During initial exploratory recovery tests, both reaction wheel 4 and 2 spun.
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NASA Selects Contract for Information Technology Services
NASA has awarded Arctic Slope Regional Corp. (ASRC) Federal Research and Technology Solutions of Greenbelt, Md.,…
Tropical Ecosystems Boost Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Rise
NASA scientists and an international team of researchers have found tropical ecosystems can generate significant carbon…
NASA Ames Invites Media to Space Station Astronaut-Robot Test
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station will control NASA's K10 planetary rover at the agency's…
Kepler Mission Manager Update: Recovery Begins
Over the next week, the team will attempt tests to explore recovery of the spacecraft's reaction…
SOFIA Investigates Southern Sky From New Zealand
NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory is in New Zealand to study celestial objects that are difficult or…
In the Zone: How Scientists Search for Habitable Planets
NASA's Kepler mission is helping in the quest for “Goldilocks planets,” where conditions are "just right"…
Telescope Door on IRIS Opens
In its first step towards science operations since launch, the IRIS team opened the IRIS telescope…
LADEE Project Manager Update: LADEE Journeys to its Launch Facility
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Observatory has successfully made the cross-country trip from…