Category: Science
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New York City Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Students from New York City will have an opportunity this week to talk with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:40 a.m. EDT Friday, March 13, on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will answer questions from students from Martin Van Buren…
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NASA Administrator Statement on Coronavirus Situation
“On Sunday, March 8, we received confirmation an employee at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley tested positive for the coronavirus
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SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 11:50 p.m. EST Friday.
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WATCH LIVE: DRAGON RESUPPLY MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Friday, March 6 for launch of its twentieth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-20), which will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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#BeAnAstronaut: NASA Seeks Applicants to Explore Moon, Mars
For the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications Monday for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers have until 11:59 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 31, to apply.
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NASA Selects New Instrument to Continue Key Climate Record
NASA has selected a new space-based instrument as an innovative and cost-effective approach to maintaining the 40-year data record
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Electric-Blue Clouds
There’s an electric blue glow in the skies above Antarctica. The strange glow is coming from noctilucent clouds.
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NASA Administrator Statement on Passing of Katherine Johnson
The following is a statement from Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the passing of NASA legend Katherine Johnson, who worked for the agency from 1953 to 1986. “NASA is deeply saddened by the loss of a leader from our pioneering days, and we send our deepest condolences to the family of Katherine Johnson. Ms. Johnson helped…
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NASA Selects Proposals for Student Aeronautics, Space Projects
NASA has awarded more than $39.8 million through the agency’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Project to increase student and faculty engagement in STEM at community colleges, technical schools and universities across the nation. Each award has a four-year performance period and a maximum value of $760,000 for fiscal year 2020. NASA awarded funds…
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NASA Science, Cargo Heads to Space Station on Northrop Grumman Mission
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,000 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 3:21 p.m. EST Saturday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The spacecraft launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A…