Space News
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NASA’s Boeing Test Flight Crew to Discuss Starliner Mission from Space
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and the Starliner…
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What’s Up: July 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA
What to Look for in July The scorpion’s star clusters, and Mars reveals elusive Uranus Follow the tail of Scorpius to locate star clusters M6 and M7, let Mars guide…
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NASA Asteroid Experts Create Hypothetical Impact Scenario for Exercise
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This artist’s concept depicts an asteroid drifting through space. Many such objects frequently pass Earth. To help prepare for…
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NASA Shares Use Requirements with Commercial Destination Partners
NASA astronaut Mike Barratt processes brain organoid samples inside the life science glovebox for a neurodegenerative disorder study. NASA plans to use future commercial low Earth orbit destinations for the…
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NASA’s Upgraded Hyperwall Offers Improved Data Visualization
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NAS visualization & data sciences lead Chris Henze demonstrates the newly upgraded hyperwall visualization system to Ames center director…
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NASA Awards Support STEM Research at Minority Serving Institutions
A photo of MPLAN principal investigator awardees from various minority-serving institutions at the 2023 NASA Better Together conference in San Jose, California. Credits: NASA NASA has selected 23 minority-serving institutions…
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Behind the Scenes of a NASA ‘Moonwalk’ in the Arizona Desert
9 Min Read Behind the Scenes of a NASA ‘Moonwalk’ in the Arizona Desert NASA astronauts Kate Rubins (left) and Andre Douglas. Credits: NASA/Josh Valcarcel NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and…
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NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s 21st Station Resupply Launch
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft approaches the International Space Station. Cygnus will deliver science experiments, crew supplies, and station hardware (Credits: NASA). Media accreditation is open for the next launch to…
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July’s Night Sky Notes: A Hero, a Crown, and Possibly a Nova!
3 Min Read July’s Night Sky Notes: A Hero, a Crown, and Possibly a Nova! Like shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, over 100,000 stars whirl within the globular…
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NASA Awards Contract for Infrared Telescope Facility Operations
Credits: NASA NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii. The Management and…