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A concept image of the Fission Surface Power Project on the lunar surface. Earth and Mars can be seen in the background. The lunar surface is grey and rocky.
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NASA’s Fission Surface Power Project Energizes Lunar Exploration

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How the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Is Different than the 2017 Eclipse
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How the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Is Different than the 2017 Eclipse

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NASA’s Europa Clipper, with all of its instruments installed, is visible in the clean room of High Bay 1 at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Jan. 19. The tent around the spacecraft was erected to support electromagnetic testing.
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Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All Aboard

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two people in white suits and black gloves work with dark-hued electronics on a table
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NASA to Study Effects of Radio Noise on Lunar Science

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Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA works on the Genes In Space-6 (GIS-6) experiment inside Europe’s Columbus laboratory module. GIS-6 uses the Biomolecule Sequencer to sequence DNA samples to help scientists understand how space radiation mutates DNA and assess the molecular level repair process.
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Station Science 101: Studying DNA in Space

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Hubble Captures a Suspected Galaxy Encounter
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Hubble Captures a Suspected Galaxy Encounter

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Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA works on the Genes In Space-6 (GIS-6) experiment inside Europe’s Columbus laboratory module. GIS-6 uses the Biomolecule Sequencer to sequence DNA samples to help scientists understand how space radiation mutates DNA and assess the molecular level repair process.
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Station Science 101: Studying DNA in Space

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Station Science 101: Epigenetics Research in Space

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A white robot about the size of a hand with two large fingers that end in metal probes faces a metal three-part panel with rubber bands stretched across it, which the robot is cutting. A lab worker and computer screens are blurred in the background.
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Science Launches to Space Station on NASA’s 20th Northrop Grumman Mission

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OpenET Moisture Measurement Tool is Proving Highly Accurate
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OpenET Moisture Measurement Tool is Proving Highly Accurate

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two people in white suits and black gloves work with dark-hued electronics on a table
5 min read

NASA to Study Effects of Radio Noise on Lunar Science

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A black and white image of the surface of the moon taken from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. A white arrow in the center of the image points to the location of the SLIM lander.
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NASA’s LRO Spots Japan’s Moon Lander 

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February’s Night Sky Notes: Constant Companions: Circumpolar Constellations, Part I
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February’s Night Sky Notes: Constant Companions: Circumpolar Constellations, Part I

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NASA Celebrates First Decade of International Asteroid Warning Network 
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NASA Celebrates First Decade of International Asteroid Warning Network 

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How the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Is Different than the 2017 Eclipse
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How the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Is Different than the 2017 Eclipse

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Hubble Captures a Suspected Galaxy Encounter
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Hubble Captures a Suspected Galaxy Encounter

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Discovery Alert: A ‘Super-Earth’ in the Habitable Zone
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Discovery Alert: A ‘Super-Earth’ in the Habitable Zone

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JPL scientist Vanessa Bailey stands behind the Nancy Grace Roman Coronagraph
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NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test

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OpenET Moisture Measurement Tool is Proving Highly Accurate
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OpenET Moisture Measurement Tool is Proving Highly Accurate

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JPL scientist Vanessa Bailey stands behind the Nancy Grace Roman Coronagraph
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NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test

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NASA Celebrates First Decade of International Asteroid Warning Network 
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NASA Celebrates First Decade of International Asteroid Warning Network 

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A graphic showing various aviation careers that could be part of Advanced Air Mobility.
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NASA Releases STEM Toolkit for Advanced Air Mobility

article2 days ago
On a cold, cloudy day over Long Island Sound, NASA pilots along with Sikorsky safety pilots are on board Sikorsky’s olive green, Black Hawk OPV helicopter and SARA S-76B bright blue and white helicopter. The two experimental aircraft cut through gray, cloudy, skies testing multiple NASA navigation software systems in Sikorsky’s autonomous helicopters.
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NASA Autonomous Flight Software Successfully Used in Air Taxi Stand-Ins

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Members of an audience lift their phones to snap a photo of the recently revealed X-59 aircraft. The plane's long, sharp nose appears to jut out towards the audience.
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Special Report: X-59 Makes its Public Debut

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JPL scientist Vanessa Bailey stands behind the Nancy Grace Roman Coronagraph
6 min read

NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test

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NASA Search and Rescue Technology Saves Explorers, Enables Exploration

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Amendment 78: F.13 Lunar Terrain Vehicle Instruments Program deferred to ROSES-24
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Amendment 78: F.13 Lunar Terrain Vehicle Instruments Program deferred to ROSES-24

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A graphic showing various aviation careers that could be part of Advanced Air Mobility.
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NASA Releases STEM Toolkit for Advanced Air Mobility

article2 days ago
The team from University High School in Irvine, California
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University High Wins L.A. Ocean Sciences Bowl at NASA’s JPL

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Career Journey: Cooking Up a Job as a Space Food Scientist

article2 weeks ago

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a full-duration, 500-second hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine Jan. 27 ongoing in the background as seen across the water
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The Marshall Star for January 31, 2024

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Black background with orange text about the 350 lives saved by NASA Search and Rescue technology.
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NASA Search and Rescue Technology Saves Explorers, Enables Exploration

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The cast and crew of The Wiz in front of the Ames Research Center's sign.
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The Cast of Broadway’s ‘The Wiz’ “Ease on Down the Road” to Visit NASA Ames

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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio uses a tool in his right hand as he activates a space biology experiment that is studying how weightlessness affects genetic expression in microbes.
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Ciencia destacada del año en el espacio del astronauta Frank Rubio

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Frank Rubio, un hombre de pelo y ojos oscuros y con lentes, sonríe y tiene los brazos cruzados. Va vestido con un polo oscuro y pantalones khaki. Detrás suyo se ve la atmósfera de la Tierra a través de las ventanas de observación de la cúpula.
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Misión récord de astronauta ayuda a planificar viajes al espacio profundo

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Pruebas de la NASA con maniquí de Artemis I aportan información para futuras misiones tripuladas

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