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Liftoff! Orbital Antares Rocket Launches From Wallops Flight Facility
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A, Sunday, Nov. 12,…
Astronaut Jack Fischer With Honor Flight Veterans
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to…
NASA Moves Up Critical Crew Safety Launch Abort Test
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is scheduled to undergo a design test in April 2019 of the capsule’s…
Observations of a Comet’s First Passage Through the Solar System Reveal Unexpected Secrets
Researchers onboard NASA’s flying observatory examined a new comet as it made its first approach through…
Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles
On November 9, 1969, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth…
Five firms aim to power moon-orbiting way station to deep space
Deep Space Gateway is NASA’s planned outpost at the moon for launches to other worlds. The…
NASA Sets Media Coverage of Rescheduled NOAA Weather Satellite Launch
The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite, the first in a new series of four highly…
Rare Encircling Filament
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory came across an oddity that the spacecraft has rarely observed before: a…
NASA CubeSat to Test Miniaturized Weather Satellite Technology
On Nov. 10 a NASA-funded, shoebox-sized CubeSat will be launched into Earth's orbit to demonstrate that…