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NASA Announces Backup Commander For STS-134 Mission
NASA announced Thursday that astronaut Rick Sturckow will serve as a backup commander for the STS-134…
Princess Rhea and Her Ladies in Waiting
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image showing Saturn's icy moon Rhea taking center stage, with cameo…
Proceedings Published from 2009 Women in Astronomy Conference
The Organizing Committee of the 2009 Women in Astronomy conference has published the proceedings from the…
NASA Announces New Deputy Chief Information Officer for IT Security
NASA's Chief Information Officer (CIO) Linda Cureton has announced the appointment of Valarie Burks as the…
NASA Announces Media Briefing About Next Earth Science Mission
NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. EST, about the…
Discovery’s Tank Modifications Under Way
Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center have begun modifications and repairs to space shuttle Discovery's external…
Oregon Students To Talk With Orbiting Space Station Astronauts
International Space Station residents Scott Kelly, Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli will speak to approximately 250…
The Triangulum Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy is located nearly 3 million light years from Earth. And, in a study…
NASA Telescopes Help Identify Most Distant Galaxy Cluster
Astronomers have uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe.