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This Month in Exploration - July
07.09.09 - Forty years ago humans set foot on the moon for the first time during the Apollo 11 mission. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
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What's in a Name?
05.15.09 - NASA's early spaceflight director knew the answer to this question. He named two of the agency's most celebrated programs -- Mercury and Apollo.
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This Month in Exploration - June
06.09.09 - Ten years ago space shuttle Discovery astronauts released a spherical satellite studded with 878 tiny mirrors. Find out what else happened this month in exploration history.
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Defying Gravity
06.03.09 - NASA Glenn engineers teach students the physics of spaceflight at Ohio amusement park.
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Ares I-X to be Tested for Stability Before Launch
05.26.09 - The first flight test of NASA's new rocket configuration to carry astronauts into space will take place later this year.
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Hubble's New Covers Provide Blanket of Protection
05.20.09 - Years of teamwork pay off for Goddard and Glenn engineers who studied Hubble's insulation.
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This Month in Exploration - May
05.06.09 - Forty years ago Apollo 10 launched from Kennedy Space Center on a test mission. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
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Cleveland Celebrates Yuri's Night
04.14.09 - Cleveland joined more than 200 cities celebrating space exploration last week.
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Glenn Engineer Puts a NASA Spin on Baseball
04.06.09 - Tom Benson teaches students the physics of flight by comparing airplanes and rockets to baseball.
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This Month in Exploration - April
04.01.09 - Fifty years ago the first American astronauts were selected for Project Mercury. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.