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 Featured NASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixels3 min readNASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixelsarticle2 days ago This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun Aug. 31, 2012, traveling over 900 miles per second and sending radiation deep into space. Earth’s magnetic field shields it from radiation produced by solar events like this one, while Mars lacks that kind of shielding.6 min readNASA Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Marsarticle3 days ago A person stands next to a small jet engine inside a soundproofed room.3 min readNASA Uses Small Engine to Enhance Sustainable Jet Researcharticle3 days ago
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 Highlights Two Small NASA Satellites Will Measure Soil Moisture, Volcanic Gases

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		Two Small NASA Satellites Will Measure Soil Moisture, Volcanic Gases

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			12 hours ago A large metal scientific instrument with black solar panels is suspended off the ground by a yellow crane. A trail of white material lies on the ground and connects to a semi-inflated white balloon in the background.

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		NASA Balloons Head North of Arctic Circle for Long-Duration Flights

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			1 day ago NASA’s Hubble Pauses Science Due to Gyro Issue

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		NASA’s Hubble Pauses Science Due to Gyro Issue

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		NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science

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			13 hours ago NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare for their mission in the company’s Starliner spacecraft simulator at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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		NASA’s Commercial Partners Deliver Cargo, Crew for Station Science

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		NASA Shares Lessons of Human Systems Integration with Industry

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 Highlights Two Small NASA Satellites Will Measure Soil Moisture, Volcanic Gases

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		Two Small NASA Satellites Will Measure Soil Moisture, Volcanic Gases

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			12 hours ago Colorado River

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		NASA-Led Study Provides New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers

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			6 days ago three men standing beside a small, black piece of space satellite hardware

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		NASA’s ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space

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		NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science

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			13 hours ago What’s Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA

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		What’s Up: May 2024 Skywatching Tips from NASA

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			14 hours ago May’s Night Sky Notes: Stargazing for Beginners

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		May’s Night Sky Notes: Stargazing for Beginners

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 Featured NASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixels

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		NASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixels

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			2 days ago NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away

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		NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away

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			2 days ago Webb Captures Top of Iconic Horsehead Nebula in Unprecedented Detail

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		Webb Captures Top of Iconic Horsehead Nebula in Unprecedented Detail

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		NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science

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			13 hours ago NASA’s Hubble Pauses Science Due to Gyro Issue

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		NASA’s Hubble Pauses Science Due to Gyro Issue

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			2 days ago NASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixels

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		NASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixels

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 Highlights A person stands next to a small jet engine inside a soundproofed room.

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		NASA Uses Small Engine to Enhance Sustainable Jet Research

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			3 days ago Inside of an aircraft cockpit is shown from the upside down perspective with two men in tan flight suits sitting inside. The side of one helmet, oxygen mask and visor is seen for one of the two men as well as controls inside the aircraft. The second helmet is seen from the back as the man sitting in the front is piloting the aircraft. You can see land below through the window of the aircraft.

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		NASA Photographer Honored for Thrilling Inverted In-Flight Image

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		NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye ... for Now

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		NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science

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			13 hours ago A stack of computer components on a white background - CGI

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		Big Science Drives Wallops’ Upgrades for NASA Suborbital Missions

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			15 hours ago An astronaut aboard a space shuttle points a video camera out the window.

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		Tech Today: Stay Safe with Battery Testing for Space

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		NASA Grant Brings Students at Underserved Institutions to the Stars

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		Washington State High Schooler Wins 2024 NASA Student Art Contest

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		NASA STEM Artemis Moon Trees

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 Highlights A man talks at a podium in an aircraft hangar.

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		NASA’s Commitment to Safety Starts with its Culture

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			2 days ago An astronaut aboard a space shuttle points a video camera out the window.

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		Tech Today: Stay Safe with Battery Testing for Space

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			2 days ago Members of Team Miles with the CubeSat developed during the NASA Cube Quest Challenge. From left to right: Alex Wingeier, Don Smith, Wes Faler. Image Credit: Team Miles

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		NASA Challenge Gives Space Thruster Commercial Boost

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 Highlights 2021 Astronaut Candidates Stand in Recognition

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		Diez maneras en que los estudiantes pueden prepararse para ser astronautas

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			1 month ago Astronaut Marcos Berrios

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		Astronauta de la NASA Marcos Berríos

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			2 months ago image of an experiment facility installed in the exterior of the space station

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		Resultados científicos revolucionarios en la estación espacial de 2023

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2015 NASA News Releases
 NASA Awards Letter Contract for Landsat 9 Imager-2  NASA has awarded a sole source letter contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colo., to build the Operational Land Imager-2 instrument for the Landsat 9 project. The estimated value of this Cost-plus Award-Fee Letter Contract is $19.3 million...
 News Conference Features Next Space Station Crew; Interviews Available  NASA will host a news conference for the next crew launching to the International Space Station, featuring NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television will broadcast the news...
 NASA Suspends 2016 Launch of InSight Mission to Mars  After thorough examination, NASA managers have decided to suspend the planned March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission. The decision follows unsuccessful attempts to repair a leak in a section of...
 NASA Administrator Statement on Japan Announcement of Support for International Space Station Through 2024  In January 2014, the Obama Administration announced the United States was committed to extending operations of the International Space Station (ISS) through at least 2024. The commitment represents the second time in seven years the administration has led the partnership...
 NASA Reaches New Heights in 2015  Credits: NASA RELEASE: 15-232 In 2015, NASA explored the expanse of our solar system and beyond, and the complex processes of our home planet, while also advancing the technologies for our journey to Mars, and new aviation systems as the...
 NASA Orders Second Boeing Crew Mission to International Space Station  NASA took an important step Friday to establish regular crew missions that will launch from the United States to the International Space Station with the order of its second post-certification mission from Boeing Space Exploration of Houston. “Once certified by...
 NASA Astronauts to Conduct Spacewalk as Early as Monday, Dec. 21  Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA are preparing for a previously unscheduled spacewalk outside the International Space Station on either Monday, Dec. 21, or Tuesday, Dec. 22. The pair will move the station’s mobile...
 Media Invited to View Launch of New Ocean Monitoring Satellite  The launch of Jason-3, an international mission led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to continue U.S.- European satellite measurements of the topography of the ocean surface, is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. Media are invited to...
 Study Shows Climate Change Rapidly Warming World’s Lakes  Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, according to a new NASA and National Science Foundation-funded study of more than half of the world’s freshwater supply. Using more than 25 years of satellite...
 NASA TV Coverage Set for Space Station Russian Cargo Ship Activities  NASA Television will provide live coverage of the upcoming launch and docking of an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress 62, to the International Space Station. NASA TV coverage of the Monday, Dec. 21 launch will begin at 3:30 a.m. EST....
 Spinoff 2016 Highlights Space Technologies Used in Daily Life on Earth  NASA technology is all around us, turning trash into oil, saving women from a deadly complication of childbirth, and putting the bubbles in beer. These technologies and more are featured in the 2016 edition of NASA’s annual Spinoff publication, highlighting...
 NASA Examines Global Impacts of the 2015 El Niño  People the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Niño event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite observations are beginning to show scientists its impact on the...
 American, Russian and Briton Join International Space Station Crew  Hatches between the International Space Station and an arriving Soyuz spacecraft opened at 2:58 p.m. EST Tuesday, signaling the arrival of three new crew members, including NASA astronaut Tim Kopra. They will join other residents on the station to continue...
 New NASA Satellite Maps Show Human Fingerprint on Global Air Quality  Using new, high-resolution global satellite maps of air quality indicators, NASA scientists tracked air pollution trends over the last decade in various regions and 195 cities around the globe. The United States, Europe and Japan have improved air quality thanks...
 NASA Studies High Clouds, Saharan Dust from EPIC View  It’s a fresh view of Earth. Less than a year after its launch on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), NASA’s onboard camera is taking images of the entire sunlit side of Earth every two hours. Credits: NASA From a...
 Be an Astronaut: NASA Accepting Applications for Future Explorers  Recently named the best place to work in the federal government for the fourth year in a row, NASA is looking for the best candidates to work in the best job on or off the planet. The astronaut candidate application...
 NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Completes Space Station Mission, Safely Returns to Earth  Expedition 45 Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA is among three crew members who returned to Earth Friday after a 141-day mission aboard the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan at approximately 8:12 a.m. EST (7:12 p.m. Kazakhstan time). Also...
 NASA Highlights Global Air Quality, Moon, El Nino at American Geophysical Union  NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union Dec. 14-18 in San Francisco. NASA-related briefings will be carried live on the agency’s website....
 NASA Television Coverage Set for Next Space Station Crew Launch  The next three crew members bound for the International Space Station are set to launch on Tuesday, Dec. 15. NASA Television will provide full coverage of the launch beginning at 5 a.m. EST. Astronauts Tim Kopra of NASA and Tim...
 Media Invited to See Progress Toward Space Station Launches from Virginia  NASA, Orbital ATK and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) will conduct a tour at 10:30 a.m. EST, on Thursday, Dec. 17, for media to view the completed work and preparations to resume next year commercial cargo resupply missions to the...
 NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard Orbital ATK Resupply Mission  New hardware that will support dozens of NASA investigations and other science experiments from around the world is among the more than 7,000 pounds of cargo on the way to the International Space Station aboard Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft. It...
 Boston Area Students to Talk with Space Station Astronaut  Students from seven high schools in Boston will have the opportunity to speak with a NASA astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station at 9:45 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA...
 NASA to Televise Return of Three Space Station Crew Members  NASA Television will provide complete coverage Friday, Dec. 11 of the departure of three crew members from the International Space Station and their return to Earth beginning at 1 a.m. EST. Expedition 45 Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg...
 Al Condes Named Associate Administrator of NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations  NASA has named Al Condes the agency’s new associate administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR) following the retirement of Michael O’Brien. As associate administrator, Condes will oversee the office that provides executive leadership and coordination for...
 NASA TV Coverage Set for Orbital ATK Resupply Mission to Space Station  NASA commercial partner Orbital ATK has set Thursday, Dec. 3, for the launch of its fourth contracted mission to the International Space Station under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. NASA Television coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. EST. NASA confirmed...
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