Space News
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NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data
6 min read NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the…
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55 Years Ago: Eight Months Before the Moon Landing
November 1968 proved pivotal to achieving the goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. The highly successful Apollo 7 mission that returned American…
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50 Years Ago: Launch of Skylab 4, The Final Mission to Skylab
The third and final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, Skylab 4, got underway on Nov. 16, 1973, with a thunderous launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in…
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Gateway Utilization Town Hall for the International Science Community
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and Gateway Program will hold a Utilization Town Hall for the international science community at 3 p.m., Jan. 31, 2024. Members of the global science community,…
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Cube Quest Concludes: Wins, Lessons Learned from Centennial Challenge
5 min read Cube Quest Concludes: Wins, Lessons Learned from Centennial Challenge Small satellites, called CubeSats, are shown secured inside NASA’s Orion stage adapter at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
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One Year Ago: Artemis I Lifts Off
NASA / Kevin Davis and Chris Coleman In this photo, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), carrying the Orion spacecraft, lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s…
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NASA and UC Berkeley Host Discussion on the Future of AI at Work
3 min read NASA and UC Berkeley Host Discussion on the Future of AI at Work David Korsmeyer, acting deputy center director, speaks at the “The Future of Skills in…
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Backyard Worlds Volunteers Complete Ten Million Classifications in an Epic Search for New Objects Among the Nearest Stars
2 min read Backyard Worlds Volunteers Complete Ten Million Classifications in an Epic Search for New Objects Among the Nearest Stars A few Backyard Worlds volunteers. Credit: Backyard Worlds Top (l-r):…
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From childhood stargazing to building a lunar space station
Even growing up in the heart of Washington, D.C., stargazer Oliver Ortiz felt a connection to space from a young age and always wondered what was beyond the city lights.…
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NASA Selects Awardees for New Aviation Maintenance Challenge
2 min read NASA Selects Awardees for New Aviation Maintenance Challenge NASA is addressing a key challenge for sustaining the future of aviation – the skills that will be needed…