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All of a sudden a tiny NASA-funded satellite, one of many passengers aboard the SpaceX Dragon…

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Scientists identify harmful bacteria based on its DNA at a very low cost

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Elbit Systems launches nanosatellite for commercial communications

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This Week in NASA History: 3rd Hubble Servicing Mission – Dec. 19, 1999

This week in 1999, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-103, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on…