The Lagoon Nebula Gives Birth to Stars

[ad_1] Known as NGC 6523 or the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 is a giant cloud of gas and dust where stars are born. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Spacecraft Provides Insight into Asteroid Bennu’s Future Orbit

[ad_1] NASA researchers used precision-tracking data from the agency’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu, significantly reducing uncertainties related to its future orbit, and improving scientists’ ability to determine the total impact probability and predict orbits of other asteroids. [ad_2] Source link

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Behold! The Perseid Meteor Shower

[ad_1] In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Science, Cargo Launches on Northrop Grumman Resupply Mission

[ad_1] A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 6:01 p.m. EDT Tuesday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Renews Support of Vertical Lift Research Centers of Excellence

[ad_1] NASA is continuing its support of university research into technologies for future helicopters and other vertical lift aircraft in partnership with the U.S. Army and Navy. [ad_2] Source link

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Cygnus Cargo Craft Slated to Launch to Station

[ad_1] Northrop Grumman’s 16th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is slated to launch Aug. 10, 2021. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Statement on Departure of JPL Director Michael Watkins

[ad_1] The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the departure of Michael Watkins, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California: [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Invites Media to New OSIRIS-REx, Asteroid Bennu Study Briefing

[ad_1] NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 11, to discuss an important finding from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. [ad_2] Source link

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Download NASA E-Books on National Book Lovers Day

[ad_1] Happy #NationalBookLoversDay! [ad_2] Source link

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NASA’s Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt

[ad_1] Data sent to Earth by NASA’s Perseverance rover after its first attempt to collect a rock sample on Mars and seal it in a sample tube indicate that no rock was collected during the initial sampling activity. [ad_2] Source link

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