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NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updates
Space
NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updates NASA's Artemis 2 mission is returning astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. See live mission updates here.
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Memorable Moment 2024
NASA
Memorable Moment 2024 As a NASA Community Anchor, Union Station (Kansas City, KS) has welcomed over 1,100 students from different Kansas City area schools to our Spectra programming, which includes all expense paid field trips, Planetarium shows, Observation Nights, and tabling at KC ...
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Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading...
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Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading... Leading climate scientists ring alarm bell on key Atlantic Ocean current collapse in open letter.
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NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming
NASA
NASA Helps Find Thawing Permafrost Adds to Near-Term Global Warming 4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
The Permafrost Tunnel north of Fairbanks, Alaska, was dug in the 1960s and is run by the U.S. Army’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. It is the site of much ...
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NASA Group Amplifies Voices of Employees with Disabilities
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NASA Group Amplifies Voices of Employees with Disabilities 4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
Kathy Clark (left) and Ryan D. Brown have both served as chairs of NASA Glenn Research Center’s Disability Awareness Advisory Group, which works to help provide individuals with disabilities equal opportunities ...
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NASA Relaunches Mentor-Protégé Program to Fill Supply Chain Gaps
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NASA Relaunches Mentor-Protégé Program to Fill Supply Chain Gaps Credit: NASA
In an effort to grow new commercial markets that support the future of space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research, NASA is preparing to relaunch its Mentor-Protégé Program for contractors on Friday, Nov. 1.
The program originally was launched to ...
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Distorted galaxy whizzes through crowded cluster in new Hubble image
Space
Distorted galaxy whizzes through crowded cluster in new Hubble image A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the galaxy IC 3225 with a comet-like tail of gas streaming from its central disk as it moves through the Virgo Cluster.
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New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing
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New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing The Rocky Mountains in Colorado, as seen from the International Space Station. Snowmelt from the mountainous western United States is an essential natural resource, making up as much as 75% of some states’ annual freshwater supply.
Summer heat has significant effects ...
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Who's in your commercial? Capital One ad stars (unnamed) astronaut
Space
Who's in your commercial? Capital One ad stars (unnamed) astronaut A banker, an athlete and an astronaut walk onto a stage... No, that is not the setup for a joke, but rather the premise behind a new commercial starring a veteran NASA space traveler.
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7 underrated horror films for Halloween — and their cosmic counterparts
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7 underrated horror films for Halloween — and their cosmic counterparts In time for Halloween, we present seven terrifying cosmic monsters — and to meet your thirst for scares, we've added must-watch horror movies to this witches brew.
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NASA chief says talks between Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin would be 'concerning'
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NASA chief says talks between Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin would be 'concerning' NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has expressed concerns over reports that SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Ariel takes shape and first shake
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The construction phase of ESA’s Ariel mission has started at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse (France) with the assembly of the spacecraft’s structural model. This marks a significant step forward for this mission designed to meticulously inspect the atmospheres ...
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ESA Astronaut Reserve training kicks off at EAC
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ESA Astronaut Reserve training kicks off at EAC
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Messier 103: one of Cassiopeia’s rich retinue of clusters
Astronomy Now
Astronomy Now
Messier 103: one of Cassiopeia’s rich retinue of clusters Messier 103 in Cassiopeia is an impressive open cluster that gives a good view through a small- to medium-aperture telescope. Image: David Wills.
Messier 103 (NGC 581) is Cassiopeia’s second Messier-designated open cluster, after Messier 52. As such it’s an impressive-looking ...
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Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home
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Hera asteroid mission’s CubeSat passengers signal home The two CubeSat passengers aboard ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence have exchanged their first signals with Earth, confirming their nominal status. The pair were switched on to check out all their systems, marking the first operation of ESA CubeSats ...
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Paxi explores wind
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English Paxi explores windLearn about wind, what causes it and how and why we study it in the latest Paxi adventureSpanish Paxi explora el vientoAprende sobre el viento, qué lo provoca y cómo y por qué lo estudiamos en la ...
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A trio of elusive Local Group galaxies
Astronomy Now
Astronomy Now
A trio of elusive Local Group galaxies IC 10 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that’s a member of our Local Group. Intense star formation here leads to its ‘starburst’ classification. Image: Leonardo Orazi.
Galaxies are everywhere, including within the unlikely Winter Milky Way territory of Cassiopeia. There are ...
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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) emerges bright in UK’s evening sky
Astronomy Now
Astronomy Now
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) emerges bright in UK’s evening sky Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) imaged on 3 October from Tivoli Farm, Namibia, southern Africa. The comet, exhibiting a 10° long tail, was only a few degrees up in the pre-dawn sky at about 5.30am local time (UT +2 hours). Image: ...
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ISS On-Orbit Status Report
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/26/2024 Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew continued assisting the ISS crew with various audits and housekeeping.  They also performed CloudNet Testing and STEMonstration Earth Science activities. Payloads: Sleep in Orbit: A crewmember transferred the MicroSD memory card ...
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