-plus-year career would entail. From honoring and preserving spaceflight history to advancing safety standards, he has undoubtedly…
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Can Solar Wind Make Water on Moon? NASA Experiment Shows Maybe
Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the Sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the Moon. When a stream of charged particles known as the solar…
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NASA Announces 31st Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video NASA has announced the winners of it’s 31st Human Exploration Rover Challenge…