This Week in NASA History: 3rd Hubble Servicing Mission – Dec. 19, 1999

[ad_1] This week in 1999, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-103, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the third Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Environmental Satellite Mission

[ad_1] NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC (ULS) of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) mission, which will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans and environment, real-time mapping of total lightning activity, and improved [ad_2] Source link

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NASA and the 70th International Astronautical Congress

[ad_1] Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the 70th International Astronautical Congress. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA’s Astronaut Candidates to Graduate with Eye on Artemis Missions

[ad_1] NASA will honor the first class of astronaut candidates to graduate under the Artemis program at 10:30 a.m. EST Friday, Jan. 10, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. After completing more than two years of basic training, these candidates will become eligible for spaceflight, including assignments to the International Space Station, Art […]

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NASA Attaches First of 4 RS-25 Engines to Artemis I Rocket Stage

[ad_1] Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have structurally mated the first of four RS-25 engines to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will help power the first Artemis mission to the Moon. [ad_2] Source link

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Hubble Finds Medusa in the Sky

[ad_1] The Medusa merger, was not always one entity, but two. An early galaxy consumed a smaller gas-rich system, throwing out streams of stars and dust into space. These streams resemble the writhing snakes that Medusa, a monster in ancient Greek mythology, famously had on her head in place of hair, lending the object its […]

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Houston, Texas on the Gulf Coast

[ad_1] Houston, Texas is pictured from the International Space Station at an altitude of 257 miles. [ad_2] Source link

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The Canadarm2 robotic arm with the Dextre robotic hand

[ad_1] The Canadarm2 robotic arm with the Dextre robotic hand attached seemingly protrudes from the side of the International Space Station. [ad_2] Source link

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Galaxy Gathering Brings Warmth

[ad_1] As the holiday season approaches, people in the northern hemisphere will gather indoors to stay warm. In keeping with the season, astronomers have studied two groups of galaxies that are rushing together and producing their own warmth. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Selects Informal Learning Institutions to Engage Next Generation

[ad_1] NASA’s Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) program has selected four informal education organizations to promote STEM learning and help inspire the next generation of explorers. [ad_2] Source link

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