Space News
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NASA Johnson Space Center to Host Visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott
March 22, 2024 NASA logo NASA Johnson Space Center to Host Visit by Texas Governor Greg Abbott NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will host a Tuesday, March 26, visit…
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Women’s History Month: Meet Denise Ryan
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Denise Ryan NASA Graphics In honor of Women’s History Month, we recently sat down with Denise Ryan, flight management…
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NASA, Agencies to Brief Plans for April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
A person watches the annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023, in Kerrville, Texas. Credits: NASA Millions of people across North America will experience a rare celestial sight on Monday,…
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NASA Innovation on Display at AAS Goddard Space Science Symposium
From the search for habitable worlds beyond our solar system to Earth science missions closer to home, NASA shared its goals for the next decades of exploration at this year’s…
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Hubble Spots the Spider Galaxy
2 min read Hubble Spots the Spider Galaxy This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the irregular galaxy UGC 5829. ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully, M. Messa This…
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45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Columbia Arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
On March 24, 1979, space shuttle Columbia arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for the very first time. Following Presidential direction to build the space shuttle in 1972, Congress…
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NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts
4 min read NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts BurstCube, shown in this artist’s concept, will orbit Earth as it hunts for short gamma-ray bursts. NASA’s Goddard…
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NASA Science, Hardware Aboard SpaceX’s 30th Resupply Launch to Station
NASA’s SpaceX 30th commercial resupply mission launched at 4:55 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 21 , from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credit: NASA/Madison…
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Payload Adapter Testing: A Key Step for Artemis IV Rocket’s Success
Key adapters for the first crewed Artemis missions are manufactured at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The cone-shaped payload adapter, left, will debut on the Block 1B…
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Station Science 101: Cardiovascular Research on Station
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Everyday physical activities keep the cardiovascular system healthy. The human cardiovascular system, which includes the heart and blood vessels,…