Space News
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Meet the Space Ops Team: Anum Ashraf
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) For Anum Ashraf, Ph.D., the interconnectedness of NASA’s workforce presents the exciting opportunity to collaborate with a multitude of…
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NEO Surveyor Instrument Enclosure Inside Historic Chamber A
NASA The instrument enclosure of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor is prepared for critical environmental tests inside the historic Chamber A at the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space…
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Understanding Cosmic Explosions: StarBurst Arrives at NASA for Testing
From left to right, NASA Marshall engineers Carlos Diaz and John Luke Bili, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory mechanical engineer contractor Eloise Stump, and Marshall engineers Tomasz Liz, David Banks, and…
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NASA’s Dust Shield Successfully Repels Lunar Regolith on Moon
NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the Moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission…
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NASA, NSIDC Scientists Say Arctic Winter Sea Ice at Record Low
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Ice cover ebbs and flows through the seasons in the Arctic (left) and the Antarctic (right). Overall, ice cover…
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Finding Clues in Ruins of Ancient Dead Star With NASA’s Chandra
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Technion/N. Keshet et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/SAO/M. Weiss People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has shown that they…
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Sols 4491-4492: Classic Field Geology Pose
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources…
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NASA’s X-59 Completes ‘Cruise Control’ Engine Speed Hold Test
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on a ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, during…
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How Can I See the Northern Lights? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 54
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) How can I see the northern lights? To see the northern lights, you need to be in the right…
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Norman Rockwell Commemorates Gemini Program with Grissom and Young
Norman Rockwell In his painting called Grissom and Young, American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell captures technicians helping NASA astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom suit up for the first…