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La NASA selecciona a los candidatos a astronauta de la promoción 2025, totalmente estadounidense
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Read this press release in English here. Diez nuevos candidatos a astronauta de la NASA fueron presentados el lunes tras un…

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NASA Selects All-American 2025 Class of Astronaut Candidates 
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Editor’s Note: This release was updated on Sept. 26, 2025, to reflect a change to NASA astronaut candidates’ next media…

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Acting NASA Administrator Reflects on Legacy of Astronaut Jim Lovell
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The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy on the passing of famed Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell.…

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NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker Retires
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NASA astronaut Shannon Walker retired July 10, concluding a career that spanned 38 years, including 30 years of federal service…

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NASA Assigns Astronaut Anil Menon to First Space Station Mission
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon will embark on his first mission to the International Space Station, serving as a flight engineer…

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NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Retires
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NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps retired May 30, after nearly 16 years of service with the agency. Epps most recently served…

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NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Discuss Seven-Month Space Mission
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Media are invited to a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, April 28, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in…

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NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Colorado Students
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Students from Woodland Park, Colorado, will connect with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers as she answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and…

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NASA Space Day to Share Progress, Opportunities at Texas Capitol
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March 17, 2025 NASA is heading back to the state capitol in March for Space Day Texas, a recognition of…

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Astronaut Candidates Get to Work at Johnson Space Center
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NASA announced its newest class of astronaut candidates on Sept. 22, 2025, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.…

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NASA Makes Webby 30s List of Most Iconic, Influential on Internet
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NASA has earned a spot on The Webby 30, a curated list celebrating 30 companies and organizations that have shaped…

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NASA’s Artemis II Lunar Science Operations to Inform Future Missions
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While the Artemis II crew will be the first humans to test NASA’s Orion spacecraft in space, they will also…

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Back to Earth, Forward to the Future: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Returns  
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After months of groundbreaking research, exploration, and teamwork aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 has returned to Earth.  …

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Risk of Venous Thromboembolism During Spaceflight
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In October 2024, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review the…

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Station Science Top News: Dec. 20, 2024
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A method for evaluating thermophysical properties of metal alloys Simulation of the solidification of metal alloys, a key step in…

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30 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 15th Group of Astronauts 
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On Dec. 8, 1994, NASA announced the selection of its 15th group of astronauts. The diverse group comprised 19 candidates…

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2024 Be An Astronaut Campaign
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NASA astronauts have been traveling to space for more than six decades and living there continuously since 2000. Now, NASA’s…

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Matt Dominick’s X Account: A Visual Journey from Space
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NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick launched to the International Space Station on March 3, 2024 as…

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