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Forty years ago, in October 1984, Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space. But being the…
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A simple turn of phrase was all it took for U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of Katherine Johnson’s home state…
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released his remarks as prepared for Wednesday’s Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington. The…
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The first “A” in NASA stands for aeronautics. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is just one of several NASA centers…
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At the end of February 1998, Johnson Space Center Deputy Director James D. Wetherbee called Astronaut Eileen Collins to his…
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NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will recognize legendary human computer Dorothy Vaughan and the women of Apollo with activities…
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You’d think a NASA aerospace engineer who spends her days inside a giant dome researching how to make plane engines…
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Eleasa Kim, stationed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, leads the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program (CLDP) payload operations…
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The International Space Station provides researchers access to the unique features of low Earth orbit: long-duration microgravity, exposure to space,…
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In honor of Women’s History Month, we caught up with the ASIA-AQ team on the other side of the Earth…
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Melanie Grande works in mission design and systems analysis at NASA’s Langley Research Center, where she has contributed to planning…
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Gwendolyn Wheatle currently serves as the Administrative Assistant for the Office of STEM Engagement at NASA’s Langley Research Center in…