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High School Students Create Winning Design for NASA’s First Flight of Orion
After a year-long competition among high school teams across the country, evaluators from NASA, Lockheed Martin…
NASA’s Spitzer and WISE Telescopes Find Close, Cold Neighbor of Sun
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what appears to be…
President Obama Speaks With Astronauts on Space Station
President Barack Obama and astronaut Soichi Noguchi speak with International Space Station astronauts Steve Swanson, Koichi…
Astronomical Forensics Uncover Planetary Disks in NASA’s Hubble Archive
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have applied a new image processing technique to obtain near-infrared…
President Obama Hears From Astronauts on Space Station
President Barack Obama and astronaut Soichi Noguchi hear a message from International Space Station astronauts Steve…
Hubble Space Telescope Reaches Orbit
On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the…
NASA Astronauts to Call Colorado Students from Space
Cadets and students from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy Magnet…
NASA Satellites Show Drought May Take Toll on Congo Rainforest
A new analysis of NASA satellite data shows Africa's Congo rainforest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in…
NASA Hubble Instruments Highlight New National Air and Space Museum Exhibit
Two instruments that played critical roles in discoveries made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope now are…