Category: NASA & Space News

NASA, Moog Vehicle Humming Along on Latest Electric Air Taxi Noise Tests

Inside the Rotation, Processing, and Surge Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers and technicians process the right forward center segment of the SLS rocket on November 28. […]

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‘Holidays in Space’ Set to be Held at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Will Become Festive Wonderland Dec. 15 – 30

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will blast off into the joyous season when its annual Holidays in Space celebration, presented by PEPSI®, returns Friday, December 15 – Friday, December 30. […]

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Artemis II Booster Surges Ahead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers and technicians process the right forward center segment of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Nov. 28, 2023. […]

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United Launch Alliance Vulcan VC2S Rocket Conducts Wet Dress Rehearsal at Cape Canaveral Ahead of Christmas Eve Launch

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan VC2S rocket will launch the first certification mission for ULA from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2023. […]

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NASA Selects Three Brevard Companies for Ground Support Equipment Fabrication at Kennedy Space Center

NASA has selected central Brevard firms Engraver Metal Fabricators Inc. of Merritt Island, J.P. Donovan Construction Inc. of Rockledge and Precision Fabricating and Cleaning Co. Inc. of Cocoa for a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to fabricate ground support equipment at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]

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WATCH: SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket Carrying Starlink Satellites from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday. […]

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NASA Leaders, SpaceX Dragon Endeavour Crew to Highlight 25th Anniversary of International Space Station

The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly-around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. […]

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: STS-61 Lifts Off From Cape Canaveral Carrying NASA’s First Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission

On this day in 1993, STS-61 lifted off for the first NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, traveling a total of 4.4 million miles during the course of the mission. […]

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WATCH: NASA Odyssey Orbiter Snaps Stunning Panoramic Views of Mars Horizon

Astronauts often react with awe when they see the curvature of the Earth below the International Space Station. Now Mars scientists are getting a taste of what that’s like, thanks to NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter, which completed its 22nd year at the Red Planet last month. […]

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NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory Catches ‘Spider Pulsars’ Destroying Nearby Stars

A group of dead stars known as “spider pulsars” are obliterating companion stars within their reach. Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of the globular cluster Omega Centauri is helping astronomers understand how these spider pulsars prey on their stellar companions. […]

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NASA Mourns the Loss of Trailblazing Astronaut, Scientist Mary Cleave Who Passed Away at Age 76

Retired NASA astronaut Mary Cleave, a veteran of two NASA spaceflights, died Nov. 27. She was 76. A scientist with training in civil and environmental engineering, as well as biological sciences and microbial ecology, Cleave was the first woman to serve as an associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. […]

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NASA Prepares for Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking for Expedition 70 Crew Dec. 1

NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of the Roscosmos Progress 86 cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 70 crew aboard the International Space Station. […]

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NASA’ Odyssey Orbiter Captures Stunning Views of Mars Horizon

Astronauts often react with awe when they see the curvature of the Earth below the International Space Station. Now Mars scientists are getting a taste of what that’s like, thanks to NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter, which completed its 22nd year at the Red Planet last month. […]

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA Aerospace Engineer Casey Denham Helps Tribal Students Make Robots

Casey Denham, an aerospace engineer with the Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, works with tribal students during a STEM activity at the American Indian Engineering Sciences National Conference in Spokane, Washington. […]

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