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NASA Honors Its Fallen Heroes, Marks 15th Anniversary of Columbia Accident
NASA will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and…
Signs of Ships in the Clouds
Ships churning through the Atlantic Ocean produced this patchwork of bright, criss-crossing cloud trails off the…
Prepping the Parker Solar Probe for Space
At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Parker Solar Probe is lowered into the 40-foot-tall thermal…
Next Stop: The Stratosphere via Virtual Tour
A new virtual tour brings users aboard NASA’s flying observatory SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared…
NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignments for Space Station Missions
NASA is announcing an addition to the NASA lineup for upcoming launches, and making changes to…
Jupiter’s Swirling South Pole
This image of Jupiter’s swirling south polar region was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it…
Long-Term Warming Trend Continued in 2017: NASA, NOAA
Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since 1880, according to an…
Even in the Desert
For the second time in three years, snow has accumulated in the desert near the northern…
NASA Picks Up Where It Left Off In 2017, Tests RS-25 Flight Controller
NASA engineers picked up this year where they left off in 2017, conducting a certification test…