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NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

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Hubble Examines a Spiral Star Factory

Hubble Examines a Spiral Star Factory

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: NICER’s X-ray concentrators are dark circles in eight staggered rows covering this image. Each one is divided into six segments, like a sliced pie, by its sunshade. The concentrators rest in a white frame of the telescope.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 to Conduct Space Station Research

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Two astronauts float inside a densely packed laboratory module on the International Space Station, surrounded by a complex array of scientific equipment, cables, and instruments.

Station Science Top News: September 13, 2024

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NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

article 5 days ago

: NICER’s X-ray concentrators are dark circles in eight staggered rows covering this image. Each one is divided into six segments, like a sliced pie, by its sunshade. The concentrators rest in a white frame of the telescope.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 to Conduct Space Station Research

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Screen capture of the My NASA Data homepage. Graphic has a blue background with an image of the Earth and rows across half of the picture representing water, sea ice, forests, clouds, and lava. Words at the top list the content categories.

Going Back-to-School with NASA Data

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Amendment 48: A.5 Carbon Cycle Science Final Text and Due Dates.

Amendment 48: A.5 Carbon Cycle Science Final Text and Due Dates.

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Artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter

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NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

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the Roman spacecraft bus

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NASA’s Hubble Finds More Black Holes than Expected in the Early Universe

NASA’s Hubble Finds More Black Holes than Expected in the Early Universe

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Hubble Examines a Spiral Star Factory

Hubble Examines a Spiral Star Factory

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ICESat-2 Hosts Third Applications Workshop

ICESat-2 Hosts Third Applications Workshop

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Amendment 49: A.55 Decadal Survey Incubation Program: Science and Technology Final Text and Due Dates

Amendment 49: A.55 Decadal Survey Incubation Program: Science and Technology Final Text and Due Dates

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Pilot A. Scott Crossfield has ignited all eight of the X-15’s engines to begin the powered flight.

65 Years Ago: First Powered Flight of the X-15 Hypersonic Rocket Plane

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Graphic shows a possible future General Electric jet engine with exposed fan blades in front of a cut-away-interior view of its core mechanisms -- all part of NASA's HyTEC research project.

NASA, GE Aerospace Advancing Hybrid-Electric Airliners with HyTEC

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An Apollo astronaut preparing to climb the ladder into the lunar module's ascent stage, his spacesuit is covered in lunar dust.

Measuring Moon Dust to Fight Air Pollution

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Amendment 49: A.55 Decadal Survey Incubation Program: Science and Technology Final Text and Due Dates

Amendment 49: A.55 Decadal Survey Incubation Program: Science and Technology Final Text and Due Dates

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the Roman spacecraft bus

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Screen capture of the My NASA Data homepage. Graphic has a blue background with an image of the Earth and rows across half of the picture representing water, sea ice, forests, clouds, and lava. Words at the top list the content categories.

Going Back-to-School with NASA Data

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NASA Mobilizes Resource for HBCU Scholars, Highlighted at Conference

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This image — developed by a team of artists from the Advanced Concepts Lab at NASA’s Langley Research Center — features astronauts performing science on the surface of the Moon and Mars. The team developed the image with a blend of digital 2D illustration and 3D techniques to mimic a retro science fiction painting.

NASA Moon to Mars Architecture Art Challenge

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A 3D printer at RPM Innovations’ facility additively manufactures a funnel-shaped aerospike rocket engine nozzle

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This image — developed by a team of artists from the Advanced Concepts Lab at NASA’s Langley Research Center — features astronauts performing science on the surface of the Moon and Mars. The team developed the image with a blend of digital 2D illustration and 3D techniques to mimic a retro science fiction painting.

NASA Moon to Mars Architecture Art Challenge

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Workers truck the HTV-1 to Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

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A close up image of a set of massive solar arrays measuring about 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) high on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the agency’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

La NASA invita a los medios al lanzamiento de Europa Clipper

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A man supporting the installation of the X-59 ejection seat.

El X-59 de la NASA avanza en las pruebas de preparación para volar

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Technicians tested deploying a set of massive solar arrays

La NASA invita a creadores de las redes sociales al lanzamiento de la misión Europa Clipper

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DXA scan performed on a test subject.

DXA Bone Scan on a Test Subject

DXA bone scan performed on a test subject.

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