Space News
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NASA Wallops Signs Space Act Agreement to Support STEM Outreach
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Earlier this year, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility reaffirmed a 25-year relationship with the Virginia Space Flight Academy (VASFA) through…
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Reflection
NASA / Ben Smegelsky A Great Blue Heron skims its wings on a waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2021, making an artistic reflection on…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures a Martian Day, From Dawn to Dusk
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) While stationary for two weeks during Mars solar conjunction in November 2023, NASA’s Curiosity rover used its front and…
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NASA Sets Coverage for ULA, Astrobotic Artemis Robotic Moon Launch
Ahead of launch as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is encapsulated in the payload fairing, or nose cone, of United Launch Alliance’s…
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NASA’s Juno to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io on Dec. 30
This image revealing the north polar region of the Jovian moon Io was taken on October 15 by NASA’s Juno. Three of the mountain peaks visible in the upper part…
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NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist presents their first annual year-in-review for 2023
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) OTPS shares an annual letter from the Agency Chief Technologist (ACT), updates on various studies in the technology domain within…
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OTPS Releases its 2023 Annual Report
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, shares highlights from the office in 2023, including key accomplishments and collaborations…
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Studying Combustion and Fire Safety
Research on the International Space Station is helping scientists to understand how fire spreads and behaves in different environments and learn how to prevent and extinguish fires in space. Combustion…
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Ringing in the Holidays
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI The ice giant Uranus and its rings steal the show in this Dec. 18, 2023, image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope captured new…
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NASA’s Deep Space Network Turns 60 and Prepares for the Future
The radio antennas of the NASA’s Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex are located near the Australian capital. It’s one of three Deep Space Network complexes around the world that keep…