Space News
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NASA Soars to New Heights in First 100 Days of Trump Administration
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov land in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida on March…
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NASA Moon Observing Instrument to Get Another Shot at Lunar Ops
The Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) for NASA’s Volatile Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission is prepared for packing inside a laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility at…
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How Are We Made of Star Stuff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 58
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) How are we made of star stuff? Well, the important thing to understand about this question is that it’s…
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NASA 3D Wind Measuring Laser Aims to Improve Forecasts from Air, Space
5 Min Read NASA 3D Wind Measuring Laser Aims to Improve Forecasts from Air, Space 3D wind measurements from NASA’s Aerosol Wind Profiler instrument flying on board a specially mounted…
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Seeing the Cygnus Loop in a New Way
X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Optical: John Stone (Astrobin); Image Processing: NASA/SAO/CXC/L. Frattre, N. Wolk The Cygnus Loop, also known as the Veil Nebula, is a supernova remnant – the remains of the…
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Earth Science Showcase – Kids Art Collection
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) On April 16, 2025, the Earth Science Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley held an Earth…
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Lunar Space Station for NASA’s Artemis Campaign to Begin Final Outfitting
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Gateway’s HALO module at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona, on April 4, 2025, shortly after its arrival from…
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Searching for the Dark in the Light
Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features…
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Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster Messier 72 (M72). ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto, M. Libralato As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European…
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NASA Invites Local Middle Schoolers to Explore Agency STEM Careers
Students take a tour of the Glenn International Space Station Payload Operations Center at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, where researchers operate International Space Station experiments, during 4-H Day…