Sun Erupts a 7.6 Million Mile per hour Coronal Mass Ejection from Sunspot 1520

Sunspot 1520 may have turned away from earth but it is still very active. On July 23rd it erupted a…

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Successful Tests of Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA's Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip…

12 years ago

The Longest Continuous View of Earth From Space Hits 40

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Interior Department Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program, the world's longest-running Earth-observing…

12 years ago

New Supercomputer Facility Set to Advance Earth Research

WASHINGTON -- NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance…

12 years ago

Mars Science Lab Curiosity Worth the Cost?

The fact that we are about to land the largest most complex and powerful rovers ever to land on mars…

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Telescope Captures Sharpest Images of Sun’s Corona

WASHINGTON -- A telescope launched July 11 aboard a NASA sounding rocket has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of…

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Japan Robotic Cargo Ship to dock with the Space Station

Japan is launching a new unmanned cargo spaseship that will be delivering goods to the international space station.   The…

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Earth-Observing Camera to Launch to International Space Station

WASHINGTON -- A remote-controlled Earth-observing camera system called ISERV will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the…

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NASA Completes Another Successful Orion Parachute Test

HOUSTON -- NASA completed another successful test Wednesday of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert in…

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NASA Conducts Mission Simulations in Hawaii

HILO, Hawaii -- NASA is conducting a nine-day field test starting Tuesday outside Hilo, Hawaii, to evaluate new exploration techniques…

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