Space News
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NASA Sets Science Webinar Coverage for Space Station Resupply Mission
(Sept. 28, 2023) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara is pictured working with the Microgravity Science Glovebox, a contained environment crew members use to handle hazardous…
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Texas Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
(Oct. 30, 2023) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara replaces hardware inside the Plant Habitat facility to prep for future experiments investigating genetic responses and immune…
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Senior Communications Specialist Alana Johnson
NASA/Joel Kowsky “Where I grew up [on my family farm] 100% shaped who I am. In fact, my son and I were talking about high schools and how big his…
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20 Years Ago: First Image of Earth from Mars and Other Postcards of Home
On March 8, 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took the first image of Earth from the surface of another planet. The Earth appearing as nothing more than a bright…
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Discovery Alert: a Long Year for a ‘Cold Saturn’
3 min read Discovery Alert: a Long Year for a ‘Cold Saturn’ Illustration of the possible appearance of TOI-4600 c, a “cold Saturn.” NASA/JPL-Caltech The Discovery Two giant planets comparable…
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NASA Pi Day Challenge Serves Up a Mathematical Marvel
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) In celebration of the mathematical constant pi, JPL is releasing the annual NASA Pi Day Challenge: a set of…
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NASA Helps Emerging Space Companies ‘Take the Heat’
A capsule containing the first products manufactured in space by Varda Space Industries and protected by a heat shield made at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley lands…
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Apollo 9 Astronaut David Scott’s Spacewalk
NASA/Russell L. Schweickart Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot for the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission, stands in the command module’s open hatch during his stand-up spacewalk on March 6,…
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NASA’s Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Part of NASA’s CADRE technology demonstration, three small rovers that will explore the Moon together show off their ability…
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Students Become FjordPhyto Volunteers and Discover that Antarctica Is Much Colder Than Texas
2 Min Read Students Become FjordPhyto Volunteers and Discover that Antarctica Is Much Colder Than Texas Texas A&M sent 31 students to the Antarctic this year—and they did some vital…