Space News
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Skylab 4 Recovery Ends Program
The crewmen of the third and final manned Skylab mission relax on the USS New Orleans, prime recovery ship for their mission, about an hour after their Command Module splashed…
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NASA’s New Experimental Antenna Tracks Deep Space Laser
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Deep Space Station 13 at NASA’s Goldstone complex in California – part of the agency’s Deep Space Network –…
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Telescopes Show the Milky Way’s Black Hole is Ready for a Kick
NASA/CXC/M.Weiss This artist’s illustration depicts the findings of a new study about the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy called Sagittarius A* (abbreviated as Sgr A*). As reported in…
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NASA’s Hubble Traces ‘String of Pearls’ Star Clusters in Galaxy Collisions
3 min read NASA’s Hubble Traces ‘String of Pearls’ Star Clusters in Galaxy Collisions Galaxy AM 1054-325 has been distorted into an S-shape from a normal pancake-like spiral shape by…
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NASA Launches New Climate Mission to Study Ocean, Atmosphere
NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:33 a.m. EST, Feb. 8, 2024, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral…
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NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX, Intuitive Machines First Moon Mission
The Nova-C lunar lander is encapsulated within the fairing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for launch, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and…
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First Look: Spaceplane Stacked and Shaken at NASA Test Facility
2 Min Read First Look: Spaceplane Stacked and Shaken at NASA Test Facility Nose-up and bathed in soft blue lights, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane and its Shooting Star cargo…
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NASA Selects Agencywide Acquisition Support Services Contractor
NASA has selected 8(a) vendor Seventh Sense Consulting LLC of Woodbridge, Virginia, to provide acquisition support services for non-inherently governmental functions across the agency. The contractor will provide services agencywide,…
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The Marshall Star for February 7, 2024
17 Min Read The Marshall Star for February 7, 2024 NASA Administrator Announces New Marshall Space Flight Center Director NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Feb. 5 named Joseph Pelfrey director…
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Astronaut Bruce McCandless Performs the First Untethered Spacewalk
NASA Astronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger in this 70mm photo from Feb. 7, 1984. While testing out the nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled back-pack…