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The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission (from left) mission specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot, and Anne McClain, commander, along with Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), pose for a picture during training at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

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The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission (from left) mission specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot, and Anne McClain, commander, along with Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), pose for a picture during training at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

Experience the Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission

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You Are Now Arriving at ‘Pico Turquino’

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NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar System

NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar System

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The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission (from left) mission specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot, and Anne McClain, commander, along with Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), pose for a picture during training at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

Experience the Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Mission

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Framed by vegetation in the foreground and against the backdrop of a black night sky, NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test on Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Sierra Space’s LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) habitat following a full-scale ultimate burst pressure test at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama

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NASA flew an aircraft equipped with Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) flew above California fires on Sept. 3 and 10.

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Expanded AI Model with Global Data Enhances Earth Science Applications

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Amendment 75: New Opportunity: A.64 FORTE Science Team

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Towards Autonomous Surface Missions on Ocean Worlds

Towards Autonomous Surface Missions on Ocean Worlds

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NASA-Led Team Links Comet Water to Earth’s Oceans

NASA-Led Team Links Comet Water to Earth’s Oceans

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Amendment 72: D.14 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunities Final Text and Due Dates.

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EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope)

EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope)

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NASA flew an aircraft equipped with Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) flew above California fires on Sept. 3 and 10.

NASA’s C-20A Studies Extreme Weather Events

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Expanded AI Model with Global Data Enhances Earth Science Applications

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Amendment 78: D.10 TESS General Investigator Program Final Text and Due Date

Amendment 78: D.10 TESS General Investigator Program Final Text and Due Date

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Two men prepare a wing test article for obtaining vibration data.

NASA Flips Efficient Wing Concept for Testing

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Scaled Power Electrified Drivetrain (SPEED)

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Researchers Al Capps (seated) and Paul Borchers demonstrate Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) tools that air traffic managers began testing in 2017.

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A group of people are sitting at a desk looking at computers with headsets on. A man is pointing and smiling at one of the computer screens.

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Coming Spring 2025: Planetary Defenders Documentary

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The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission (from left) mission specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot, and Anne McClain, commander, along with Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), pose for a picture during training at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

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View from outside a large run stall. The 100-foot-long X-59 sits in the run stall with the engine and the rest of the back of the aircraft sitting outside the run stall’s open bay door.

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A view of the front of a bustling event tent outfitted with NASA flags and insignia. The tent is centered in the photo and sits atop a concrete airfield, where many people are walking in and out of the tent. A grey-white overcast sky is behind and above the tent.

La NASA lleva un dron y un rover espacial a un espectáculo aéreo

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A man wearing a gray NASA shirt posing to the left of a subscale model or an aircraft that is orange and white with the NASA meatball on it. In the background, there are aviation posters located on the wall and another subscale model on display that is yellow and red.

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Flight Simulators

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Flight Simulators

Flight Simulators

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