Space News
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35 Years Ago: STS-32 Returns the Long Duration Exposure Facility
On Jan. 9, 1990, space shuttle Columbia took off on its ninth flight, STS-32, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Its five-person crew of Commander Daniel Brandenstein, Pilot…
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415 Years Ago: Astronomer Galileo Discovers Jupiter’s Moons
On Jan. 7, 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered through his newly improved 20-power homemade telescope at the planet Jupiter. He noticed three other points of light near the planet,…
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NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Danah Tommalieh, commercial pilot and engineer at Reliable Robotics, inputs a flight plan at the control center in Mountain…
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
1 Min Read Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) The SBIR/STTR programs provide an opportunity for small, high technology companies and research institutions (RI) to…
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NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A Boeing 777-300ER aircraft is being inspected by one of Near Earth Autonomy’s drones Feb. 2, 2024, at an…
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NASA to Host Media Call Highlighting Mars Sample Return Update
Credit: NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 7, to provide an update…
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NASA’s LEXI Will Provide X-Ray Vision of Earth’s Magnetosphere
5 min read NASA’s LEXI Will Provide X-Ray Vision of Earth’s Magnetosphere A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, where it will…
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Astronomy Activation Ambassadors: A New Era
Learn Home Astronomy Activation… STEM Engagement at NASA Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 3 min read Astronomy Activation Ambassadors:…
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Red and Green Aurora Move Through Earth’s Atmosphere
Peering through the window of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image on Oct. 7, 2024 of the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft as vivid green…
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Sols 4402-4415: Rover Decks and Sequence Calls for the Holidays
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…