Space News
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55 Years Ago: One Month Until the Moon Landing
With the dress rehearsal completed during Apollo 10 in May 1969, only a few weeks remained until Apollo 11, the actual Moon landing mission to meet President Kennedy’s goal set…
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Marshall Research Scientist Enables Large-Scale Open Science
4 min read Marshall Research Scientist Enables Large-Scale Open Science Rahul Ramachandran is a senior research scientist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. NASA By Jessica Barnett Most people use…
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NASA’s Hubble Celebrates 21st Anniversary with “Rose” of Galaxies
To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., pointed Hubble’s eye at an especially photogenic…
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NASA Invites Media to ‘NASA in the Park’ June 22
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Downtown Huntsville Inc. Media are invited to attend a celebration of space and the Rocket City during NASA in the…
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Augmented Reality Speeds Spacecraft Construction at NASA Goddard
Augmented reality tools have helped technicians improve accuracy and save time on fit checks for the Roman Space Telescope being assembled at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.…
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Why Scientists Are Intrigued by Air in NASA’s Mars Sample Tubes
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Perseverance rover viewed these dust devils swirling across the surface of Mars on July 20, 2021. Scientists want…
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NASA CubeSats Loaded for Launch
A Satellite for Optimal Control and Imaging (SOC-i) CubeSat awaits integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California on Thursday, June 6, 2024. SOC-i, along with…
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Giant Batteries Deliver Renewable Energy When It’s Needed
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) In developing its flow battery, ESS drew from groundbreaking research and development conducted by the space agency more than…
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A Bright New Abrasion
Perseverance Perseverance Mission Overview Rover Components Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Science Objectives Science Instruments Science Highlights News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Mars…
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NASA Engineer Honored as Girl Scouts ‘Woman of Distinction’
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Danielle Koch, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, was honored by the Girl Scouts of…