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NASA Continues Progress on Artemis III Rocket Adapter with Key Joint Installation
Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, recently installed a key component called the frangible…

Chandra Catches Spider Pulsars Destroying Nearby Stars
A group of dead stars known as “spider pulsars” are obliterating companion stars within their reach. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of the globular…

The Marshall Star for November 29, 2023
Artemis II Crew Enjoys Visit with Marshall Team Members By Wayne Smith From talking about continuing the legacy of NASA’s…

Artemis II Crew Signs NASA Moon Rocket Hardware at Marshall
Artemis II NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch of NASA, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy…

The Marshall Star for November 22, 2023
Artemis II Astronauts View SLS Core Stage at Michoud Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch of NASA,…

Artemis II Astronauts View SLS Core Stage at Michoud
Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch of NASA, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen view…

Cube Quest Concludes: Wins, Lessons Learned from Centennial Challenge
By Savannah Bullard Artemis I launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022, penning a new…

NASA Telescope Data Becomes Music You Can Play
For millennia, musicians have looked to the heavens for inspiration. Now a new collaboration is enabling actual data from NASA telescopes to…

Rocket Exhaust on the Moon: NASA Supercomputers Reveal Surface Effects
Through Artemis, NASA plans to explore more of the Moon than ever before with human and robotic missions on the lunar surface. Because future…

Arkansas City Welcomes NASA to Discuss 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
The contiguous United States will see only one total solar eclipse between now and the year 2044, and the citizens…

I am Artemis: Eric Bordelon
As a child, Eric Bordelon had posters of the space shuttle in his room. Now, he takes photos and video…

NASA Project Manager Helps Makes Impact in Southeast Asia with SERVIR
By Celine Smith “As the seedlings were placed in the water, I felt a moment of déjà vu,” said NASA…

Super Guppy Arrives in Alabama to Drop Off Artemis I Heat Shield
NASA’s Super Guppy arrives in Alabama on Nov. 6, 2023, carrying the heat shield that protected Orion’s crew module during…

Inspiring the Next Generation with Student Challenges and Learning Opportunities
Creativity and curiosity are strongly tied to NASA’s missions and vision. Many of the agency’s public opportunities foster these traits…

Deploying and Demonstrating Navigation Aids on the Lunar Surface
NASA is developing lunar navigation beacons to be deployed on spacecraft or the lunar surface to aid in localization and…

NASA Telescopes Discover Record-Breaking Black Hole
Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet seen in X-rays, using NASA telescopes. The black hole is at…

Early Production Continues on Advanced Upper Stage for NASA Moon Rocket
Link to full image Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed a major portion of a…

The Marshall Star for November 1, 2023
NASA, AAS Talk Present, Future of Space Exploration During 3-Day Symposium By Jessica Barnett Hundreds of students, scientists, and other…