In the end, the Galileo spacecraft will get a taste of Jupiter before taking a final…
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OCEAN PLANT LIFE SLOWS DOWN AND ABSORBS LESS CARBON
Plant life in the world’s oceans has become less productive since the early 1980s, absorbing less…
TILT ROTOR JOINS MUSEUM COLLECTION
The XV-15 tilt rotor aircraft today took its place in what could be called “aviation’s hall…
NATIONAL SPACE EXHIBIT BLASTS OFF
The exhibition, “SPACE: A Journey to Our Future,” touches down at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center on…
EXPLORER SCHOOLS RECRUITMENT TAKES FLIGHT
NASA has launched the application season for its NASA Explorer Schools (NES) Program. Schools from across…
HISTORIC GALILEO MISSION NEARS END
Following eight years of capturing dramatic images and surprising science from Jupiter and its moons, NASA’s…
LAB RESEARCH YIELDS THE BIGGEST CHILL
NASA-funded researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass., have cooled sodium gas to…
FIRST PUBLIC MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGE
If you were given a chance to aim the camera on NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor Mars…
SATELLITES SAMPLE HURRICANE
The Atlantic Ocean becomes a meteorological mixing bowl from June 1 to November 30, replete with…
SATELLITE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
On September 6, while performing work on the NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, being prepared to launch in…