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Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, supports NASA’s Human Exploration and Space Technology missions by exploring space beyond low-Earth orbit and developing and demonstrating revolutionary, high-payoff technologies.

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NASA TechRise Student Challenge Tests Experiments in Stratosphere

On July 24, students from 30 middle and high schools selected for NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge watched their experiments launch…

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Stay up-to-date with the latest news from Armstrong's as we break down barriers and accelerate change for the benefit of humanity.

Laser Focused: Keith Barr Leads Orion’s Lunar Docking Efforts 
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Keith Barr was born only months before the historic Apollo 11 landing in 1969. While he was too young to…

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I Am Artemis: Lili Villarreal
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Lili Villarreal fell in love with space exploration from an early age when her and her family visited the Kennedy…

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NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain
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Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is…

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Integrated Testing on Horizon for Artemis II Launch Preparations
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Teams responsible for preparing and launching Artemis II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set to begin a…

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NASA Enables Construction Technology for Moon and Mars Exploration
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One of the keys to a sustainable human presence on distant worlds is using local, or in-situ, resources which includes…

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NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones
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Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA’s…

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