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Spaceflight Alters Bacterial Social Networks
When astronauts launch into space, a microbial entourage follows. Researching these microbes in microgravity may minimize…
NASA Invites Media to Meet New Astronaut Candidates
Eight astronaut candidates who arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston this week to begin…
Dwarf Galaxy Caught Ramming Into a Large Spiral Galaxy
Observations with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed a massive cloud of multimillion-degree gas in a…
SOFIA in New Zealand—Much Attempted, Much Achieved
The SOFIA observatory wraps up its first Southern Hemisphere deployment, flying nine astronomical science missions from…
NASA Announces Next Opportunity for CubeSat Space Missions
NASA is now accepting proposals for the CubeSat Launch Initiative. Proposals must be submitted electronically by…
Suborbital Rocket Launches From NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
A Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital rocket carrying experiments developed by university students nationwide in the RockSat-X program…
Dropping in on a James Webb Space Telescope Clean Room Test
A crane in a clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., lowers…
Perseid Meteor
This Perseid fireball meteor was observed in the skies over Chickamauga, Ga., on Aug. 11, 2013,…
NASA Astronauts Chat Live from Space with California Students
International Space Station crew members Karen Nyberg and Chris Cassidy will speak live from the orbiting…