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U.S. Cargo Ship Departure from International Space Station Set August 27

On August 24, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

Filled with almost 2,700 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station Tuesday, Aug. 27. NASA Television and the agency’s website will broadcast its departure live beginning at 10:15 a.m. EDT.

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Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan Complete Installation of Second Commercial Docking Port

On August 22, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan concluded this spacewalk at 2:59 p.m. EDT. During the six-hour and 32-minute spacewalk, the two astronauts successfully installed the second of two international docking adapters (IDAs).

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NASA Television to Broadcast Meeting of National Space Council Today at 9:30 a.m.

On August 20, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the sixth meeting of the National Space Council at 9:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 20, from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

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Spacewalkers Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan Get Ready for Fifth ISS Spacewalk of Year on Aug. 21

On August 18, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

Three NASA astronauts remain focused on preparations for next week’s spacewalk at the International Space Station. The rest of the Expedition 60 focused on biology research and a pair of docked spaceships.

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NASA, SpaceX Rehearse Crew Extraction from Dragon in Trident Basin at Port Canaveral

On August 16, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

NASA at the Trident Basin in Cape Canaveral, Florida, astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken work with teams from NASA and SpaceX to rehearse crew extraction from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, which will be used to carry humans to the International Space Station.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: One Year, 2 Trips Around Sun for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe

On August 14, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

Since NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched on Aug. 12, 2018, Earth has made a single trip around the Sun — while the daring solar explorer is well into its third orbit around our star. With two close passes by the Sun already under its belt, Parker Solar Probe is speeding toward another close solar approach on Sept. 1, 2019.

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SPACE HISTORY: Echo Satellite Launched From Cape Canaveral In August 1960

On August 7, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

NASA launched the Echo I communications balloon satellite on Aug. 12, 1960.

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NASA’s Hubble Telescope Uncovers a ‘Heavy Metal’ Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football

On August 6, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

How can a planet be “hotter than hot?” The answer is when heavy metals are detected escaping from the planet’s atmosphere, instead of condensing into clouds.

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NASA Announces U.S. Industry Partnerships to Advance Moon, Mars Technology

On August 5, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, commercial companies are developing new technologies, working toward space ventures of their own, and looking to NASA for assistance.

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NASA Scientist Gioia Massa Honored with Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

On August 3, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

Gioia Massa Ph.D. is among 18 NASA engineers and researchers named by President Donald Trump to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Massa, along with 296 other federal researchers, received her award during a ceremony July 25, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft to Depart International Space Station August 6

On August 3, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

More than three months after delivering several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the SS Roger Chaffee, will depart the orbiting laboratory Tuesday, August 6.

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NASA Awards $7.5 Million to UCF’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science

On July 31, 2019 By Zenaida Kotala, UCF Today

NASA awarded a $7.5 million grant to UCF’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS), helping secure the next five years of the center’s bright future.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA’s Hubble Telescope Captures a Galactic Potpourri of Particles

On July 29, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

Every now and then, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope glimpses a common object — say, a spiral galaxy — in an interesting or unusual way.

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SPACE TEST: “Green Run” Test Will Pave the Way for Successful NASA Moon Missions

On July 28, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced July 25 the agency will conduct a “Green Run” core stage test for the Space Launch System rocket ahead of the upcoming Artemis 1 lunar mission.

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SpaceX Now Targeting 6:24 p.m. Wednesday for Launch of its 18th Resupply ISS Mission

On July 23, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX now is targeting 6:24 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 24, for the launch of its 18th resupply mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Pad 40.

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Florida Tech Affiliate Larsen Motorsports and NASA Announce STEM Partnership

On July 20, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

Blazing Trails, the non-profit educational outreach organization at Florida Tech affiliate Larsen Motorsports, announced today that it has teamed with NASA’s STEM education initiative to promote advanced manufacturing, technology, and skilled, trade-based careers on Florida’s Space Coast and across the country.

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APOLLO HISTORY: Going to the Moon Was Hard — But the Benefits Were Huge, for All of Us

On July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 By NASA

President John F. Kennedy wasn’t kidding when he said going to the Moon was hard. Much of the technology needed to get to the lunar surface and return didn’t exist at the time of Kennedy’s famous 1962 speech. And much was unknown.

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NASA Funds Demo of 3D-Printed Spacecraft Parts Made and Assembled in Orbit

On July 16, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

NASA has awarded a $73.7 million contract to Made In Space, Inc. of Mountain View, California, to demonstrate the ability of a small spacecraft, called Archinaut One, to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit.

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Arrival of Astronaut Andrew Morgan at Space Station Coincides with Apollo Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

On July 14, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

A multinational crew of space travelers, including NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on Saturday, July 20 – the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s historic landing on the Moon. NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the crew’s launch and arrival.

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NASA Maps Shows Surface Changes From Large Southern California Earthquakes

On July 11, 2019 By Space Coast Daily

Damage from two strong earthquakes that rattled Southern California on July 4 and July 5 — a magnitude 6.4 and a magnitude 7.1, respectively — can be seen from space.