- Expedition 70 Astronauts to Share Mission in NASA Welcome Home Event
May 15, 2024
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NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara along with JAXA astronuat Satoshi Furukawa and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen
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Expedition 70 Astronauts to Share Mission in NASA Welcome ...
- The Marshall Star for May 15, 2024
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The Marshall Star for May 15, 2024
Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Visits Marshall
Navy Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his wife ...
- NASA Invites Media to View NOAA’s Newest Environmental Satellite
Technicians monitor movement and guide NOAA’s Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) as a crane hoists it on to a spacecraft dolly in a high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations ...
- Maintenance on High-Speed Wind Tunnel
Clamshell hatch of UPWT 3-stage compressor in the open position. The outer diameter of the case is approximately 24 feet. Stator blades (in green on left) will be inspected and ...
- NASA Honors Three Chroniclers for Helping Tell America’s Space Story
Through decades of hard work, three storytellers brought out of this world news down to Earth, providing a lens through which young and old could watch space exploration unfold. This ...
- 5 Things to Know About NASA’s Tiny Twin Polar Satellites
This artist’s concept depicts one of two PREFIRE CubeSats in orbit around Earth. The NASA mission will measure the amount of far-infrared radiation the planet’s polar regions shed to space ...
- NASA’s X-59 Passes Milestone Toward Safe First Flight
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California during sunrise, shortly ...
- The Next Full Moon is the Flower, Corn, or Corn Planting Moon
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The Next Full Moon is the Flower, Corn, or Corn Planting Moon
A full moon hike at Bryce Canyon National ...
- Good Night, Moon
An illuminated waning gibbous moon contrasts the deep black of space as the International Space Station soared 270 miles over the Southern Ocean.
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The waning gibbous moon stands out against the ...
- Hubble Views the Dawn of a Sun-like Star
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Hubble Views the Dawn of a Sun-like Star
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a triple-star star system.
NASA, ESA, G. Duchene (Universite de Grenoble I); Image Processing: Gladys ...
- Space Physics and Space Weather Scientist Dr. Yihua (Eva) Zheng
“I grew up in China. In China, everybody talks about what they want to be . Many want to grow up to be a scientist or engineer. ...
- Binoculars: A Great First Telescope
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Binoculars: A Great First Telescope
A pair of good binoculars can show craters on the Moon around 6 miles (10 km) across and larger. How large is that? It ...
- UN Tourism Calls for Cross-Cultural Dialogue and Climate Actions
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 15, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / UN Tourism has joined leading international organizations and government leaders at the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue, held in Baku around the ...
- Eleasa Kim: Pioneering CLDP Payload Operations and Cultural Integration
Eleasa Kim, stationed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, leads the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program (CLDP) payload operations at Johnson Space Center, with 18 years of mission support ...
- Mission Manager Update: VIPER Rover Approved to Move into Environmental Testing!
Engineers test the VIPER rover’s wheel movement and rotation in a clean room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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While NASA’s VIPER team has been focused on building ...
- Sols 4184-4185: Look Near! Look Far!
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Sols 4184-4185: Look Near! Look Far!
This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4183 (2024-05-13 02:30:29 UTC).
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Earth planning date: Monday, May 13, ...
- NASA Tests Technology, Practices Artemis Moonwalks in Arizona Desert
NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas push a tool cart loaded with lunar tools through the San Francisco Volcanic Field north of Flagstaff, Arizona, as they practice moonwalking operations ...
- NASA’s DC-8 to Fly Low Altitude Over Pocatello, Idaho, for Final Flight
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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft.
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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft will fly at low altitude over Pocatello, Idaho, and surrounding areas during its final flight from ...
- NASA’s DC-8 to Fly Low Altitude Over San Jose, California, for Final Flight
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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft.
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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft will fly at low altitude over San Jose and surrounding areas during its final flight from ...
- NASA’s DC-8 to Fly Low Altitude Over Palmdale, California, for Final Flight
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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft.
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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft will fly at low altitude over Palmdale, California, and surrounding areas during its final flight from ...
- NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory
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The NASA DC-8 aircraft lifts off on a flight from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, at sunset. The ...
- NASA Names Deputy Station Manager, Operations Integration Manager
NASA has selected Dina Contella, left, as the International Space Station Program deputy manager, based at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Contella succeeds Dana Weigel, who became the ...
- What Is… Earth’s Atmosphere?
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The sun’s last rays illuminate Earth’s atmosphere in this photograph of an orbital sunset from the International Space Station as it ...
- Aurora over Idaho
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The aurora paints the sky near Malad City, Idaho, red, purple, and green in this May 11, 2024, image. This aurora was sparked by multiple eruptions of solar material—called ...
- Meet NASA Women Behind World’s Largest Flying Laboratory
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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft – the world’s largest flying science laboratory – began its science missions in 1987 and since then, has ...