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NASA’s MMS Achieves Major Mission Milestone

06.14.13 - This fisheye image shows NASA’s four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, observatories inside the cleanroom at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
HS3 Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust

06.14.13 - NASA's 2013 HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones.
NASA-Led Study Explains Decades of Black Hole Observations

06.14.13 - The study confirms long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.
Hubble Spots a Very Bright Contortionist

06.14.13 - In this image, the twisted shape hides a number of features. In the very complex and disturbed central region, scientists have distinguished two nuclei, remains of two different galaxies.
Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed

06.14.13 - Assembly of James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame.

NASA-Led Study Explains Decades of Black Hole Observations

06.14.13 - The study confirms long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.
Warm Ocean Causing Most Antarctic Ice Shelf Mass Loss

06.13.13 - Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of the continent's ice shelf mass loss, a new study by NASA and university researchers has found.
NASA Awards Office of Human Capital Management Professional Services Contract

06.13.13 - NASA has selected All Native Inc. of Winnebago, Neb., for award of the Office of Human Capital Management Professional Services contract.
Astrobiologist to Discuss Exotic Earths at Library of Congress

06.10.13 - The public is invited to a free lecture - “Exotic Earths: Exploring Planets Around Other Stars” by NASA astrobiologist Avi Mandell at the Library of Congress June 19.
NASA and Iowa Flood Center to Host Public Event on Precipitation and Flood Forecasting

06.05.13 - The public and media are invited to meet representatives of NASA and the Iowa Flood Center at an outreach event at 7 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, June 12, at Northeast Iowa Community College.