Space News
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AWE Launching to Space Station to Study Atmospheric Waves via Airglow
4 min read AWE Launching to Space Station to Study Atmospheric Waves via Airglow NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, mission is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station…
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NASA Improves GIANT Optical Navigation Technology for Future Missions
As NASA scientists study the returned fragments of asteroid Bennu, the team that helped navigate the mission on its journey refines their technology for potential use in future robotic and…
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Readying a Little Rover
NASA/JPL-Caltech An engineer prepares a small rover for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber on Oct. 24, 2023, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. This rover is part…
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NASA’s First Two-way End-to-End Laser Communications System
5 Min Read NASA’s First Two-way End-to-End Laser Communications System NASA's ILLUMA-T payload communicating with LCRD over laser signals. Credits: NASA/Dave Ryan NASA is demonstrating laser communications on multiple missions…
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NASA’s Scientists and Volunteers Tackle the October 14 Solar Eclipse
3 Min Read NASA’s Scientists and Volunteers Tackle the October 14 Solar Eclipse In this image captured during the October 14 annular solar eclipse we can see that the disk…
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New Video Highlights Accessibility and Inclusion at NASA
3 min read New Video Highlights Accessibility and Inclusion at NASA NASA’s mission to explore the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all is made possible through the…
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NASA’s Webb Makes First Detection of Heavy Element From Star Merger
Webb’s study of the second-brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen reveals tellurium. A team of scientists has used multiple space and ground-based telescopes, including NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s Fermi…
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NASA Retires UHF SmallSat Tracking Site Ops at Wallops
3 min read NASA Retires UHF SmallSat Tracking Site Ops at Wallops On Sept. 30, 2023, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility marked the formal conclusion of the Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Small…
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Record Number of Sea Turtles Hatch at NASA Spaceport
Sea turtle hatchlings emerge from their eggs at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA Humans aren’t the only living creatures using NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as their launchpad to the…
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25 Years Ago: Launch of Deep Space 1 Technology Demonstration Spacecraft
On Oct. 24, 1998, NASA launched the Deep Space 1 spacecraft. Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Deep Space 1 served as a testbed for 12 new…