On July 27, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 names as part of a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space …
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Education & Innovation
NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its partners to test the safety and performance of future …
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Education & Innovation
NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA is working with industry to advance the next phase of cislunar infrastructure for the agency’s Artemis program and Moon Base, including orbital assets and demonstrations. Under a contract awarded …
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Education & Innovation
NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauOn July 3, one of NASA’s two Mars-destined ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft captured photos of Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal infrared light. …
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Education & Innovation
Science and Spacesuit Work Before Crew Changes Commanders
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe International Space Station will change commanders on Saturday before three Expedition 74 crew members return to Earth on Sunday. As the homebound trio prepares for departure, the rest of the orbital crewmates are …
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Planet & Sustainability
US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauAs of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India …
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Education & Innovation
Robotic Servicing Mission Launches with NASA Support
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauFollowing its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload …
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Education & Innovation
Weekend Departure Preps Continue as Crew Works Science, Spacesuits
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThree Expedition 74 crew members are nearing the end of their stay aboard the International Space Station handing over mission responsibilities and packing up cargo for return to Earth. Science hardware, lab maintenance, and …
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Education & Innovation
NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNew research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth object by precisely tracking its motion through space and …
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Education & Innovation
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim of Jezero Crater was built by repeated asteroid impacts. Referred to as …