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  • Antares vertical on launch pad 0A.

    Antares Engine Test Scheduled for Feb. 22

    02.20.13 - NASA's Wallops Flight Facility will provide launch range support for an Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket engine test scheduled for Feb. 22 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A.

  • The Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM, investigation (center, on platform) uses the International Space Station's Canadarm2 and the Canadian Dextre robot (right) to demonstrate satellite-servicing tasks. (NASA)

    Robotic Refueling Demo Points To Bright Future

    02.08.13 - Following six historic days of operations, NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission demonstrated remotely controlled robots could refuel satellites.

  • Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures-3 dendrite sample from Principal Investigator Peter Voorhees's ground test. (Peter Voorhees, Northwestern University)

    CSLM-3 Grows "Christmas Trees" in Space

    03.20.13 - Researchers to gain new insights into metallic crystal growth from the CSLM-3 investigation aboard the International Space Station.

  • The ExPRESS Pallet Adapter is the platform that SAGE III that will mount to the International Space Station, shown here during vibration testing at NASA's Langley Research Center in preparation for a 2014 launch date. (NASA/Sean Smith)

    Space Station Bound SAGE III is Full Steam Ahead

    02.22.13 - Above Earth, observations from the “A-Train" build three-dimensional images of the atmosphere. NASA’s SAGE III will supplement those satellites.

  • Astronaut Frank DeWinne works with the Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument Influence of Vibration on Diffusion in Liquids (SODI-IVIDIL) hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the International Space Station. (Credit NASA)

    Fluids in Space, Shaken Not Stirred

    02.13.13 - Furthering fluid physics fundamentals in microgravity with results from the International Space Station SODI-IVIDIL investigation.

  • Some of the research on the International Space Station is already focusing on meeting the needs of long-term spaceflights beyond low-Earth orbit. During Expedition 29 in 2011, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov checks the progress of new growth in the Rastenia investigation aboard the space station. (NASA)

    Kennedy Engineers Designing Plant Habitat

    02.19.13 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center uses in-house expertise to develop an International Space Station Plant Habitat for microgravity plant growth studies.

  • 2012 Human Research Program Annual Report Cover Art Featuring Research Elements and the International Space Station

    2012 Human Research Program Annual Report

    The Human Research Program 2012 Year in Review.

  • View of the European Space Agency, or ESA, NightPod hardware in the Cupola Module of the International Space Station. (NASA)

    NightPod Images Bring Earth to Light

    02.06.13 - There is a reason the phrase "shooting in the dark" refers to things that are difficult to do -- and night photography from space is no exception.

  • An artist's concept showing the International Space Station RapidScat instrument against the ISS. (NASA JPL/Caltech)

    Space Station to Scan The Globe For Weather Data

    01.29.13 - ISS-RapidScat will launch to the space station in 2014 aboard a SpaceX Dragon resupply mission.

  • Fairing encloses spacecraft.

    Kennedy Space Center 2013

    01.25.13 - New year welcomes change and challenges.

  • This artist's rendition of the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science, or OPALS, hardware shows how it will look once attached to the International Space Station. (NASA)

    Better Communication is a 'Gem' on Space Station

    02.25.13 - "OPALS" in space? Well, it's not the gemstones you may be thinking. This "gem" has the potential to change the way data is transmitted from space.

  • A gas generator from an F1 engine is test fired at the Marshall Space Flight Center

    World's Most Powerful Engine Blazes New Path

    01.24.13 - To help develop the nation's future heavy lift rocket, NASA resurrected the mighty F1 -- the world's most powerful rocket engine ever flown.

  • Lunar Module

    NASA Takes Strides to Launch from U.S. Soil

    01.25.13 - NASA has taken a crucial step toward launching crews to the space station from the U.S. This landmark comes at the 45th anniversary of an essential stage in sending Americans to the moon.

  • People enjoying the Arizona Science and Astronomy Expo in Tucson, AZ.

    NASA EDGE: Astronomy Expo

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  • Bigelow Expandable Activity Module

    NASA to Test Bigelow Expandable Module on Space Station

    01.16.13 - NASA announced an addition to the International Space Station that will use the orbiting laboratory to test expandable space habitat technology.

  • Astronaut Don Pettit performs Ultrasound Eye Imaging during Expedition 30, as part of the continued research involving vision changes experienced by some astronauts during long-duration stays in microgravity. This research is similar to the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity (ADUM) investigation previously completed on the station, one of the many investigations students researched for the ISS Science Challenge.. (NASA)

    Students Teach the World About Space Station Science

    01.18.13 - What an inspired idea -- let students teach and share with others the interesting research astronauts do on the International Space Station.

  • Orion service module

    New Agreement Signed for Orion Service Module

    01.16.13 - NASA signed an agreement for the European Space Agency to provide a service module for the Orion spacecraft’s Exploration Mission-1 in 2017.

  • Exhibitors from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida display test models of biological research equipment for the space station. (ASGSR/Janet Powers)

    Expanding Space Research Scope Evident at Conference

    01.16.13 - Scientists, engineers and students shared research, findings and -- most importantly -- questions about how space changes things.

  • On Jan. 10, 2013, the Saturn V F1 gas generator completed a 20 second hot fire test at the Marshall Center.

    NASA Resurrects, Tests Mighty F-1 Engine Gas Generator

    01.15.13 - Why resurrect an Apollo-era rocket engine? To mine the secrets of the F-1 engine for an inspiration to create advanced, affordable propulsion systems.

  • Students gathered at MIT on Friday, Jan 11, 2013, to watch live as the Zero Robotics completion took place aboard the International Space Station. (NASA)

    Zero Robotics Challenge Kicks off the New Year

    01.14.13 - On Friday, Jan. 11th, high school students from around the world joined in fierce competition to claim the championship spot.

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