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  • NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery

    NASA explores some of the most far-out parts of space, but NASA also does research much closer to home. In fact, NASA Earth Science satellites are taking part in the management and recovery of an ecosystem right in our own backyard, the Chesapeake Bay.

  • P-3 Departing from Wallops Flight Facility

    NASA Launches Airborne Study of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution

    NASA begins the most extensive field campaign ever to investigate the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere.

  • Victoria Rose (left) launches her model rocket while Alyson Hickman waits for a turn on the launcher.

    Model Rocket Launches at the NASA Visitor Center

    March 1st marks the beginning of the annual model rocket season at NASA Wallops Flight Facility’s Visitor Center. For nearly 25 years, the Visitor Center’s staff has been routinely launching an assortment of low power model rockets for public viewing.

  • NASA Awards Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreement

    NASA has selected 10 offerors to receive Aircraft Catalog Blanket Purchase Agreements, or BPAs, to provide the agency with access to a variety of airborne platforms to conduct airborne science research and range support including, radar surveillance and telemetry relay capability.

  • A balloon in Antarctica is filled in preparation for launch.

    Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record

    NASA and the National Science Foundation have achieved a new milestone in conducting scientific observations from balloons, by launching and operating three long-duration flights within a single Antarctic summer

  • NASA and NOAA Fly Unmanned Aircraft into Hurricane Noel

    NASA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) opened a new chapter in the world of hurricane observation by making the first unmanned flight into Hurricane Noel.

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