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PLANTS GROW WITHOUT GRAVITY
Experiments on moss grown aboard two Space Shuttle missions showed the plants didn’t behave as scientists…
Record-Breaking Balloon Flight
Flying near the edge of space, a NASA scientific balloon broke the flight record for duration…
FIRST GENESIS SAMPLE DELIVERED
NASA scientists have sent to academic researchers an unprecedented piece of the sun gathered by the…
SPACE TEAM MEASURES ARCTIC’S ATMOSPHERE
An international team of scientists embarked this week on a journey to improve modeling of global-scale…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS05-005
The International Space Station crew wrapped up another eventful week, highlighted by the mission’s first spacewalk.…
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S05-004
The Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The…
AIR TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK SOFTWARE
No one is happy with long lines and delays at our nation’s airports. In response to…
SMALL EXPLORER MISSION SELECTED
A satellite that will make the first map of the boundary between the Solar System and…
ISS STATUS REPORT: SS05-004
The residents of the International Space Station are back inside their home after venturing outside this…