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The Launch of Sentinel-6B
Sentinel-6B launched at 12:21 a.m. EST on Monday, and is the latest in a series of satellites dating back to 1992 that have created a more-than-30-year record of sea level rise around the globe.
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Twin Satellites
ESCAPADE—the first multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars—launched at 3:55 p.m. EST, Thursday, from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two identical spacecraft will investigate how solar wind interacts with the Red Planet's magnetic environment and how this interaction drives the planet's atmospheric escape.
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Mapping Dark Matter
This image shows two massive galaxy clusters. The vast number of galaxies and foreground stars in the image were captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in near-infrared light. Glowing, hot X-rays captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory appear in pink. The blue represents the dark matter, which was precisely mapped by researchers with Webb’s detailed imaging.
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Send Your Name Around the Moon
Artemis II will test NASA’s deep space capabilities as humans fly on the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the first time. Join the mission by launching your name around the moon alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
Artemis II Boarding Pass about Send Your Name Around the Moon
Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and primary contractor Amentum use a massive crane to lift to vertical the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis II on Saturday, March 22, 2025, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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