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NASA Releases MAX POWER Key Events for Media, Participants
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America’s newest aerospace expo and air show – MAX POWER – is fast approaching, and NASA has announced key events…

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NIH–NASA QuSAFE Challenge
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The Quantum-Enabled Predictive Preclinical NAMs for Toxicity and Safety (QuSAFE) Challenge, a collaboration between the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…

October 29, 2026
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NASA’s SR-1 Freedom Advances with Progress on Nuclear Power Module
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Destined for Mars and beyond, NASA’s Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom will be humanity’s first fission-powered spacecraft to travel outside Earth’s…

October 20, 2026
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NASA Develops Batteries to Power Humanity’s Return to Moon
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If you’ve ever had your car start sluggishly, or not at all, on a particularly frigid winter morning, you know…

October 14, 2026
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NASA’s SSPICY Mission to Demonstrate In-Space Inspection Technologies
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A new NASA-supported spacecraft will get up close to satellites that are no longer in service, demonstrating technologies that could…

October 8, 2026
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Lunar Grounding Challenge
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As an astronaut traverses the lunar South Pole, tribocharging from walking on the lunar surface and plasma charging from the…

October 6, 2026
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NASA Opens 2027 Human Lander Challenge for Lunar Communications
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NASA’s 2027 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help address one of the most…

September 29, 2026
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NASA Opens Applications for Second Season of ORBIT Student Challenge
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Following a successful inaugural year of ingenuity and career building, NASA ORBIT (Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology) has…

September 29, 2026
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NSTGRO 2026
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NSTGRO Homepage Omar AlyousefUniversity of MemphisPolycatenated Architected Materials (PAM) for Origami-Inspired Space Docking Ports Cade ArmstrongUniversity of Texas at AustinIntelligent…

September 29, 2026
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