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Rescue and Recovery

On the latest episode of "Houston We Have a Podcast," the First Air Force, Detachment 3, discusses their long-standing partnership with NASA supporting astronaut rescue and recovery operations from Mercury to Artemis.

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Celebrating 100 Years Since Goddard’s Breakthrough Moment in Modern Rocketry

Dr. Robert H. Goddard and a liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket in the frame from which it was fired on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Mass.

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Freedom 250

NASA Celebrates America’s 250th Birthday

Our spirit of adventure and innovation will raise our nation to new heights.

From the earliest days of exploration, to the first steps on the Moon and the missions shaping our future, NASA represents the spirit of discovery that defines our nation. As the United States approaches its semiquincentennial, Freedom 250 highlights how innovation, courage, and scientific leadership have carried America forward — and how NASA continues to expand the frontier for the next generation.

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NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonnny Kim poses for a portrait with the American flag on the Fourth of July, or Independence Day, inside the International Space Station's "window to the world," the cupola. The orbital outpost was soaring 268 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean at the time of this photograph.
NASA astronaut Jonnny Kim poses for a portrait with the American flag on the Fourth of July, or Independence Day, inside the International Space Station’s “window to the world,” the cupola.
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