Space News
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NASA Selects Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Contractors
NASA logo Credits: NASA NASA has selected seven companies to provide commercial data in support of the agency’s Earth science research. The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program will acquire Earth…
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Jennifer L. Turner
Environmental Portrait of Jennifer L. Turner for Faces of NASA Project. NASA / James Blair “I can almost directly trace my entire career back to [my extracurriculars] in high school…
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65 Years Ago: NASA Begins Operations
On Oct. 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially began operations. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act the previous July,…
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Clues to Psyche Asteroid’s Metallic Nature Found in SOFIA Data
When the asteroid Psyche has its first close-up with a NASA spacecraft, scientists hypothesize they will find a metal-rich asteroid. It could be part or all of the iron-rich interior…
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NASA’s Origins
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created on October 1, 1958, to perform civilian research related to space flight and aeronautics. President Eisenhower commissioned Dr. T. Keith Glennan,…
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Know Python? Or have a DSLR Camera? The Eclipse Megamovie needs your help!
1 min read Know Python? Or have a DSLR Camera? The Eclipse Megamovie needs your help! A drawn silhouette of amateur photographers looking to the sky with telescope and DSLR camera on…
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NASA Seeks Feedback on Requirements for New Commercial Space Stations
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly took this majestic image of the Earth at night highlighting the green and red hues of an Aurora. NASA NASA is asking American companies to provide…
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Brilliant Minds for Pure Blue Skies
Welcome, passionate innovators and bold visionaries, to an extraordinary quest to redefine the future of aviation, to bring forth a world where the skies are clear, and the flights are…
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Space Tech Catalyst Prize
The NASA Space Tech Catalyst Prize will recognize U.S. individuals and/or organizations that share effective best practices for how they support underrepresented and diverse space technology innovators, researchers, technologists, and…
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Discovery Alert: The Planet that Shouldn’t Be There
3 min read Discovery Alert: The Planet that Shouldn’t Be There Artist’s rendering of planet 8 Ursae Minoris b – also known as “Halla” – amid the field of debris…