At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-133 crew takes a break from a simulated…
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Crackling with Solar Flares
Fast-growing sunspot 1112 is crackling with solar flares. So far, none of the blasts has hurled…
Sun and Moon
On Oct. 7, 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, observed its first lunar transit when…
Ouachita Mountains
The Ouachita Mountains in southeastern Oklahoma are part of the only major mountain region between the…
Where Stars Are Born
Found among the Small Magellanic Cloud's clusters and nebulae NGC 346 is a star-forming region about…
Hubble’s Lagoon
Like brush strokes on a canvas, ridges of color seem to flow across the Lagoon Nebula,…
STS-133 Crew Begins Dress Rehearsal
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey speaks to the media gathered…
Toxic Sludge in Hungary
On Oct. 4, 2010, an accident occurred at the Ajkai Timföldgyar alumina (aluminum oxide) plant in…
President Signs NASA Authorization Act
President Barack Obama signs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 in the…
Ascent
The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010…