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NASA Mission Excels at Spotting Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources
Since launching 16 months ago, the EMIT imaging spectrometer aboard the International Space Station has shown…
NASA Researcher Honored by Goddard Tech Office for Earth Science Work
Goddard researcher Dr. Antonia Gambacorta the 2023 IRAD Innovator of the Year for her work developing…
NASA Wallops Supports Hypersonic Rocket Launches
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the launch of two suborbital sounding rockets on Nov. 15, 2023,…
The Heat is On! NASA’s “Flawless” Heat Shield Demo Passes the Test
A little more than a year ago, a NASA flight test article came screaming back from…
The Heat is On! NASA’s “Flawless” Heat Shield Demo Passes the Test
A little more than a year ago, a NASA flight test article came screaming back from…
Hubble Images Galaxy with an Explosive Past
This might raise the question of how an amateur astronomer could spot something like a supernova…
50 Years Ago: Launch of Skylab 4, The Final Mission to Skylab
The third and final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, Skylab 4, got underway on…
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data
DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via…
55 Years Ago: Eight Months Before the Moon Landing
November 1968 proved pivotal to achieving the goal of landing a man on the Moon before…