Space News
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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…
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How NASA Is Protecting Europa Clipper From Space Radiation
5 min read How NASA Is Protecting Europa Clipper From Space Radiation Engineers and technicians are seen closing the vault of NASA’s Europa Clipper in the main clean room of…
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IV&V Program’s Orion Team Receives Space Flight Awareness Award
FAIRMONT – The NASA Independent Verification & Validation Program’s Orion Team received an award for their contributions to the Artemis I Mission during a ceremony hosted at the I-79 Technology…
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Observing Storms from the International Space Station
A storm is pictured in the Arabian Sea less than 700 miles off the coast of Oman as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above. NASA / Jasmin Moghbeli…