Space News
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55 Years Ago: President Nixon Establishes Space Task Group to Chart Post-Apollo Plans
In early 1969, the goal set by President John F. Kennedy to land a man on the Moon seemed within reach. A new president, Richard M. Nixon, now sat in…
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NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 30th Resupply Launch to Space Station
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon cargo spacecraft atop, pictured at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 13, 2023. SpaceX Media accreditation…
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Sujung Go: Helping Humanity and the Environment
Research scientist Sujung Go analyzes atmospheric data to help humanity and the environment. Name: Sujung Go Title: Research scientist Organization: Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science Directorate (Code…
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Career Journey: Building Strength as an Astronaut Fitness Trainer
NASA astronauts must prepare their bodies for the physical stresses of living and working in microgravity before they launch on a spaceflight. Fortunately, they get customized training programs and plenty…
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NASA Collaborates in an International Air Quality Study
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s DC-8 aircraft takes off from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale, California, to conduct test…
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NASA Solar Sail Technology Passes Crucial Deployment Test
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Marshall Space Flight Center technologists Les Johnson and Leslie McNutt at Redwire Space on Jan. 30, 2024, following…
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Astronaut Charles Bolden Preps for Deorbit
STS-60 commander Charles F. Bolden is seen at the commander’s station on the forward flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery. He is wearing the orange launch and entry suit.…
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Collins Aerospace Tests NASA Space Station Suit in Weightlessness
A key NASA design milestone was recently completed by Collins Aerospace as the company works to develop a next-generation spacesuit for use on the International Space Station. The milestone –…
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NASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 87 Launch, Space Station Docking
The Progress 84 cargo craft is pictured shortly after undocking from the International Space Station’s Poisk Module at 2:55 a.m. EST. NASA NASA will provide live coverage of the launch…
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NASA Marshall Invites Media to Meet New Center Director
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Joseph Pelfrey, director, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will host…