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NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Forum brought 12 university teams from across the United States to Huntsville, Alabama, near…
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Blasting into Summer: Thousands Enjoy NASA in the Park By Wayne Smith It was a super Saturday in the park…
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As a child learning about basic engineering, you probably tried and failed to join a square-shaped toy with a circular-shaped…
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NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Block 1B cargo configuration will launch for the first time beginning with…
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Media are invited to attend a celebration of space and the Rocket City during NASA in the Park on Saturday, June 22,…
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The supernova remnant 3C 58 contains a spinning neutron star, known as PSR J0205+6449, at its center. Astronomers studied this…
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California Teams Win $1.5 Million in NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge By Savannah Bullard After two days of live…
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Over 1,000 students from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico launched high-powered, amateur rockets on April 13, just north of…
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Media are invited in late July to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to see progress on the agency’s SLS…
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In early May, widespread flooding and landslides occurred in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, leaving thousands of…
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NASA in the Park is coming back to Big Spring Park East in Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday, June 22, from…
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By Savannah Bullard Editor’s note: This web article was updated June 17, 2024 to correct the name of Terra Engineering’s…
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Shining Stars: Marshall Teams Support Successful Crew Flight Test By Wayne Smith From preparing for flight readiness, to providing day-of-launch…
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This graphic shows a three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun. These stars are close enough that they could be…
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NASA will roll the fully assembled core stage for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the…
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Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, in combination with other…
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NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its Break the Ice Lunar Challenge on Wednesday, June 12…
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Around the world this summer, professional and amateur astronomers alike will be fixed on one small constellation deep in the…