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OSIRIS-REx Delivers NASA’s First Asteroid Sample to Earth

OSIRIS-REx Delivers NASA’s First Asteroid Sample to Earth

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2023 Annular Eclipse News and Articles

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Psyche mission team members prepare the spacecraft at a facility near NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida in late July, just after the solar arrays were folded and stowed.

NASA’s Psyche Mission on Track for Liftoff Next Month

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Here, the training model of the sample return capsule is seen is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range.

NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of Asteroid Sample Return

article 1 week ago

NASA will conduct seven verification and validation tests to ensure the Exploration Ground Systems team and structures are ready to support Artemis II.

NASA Kennedy Ready for Artemis II Moon Mission Ground Systems Testing

article 2 weeks ago

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 crew members are photographed inside the Dragon Endurance spacecraft during a countdown dress rehearsal ahead of launch.

SpaceX Crew-7

article 3 weeks ago

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Frank Rubio, un hombre de pelo y ojos oscuros y con lentes, sonrÃe y tiene los brazos cruzados. Va vestido con un polo oscuro y pantalones khaki. DetrÃ¡s suyo se ve la atmÃ³sfera de la Tierra a travÃ©s de las ventanas de observaciÃ³n de la cÃºpula.

Misión récord de astronauta ayuda a planificar viajes al espacio profundo

article 2 weeks ago

This image shows mixing at the interface of two shear-driven systems in a ground analog of hardware for Ring-Sheared Drop-IBP, which tests computer models for the behavior of high-concentration protein fluids.

Space Station Science Highlights: Week of May 15, 2023

article 4 months ago

image of an astronaut taking photos inside the cupola of the space station with views of Earth in backdrop

Earth Observation From the Space Station

article 4 months ago

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Engineers joined the two main components of NISAR in an ISRO clean room in Bengaluru, India, in June, 2023. The payload arrived from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in March, 2023, while the bus was built at the ISRO facility.

Powerful NASA-ISRO Earth Observing Satellite Coming Together in India

article 3 months ago

Thanks to a wet winter, California saw tremendous gains in the amount of water in the San Joaquin, Sacramento, and Tulare river basins (outlined in yellow) from October 2022 to March 2023, GRACE-FO data shows.

US-German Satellites Show California Water Gains After Record Winter

article 4 months ago

Waves churn in Onomea Bay, Hawaii, where the sea rose by more than 30 feet (9 meters) during the deadly tsunami of April 1, 1946.

NASA Researchers Detect Tsunamis by Their Rumble in the Atmosphere

article 4 months ago

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NASA Delivers First Flight Hardware to ESA for Lunar Pathfinder

article 2 months ago

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of “Marker Band Valley” at two times of day on April 8.

NASA’s Curiosity Captures Martian Morning, Afternoon in New ‘Postcard’

article 4 months ago

NASA scientists have made the first observation of a polar cyclone on Uranus.

NASA Scientists Make First Observation of a Polar Cyclone on Uranus

article 4 months ago

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A jet of particles pierces a star as it collapses into a black hole during a typical gamma-ray burst, as depicted in this artist’s concept.

Brightest Cosmic Explosion Ever Detected Had Other Unique Features

article 4 months ago

View of Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system after DART impact. Webb's view, hued in red, shows a bright center and darker streaks emanating outward from it.

Webb, DART Missions Win AIAA 2023 Premier Awards

article 5 months ago

A planet covered with volcanic outbursts and spots of water takes up most of the left-hand foreground. In the distance, against the black background, is a faint blue planet.

NASA’s Spitzer, TESS Find Potentially Volcano-Covered Earth-Size World

article 5 months ago

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Strategic Communications Manager Isidro Reyna

Isidro Reyna

article 1 day ago

X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle mounted onto a B-52.

Research Aircraft Integration Facility

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Artist's illustration of an Artemis astronaut stepping from a Moon lander onto the lunar surface.

Human Landing System News

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Joby Aviation's electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is pictured at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California.

Government and Industry Collaboration Leads to First Air Taxi Delivery 

article 6 days ago

Joe Piotrowski, Jr. smiles in front of NASA Armstrongs Airborne Science aircraft.

Joe Piotrowski, Jr.: One Engineer’s (Flight) Path to Airborne Science

article 2 weeks ago

Children walk around the Darkstar prop made for the Top Gun: Maverick. The prop was on display at the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show, & STEM Expo in Edwards, California.

Forget Movie Magic, NASA Armstrong has the Real Thing

article 2 weeks ago

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Two people wearing blue hooded parkas, waist deep in snow, manipulate tubes holding snow samples. equipment lies on the snow surface near them and in the background a line of dark trees

NASA Tech Lets Scientists See Snow-Water Through the Trees

article 2 weeks ago

A wide shot of a silvery piece of space hardware about the size of a car sitting on a silver platform. Three techs in white head-to-toe suits are pushing it from behind through a very large, arched doorway that leads to a dark room lined with dim lights.

Primary Instrument for NASA’s Roman Completed, Begins Tests

article 3 weeks ago

A white device that looks like a TV remote with a big, red button is held a few inches above two green, potted plants in a cardboard frame.

STELLA: NASA’s DIY Educational Gadget for Measuring Plant Health

article 2 weeks ago

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Students from various schools and organizations with a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) focus are photographed with employees from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at the Launch and Landing Facility following their arrival to Kennedy on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, as part of Delta Air Lines’ Women Inspiring Our Next Generation (WING) flight.

NASA Leaders Inspire Girls to Fly Toward STEM Careers

article 5 days ago

NASA, NSF Collaborate to Strengthen Research Capabilities

article 3 weeks ago

Four university students pose with a small model of the High-Altitude Student Platform payload.

Student-Focused Scientific Balloon Mission Inspires Future Generation

article 4 weeks ago

Highlights

(iss068e022435) NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured during a spacewalk tethered to the International Space Station's starboard truss structure.

Scientific Highlights of NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio’s Year in Space

article 2 weeks ago

A man works on a scale model of the Mars Ascent Vehicle.

Historic Wind Tunnel Facility Testing NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle Rocket

article 6 days ago

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New NASA Report Looks at Societal Considerations for Artemis

article 1 week ago

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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio uses a tool in his right hand as he activates a space biology experiment that is studying how weightlessness affects genetic expression in microbes.

Ciencia destacada del año en el espacio del astronauta Frank Rubio

article 2 weeks ago

Frank Rubio, un hombre de pelo y ojos oscuros y con lentes, sonrÃe y tiene los brazos cruzados. Va vestido con un polo oscuro y pantalones khaki. DetrÃ¡s suyo se ve la atmÃ³sfera de la Tierra a travÃ©s de las ventanas de observaciÃ³n de la cÃºpula.

Misión récord de astronauta ayuda a planificar viajes al espacio profundo

article 2 weeks ago

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Pruebas de la NASA con maniquí de Artemis I aportan información para futuras misiones tripuladas

article 2 months ago

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National Aeronautics and Space Act

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Jun 24, 2015

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Title 51—National and Commercial Space Programs

Pub. L. No. 111–314, 124 Stat. 3328 (Dec. 18, 2010)

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